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Wacey Munsell<= /span>-Chad Dowdy

Ulysses, Kan. = &nb= sp; Bristow, Okla.

Wacey<= /span> Munsell knows what it means to stand in the winner= 217;s circle. He’s done it plenty in his relatively short career.

This year during the Texas = Heritage National Bank PBR Challenge presented by Priefert Ranch Equipment, set for 7:30 p.m. Aug. 21-22 at the Hopkins County Regional Civic Center, Munsell returns to defend his Professional Bullfighte= rs Daisy Protection Bullfight Tour win in Sulphur Springs. Representing Team CNB Bank, the Ulysses, Ka= n., bullfighter will compete with Chad Dowdy of Bris= tow, Okla.

And while Munsell’s just 22 years old, he’s a handy veteran and the inaugural PBF world c= hampion, winning the coveted crown in 2007.

Dowdy is a crafty bullfight= er, using his 29 years around livestock to showcase a better understanding of b= ulls to make the moves necessary to be a standout in protection competition. Dow= dy knows the sport, having fought bulls for 14 years. In his career, he’s won the 2001 Miller Lite Bull BlowOut in Denton, Texas, the longest-running protection bullfight competition in t= he world; was twice been an event MVP in 2008 and has won the honor once alrea= dy this season; qualified for the Super Bull Finals in 2001; and was voted to = work the International Finals Rodeo in 2005.

He calls himself an adrenal= ine junky, but it’s not roller coasters that drive his rush. There’= s no greater rush than stepping in front of a bulls, he said.

“Because of the way t= hey judge these protection bullfights, you’ve got to be really aggressive= ,” Dowdy said. “You’ve got to be on top of your game. If you ain’t that caliber every time, then you’r= e just going to be in the back of the pack. It makes you step up your game so much.”

Before he claimed the 2007 = world title, Munsell – a third-generation bullf= ighter – had made a significant name for himself in freestyle bullfighting. = In 2004, he was the youngest ever to be allowed on the Tw= oBulls Protection Tour and the World Championship Rodeo Bullfighting tour, finishi= ng as the world champion, earning the gold buckle just eight days after his 18= th birthday.

That same season, he was ap= proved for his PRCA card when he won the National Finals Rodeo’s Bucking Sto= ck Sale. In 2005 and ’06, he won the freestyle championship when it was associated with the PBR World Finals. He’s also won the California Rodeo-Salinas freestyle championship in 2005 and ’06.

Together, Munsell and Dowdy may have a smaller stature than most in the competition, but they very well might have the biggest hearts.

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