Chalk up another Canadian Finals Rodeo title for Nanton Saddle Bronc Rider, Clay Elliot, as he held off Big Valley's Zeke Thurston in the finals for the win Sunday, November 4.

He actually finished second behind, Thurston, but edged him out in the aggregate and won another $9,000 which was good enough to take the title.

Elliot says it was an adventure on the final day.

"I actually had my saddle on three different horses.".

“My first one, Black Hills, got turned around in the chute and was having trouble so the judges offered me a re-ride, a horse called Banshee from Northcott-Macza. He’s a bucking son of a gun but the judges didn't see it that way today and gave me another re-ride. This one was High Valley from C5 Rodeo, the horse had bucked me off at Ponoka but I rode him for the win at K-Days Rodeo and was excited to have him today.”

Elliott’s second Canadian Championship in three years, including his regular season earnings, netted the 24-year-old $82,294 in total.

Arrowwood's Jeremy Buhler and his partner Levi Simpson from Ponoka, captured their second CFR team roping title in three years with a 5.2 second run in the final round, good enough for third place in the final go-round and first place in the aggregate.