Three Canadians and One Texan Take Home Coveted Cloverdale Spurs and a Big Payday
Photo: Bareback champion, Kade Berry salutes the crowd
Credit: Sean Libin | Libin Sports Photography
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May 20th, 2025
Surrey, B.C. – The 77th Cloverdale Rodeo featured a stacked field of world, Canadian, and past Cloverdale champions, competing alongside riders with a bevy of impressive accolades. The unique invitational format attracts the best of the best, and the 2025 event was no exception. The powerhouse field gave the sell-out crowd plenty to cheer about as they witnessed s showdown between a world champion and a world record holder in the Saddle Bronc, a wire-to-wire win in the Barrel Races, a Bareback winner taking the title in his very first trip to Canada, and a record-setting payday in the Bull-Riding competition.
Bareback Competition: Kade Berry Takes Top Spot in a Hotly Contested Bareback Final
The riders came with their game faces on in the first event of the finals. With scores of 86 and 87.5 on the first two rides, it was clear from the outset that it was going to be close, and it was going to take something special to win. Riding in the fourth position, Kade Berry, the 21-year-old rider from Weatherford, Texas, rode Anoop for the full eight and earned a score of 89 points. A few other riders nipped at the leader’s heels, with 2019 CPRA Champion, Orin Larsen, coming closest with his ride of 88.5. But when the dust settled, Berry’s ride stood up and earned him the $25,000 prize and title of Cloverdale Rodeo Champion.
“This is my first time to Canada and I’m coming back next year!” remarked Berry as he accepted his award cheque. “[This is] my first time in Cloverdale, got the big cheque…and I’m gonna go take it to the ‘big bank.’” When announcer Brett Gardiner asked Berry about the fans at Cloverdale, he shared that this competition was an inspiration to him. “The Stetson Bowl is so cool. This rodeo actually inspired me to ride buckin’ horses in 2019 when I was in high school, and to get the ‘dub’ on my first time here, it’s unbelievable.”
Photo – Top: Bareback champion, Kade Berry’s winning ride
Photo – Bottom: Berry accepting his champion’s spurs and cheque
Credit: Sean Libin | Libin Sports Photography
Saddle Bronc Competition: World Record Holder, Logan Hay, Takes the Win Over Four-Time World Champion, Zeke Thurston
When five-time reigning Canadian champion Zeke Thurston pumped his fist in the air following his 89.5-point ride, it looked like he was poised to take home the spurs in the Saddle Bronc competition at the 2025 Cloverdale Rodeo. His total held up until the world-record holder, Logan Hay of Wildwood, Alberta, saddled up on Double Red in the last ride of the competition. The crowd knew Logan’s performance was something special, and they were right. Moments after the ride, Brett Gardiner’s voice boomed out over the speakers in the arena, “Hey Logan Hay, you just went 90 and a half points in Cloverdale!”
“Oh, I’m pumped. I love this rodeo,” said Hay in his post-event interview. “I’ve been coming here since I was little. To compete in this arena that my dad, and my uncle, and my brothers have, it’s a blessing…The energy that this crowd brings, it’s just unmatched.”
Photo – Top: Saddle Bronc champion Logan Hay’s winning ride
Photo – Bottom: Hay accepting his champion’s spurs and cheque
Credit: Sean Libin | Libin Sports Photography
Ladies Barrel Racing: Kyla Simmons Goes Wire to Wire to Win in Cloverdale
With the sun peeking through the overcast sky and “Highway to the Danger Zone” playing on the PA, Kyla Simmons of Kamloops, BC shot into the Stetson Bowl. Her run of 15.50 set the bar as one of the weekend’s fastest rides and was going to be tough to beat. A few of the next seven riders came close. 2019 Canadian champion, Brooke Wills, looked like she might turn in a faster time as she rounded the last barrel, but ended up clocking in 0.04 seconds behind Simmons to take second place. Simmons’ ride capped off a stellar weekend of barrel racing and her standout performances in Pool A rides combined with her championship winnings earned her a total of $29,300 for the weekend and makes her the second-straight BC rider to win at Cloverdale.
“I was pacing,” Simmons said when asked if she was nervous waiting through all seven rides to see if her time would hold up for the win. Then speaking to her preparation and the bond with her horse, “She’s been my girl for a lot of years and I’ve been waiting to run here, so I was ready to blow the doors off…she felt good, I felt good, and we just made it work.”
Photo – Top: Barrel Racing champion Kyla Simmons’ winning ride
Photo – Bottom: Simmons accepting her champion’s spurs and cheque
Credit: Sean Libin | Libin Sports Photography
Bull Riding: Beau Gardner Wins, Jordan Hansen Takes Second, and the Bulls Shine
The quality of the field is always a headline at the Cloverdale Rodeo, but the stock is equally renowned. In true Cloverdale fashion, the bulls were fresh and feisty for the final in front of a sold out crowd. By the time Beau Gardner got into the chute for the seventh ride of the finals to take on Fallen Angel, yet another CFR bull, only one rider, Jordan Hansen, had managed to hold on for the full eight seconds. Gardner looked solid before sliding off the back of the bull just as the buzzer sounded. After a long pause, the official timer gave the thumbs up and a score of 89-points was announced to a huge cheer from the Cloverdale faithful. Gardner only had to wait on one more ride before hearing his name officially announced as the 2025 Cloverdale Rodeo champion, but he had to wait a bit longer to see how much he’d take home in winnings; only two riders turned in a score, so Gardner ended up with a Cloverdale record $30,500 for his finals performance.
“Aw man, I’m ecstatic,” Gardner exclaimed after receiving his Cloverdale champion’s spurs. “I’ve been dreaming of coming to this rodeo for a long time and to get it done was pretty rad.” When asked how it felt to compete in Cloverdale, Gardner summed up the sentiment of the entire field when he put it simply, “You guys are awesome. Thank you so much!”
Photo – Top: Bull Riding champion Beau Gardner’s winning ride
Photo – Bottom: Gardner accepting his champion’s spurs and cheque
Credit: Sean Libin | Libin Sports Photography
The full results from the 2025 Cloverdale Rodeo Finals can be found below and a replay can be found on the Cloverdale Rodeo website:
https://cloverdalerodeo.com/2025/05/16/2025-cloverdale-rodeo-replays/
About The Cloverdale Rodeo and Exhibition Association
Established in February 1888 to promote and encourage agricultural development in the Lower Fraser Valley, the Cloverdale Rodeo and Exhibition Association is the non-profit organization that manages the world-famous Cloverdale Rodeo & Country Fair held every year on the May long weekend at the Cloverdale Fairgrounds in Surrey, British Columbia. As one of British Columbia’s largest and most anticipated annual events, the Cloverdale Rodeo & Country Fair delivers thrilling rodeo action, incredible live music, and a vibrant festival atmosphere to 60,000+ attendees every year.
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