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Steamboat Springs — Two rounds of bull riding weren't enough at the 2009 Professional Bull Riders Rocky Mountain Bull Bash on Sunday afternoon at Brent Romick Rodeo Arena.

When the dust cleared after the final round, judges were forced to used a coin to determine whether Shane Proctor or Jordan Hupp would get a shot to climb on top of Brass Knuckles for an additional $5,000 bonus ride.

"It was crazy," Bull Bash promoter Annie Mortensen said. "It's very, very rare to have a tie in bull riding, and these guys were tied all the way through."

Proctor won the coin toss and earned a shot at the bonus bull. Proctor was on board the last time Brass Knuckles had been ridden two years ago. But this time around, the bull won the contest, and Proctor and Hupp each took home $3,808 dollars for the day.

Bull rider J.C. Navarro won the long go with an 89-point ride but failed to make eight seconds in the final round. In the short go, a pair of Glen Southwick bulls provided the top scores for their riders. Proctor scored 87.5 points on Orange Whip, and Hupp matched the score on Southwick's Red Eye. The two had both scored 87 points in the long go, the first part of the Bull Bash that thinned the crowd of riders for the final stage, the short go.

Rankin Lindsey finished third, Bryan Richardson was fourth, and Josh Koschel and Matt Werries shared fifth place. Navarro held on for seventh and local favorite Jake Booco, of Hayden, who was fourth after the long go, placed eighth in the final standings.

Mortensen said the annual Labor Day event drew a little more than 2,000 people through the rodeo arena gates, and she considered the day another success for Steamboat.

This year's event also featured a miniature bull-riding event, featuring the next generation of PBR stars.

Eight-year-old J.C. Mortensen, grandson of J.C. Trujillo, topped the field with an 89-point ride.

- To reach John F. Russell call 871-4209 or e-mail jrussell@steamboatpilot.com