This is Nelson’s second year to qualify for the circuit finals rodeo; he qualified last year. He’s well behind the number one bull rider, Jeff Bertus, Avon, S.D., a thirteen-time Badlands Circuit Finals Rodeo qualifier. Bertus comes into the circuit finals rodeo with more than $47,000 won, nearly double Nelson’s earnings. He got on practice steers there at the age of ten, at a bull riding school hosted by the Abrahamson family of Berthold. comMinot Bull Rider