Kindersley bull rider Dakota Buttar is getting set for the Professional Bull Riders Unleash the Beast World Finals in Las Vegas this week. The 40 man field has been announced with two Canadians, Buttar and Maple Creek native Jared Parsonage. Buttar is a two time Glen Keeley Award winner and it will be his fourth consecutive appearance at the PBR World Finals.

Buttar sits ranked Number 27 in the world and has went 20 for 49 or just over a 40 percent succession rate during the Unleash The Beast regular season, including five Top 10 efforts. Which included a seventh and tenth place finish at the Major events in Nashville and Los Angeles, respectively. Buttar gained significant ground in the world rankings courtesy of his dominance on home soil, which led him to briefly hold the No. 1 ranking in the Canadian national standings. He won a league-leading five PBR Canada events, amassed 445 world points in going an impressive 25-for-39 on bulls in Canada. He is currently No. 2 in the national standings, a slim 32.49 points behind leader Parsonage.

For Parsonage, the qualification will mark his first berth to the PBR World Finals. The 2019 season was also the Maple Creek man’s Unleash The Beast debut. After making his first appearance on the PBR’s premier series in January in Glendale, Arizona, he made two additional appearances during the Unleash The Beast second half in Anaheim, California, and Fairfax, Virginia. The PBR World Finals are set to start today and go through November 10.