RAPID CITY - You'd think that scoring a championship-winning 87 on the last bull ride of the night would be a tough act to follow for Brian Curtis.

He was equal to the task - of upstaging himself.

After taking a few minutes to catch his breath in the wake of clinching his third Marvin Garrett Roughstock Series bull riding crown in four years, Curtis climbed aboard Texas Jack, a tough-as-nails bull from the Chad Berger Ranch in North Dakota.

Texas Jack had only been ridden three times in a long career, but Curtis became the fourth to accomplish the feat and pick up an extra $1,000 in an already fruitful night for the Belle Fourche cowboy.

Texas Jack spun like a Texas tornado, but Curtis got the job done.

"I like to ride bulls that have kind of a reputation," Curtis said afterward. "It just gives me more drive to stay on him."

Curtis also had plenty of drive to wrap up his third bull riding crown in the four-year history of the Garrett Roughstock Series aboard another Berger bull just moments before tackling Texas Jack.

Curtis scored an 87 on the final official ride of the night, overtaking Jesse Bail's 84, and 82's turned in by Garrett Vig, and Dewey O'Dea.

Bail because the first in seven attempts to get a qualified ride. Six riders in an earlier Wild Card round all failed to make the buzzer.

Leaders in the other two roughstock events also showed why they were the cream of the crop in the series which started last spring.

J.J. Elshere of Quinn scored an 84 in the final ride of the night to clinch the Saddle Bronc title. Defending World Champion Saddle Bronc rider Chad Ferley of Oelrichs had scored an 80 in the earlier wild card round and that mark held up until Elshere, winner of the average title at last year's National Finals Rodeo made his ride.

Scott Montague of Rapid City also made the final ride of the night pay off, scoring an 83 to clinch the Bareback riding title.

Montague tied with Wyo., cowboy Andy Martinez who topped the wild card round earlier in the night.

Montague talked to the owner of the horse, rodeo legend Bud Longbrake, before the ride.

Longbrake said the horse would stay straight out of the chute, but the animal made some unexpected twists and turns.

"I kind of had to change my game plan, but it worked out," Montague said.

"It's an honor win this series," Montague said. "Marvin Garrett's been a hero of mine for as long as I can remember.

Garrett, a four-time World Champion bareback rider from Belle Fourche, said moving the series to Rapid City from Spearfish for this year was a gamble that paid off.

"I'm very happy with the way this turned out," he said. "I'm looking forward to coming back on duplicating this again next year."