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Dakota Butter rode a bull for eight seconds twice on Saturday night. Jesse Gill/CHAT News

Eatonia’s Dakota Buttar claims third at PBR Medicine Hat Classic

Oct 21, 2024 | 5:13 PM

Dakota Buttar, considered one of the more local riders at the Professional Bull Riders Medicine Hat Classic over the weekend, said that he tunes out everything to remain focused.

“Even with the loud noise and music and everything going on, all I can really hear is myself and the bull,” Buttar, from Eatonia, Sask., said.

“Everybody takes things different, but I’m a pretty focused person.”

Buttar came third at the Medicine Hat event with a ride score of 170, claiming $4,062.50 in prize money.

For those who have never been to a bull-riding event before, Buttar said it’s not something to miss.

“It’s an upbeat show, a lot of people describe it as a rock concert,” he said.

“Pyro, flames, rock and roll music, bulls bucking…it’s a lot of fun.”