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Professional Bull Riders Hartford Invitational

For the first time in history, the Built Ford Tough Series will visit Hartford, Conn., and the XL Center on Oct. 7-9 for the Hartford Invitational presented by Cooper Tires.

Bull riding will begin at 8 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 7, and Saturday, Oct. 8, and at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 9. 

Hartford will be the 28th of 29 stops on the 2011 BFTS schedule, which began at world-famous Madison Square Garden in January. The season concludes Oct. 26-30 in Las Vegas with the PBR Built Ford Tough World Finals, and the crowning of the 2011 PBR World Champion. The World Finals are the richest bull riding event on the planet with the winner receiving the World Championship PBR Buckle and a $1 million bonus.

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It is the seventh year in a row, and the eighth time in the last nine years, that the world’s top bull riders and fiercest bucking bulls have visited the Constitution State.

Each of the 40 riders will ride on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Following Round 2 on Saturday, the riders with the 10 highest cumulative scores will each compete with one more bull. Following Round 4 on Sunday, the riders with the 10 highest cumulative scores will advance to the Built Ford Tough Championship Round where they will compete with one more bull. The overall event winner will be the rider with the highest combined score from all five rounds.

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