He may not actually spit fire, but Boyd/Floyd’s 309 bull does spit off some pretty hot PBR talent.

At the 2008 PBR World Finals, Spitfire bucked off all of his cowboys: Travis Briscoe in Round 2, Harve Stewart in Round 4 and Colby Yates in the championship round. While the cowboys all earned zeros, the judges marked Spitfire 45.75, 45.75 and 46 respectively. Those scores helped take Spitfire to fourth in the PBR World Champion Bucking Bull final standings.

PBR World Champion Bucking Bull contenders are nominated by the top 45 bull riders in the world. The five that get the most votes are in the running for the award, The winner then depends solely on bull scores earned in Las Vegas.

During the regular 2008 Built Ford Tough Series, only three men made it to the whistle on Spitfire. Reigning PBR World Champion Guilherme Marchi scored a 90 in St. Louis but couldn’t make the whistle on him in Dallas,; Ross Coleman a 92 in Albuquerque; and Helton Barbosa a 91.5 in Billings. Cord McCoy, Luke Snyder, Ned Cross, J.B. Mauney and Adriano Moraes were all bucked off. Spitfire came from Rod and Bonnie Conat’s C&G Rodeo Livestock and was bought by Boyd Floyd right before he bucked in the short go at the 2008 PBR World Finals.

Spitfire competed at ABBI events from coast-to-coast in 2007 and placed at all the events he was entered in. “He’s been to every corner of the earth on the Classic program and he’s won a couple of events,” shared Rod Conat. Spitfire was for sale at the end of the 2007 season, but no one bought him. “So we took him for one more year and then he wound up being in the running for PBR Bull of the Year! ” said Conat. “Five minutes before he bucked in the short round in Las Vegas, we came to an agreement and they announced in the arena that he was bought by Boyd/Floyd.” The dollar figure is confidential, but in addition to acquiring Spitfire, Boyd/Floyd also has all semen rights to the bull. “So call them if you want semen,” chuckled Conat. “Please stop calling me, because I don’t have any!”

Spitfire is a grandson of Rapid Fire. “His sire, 068, was an embryo transplant son of Rapid Fire. Jack McClain in Washington actually bred that cow and I bought his cow herd out. And that bull came to us in the belly of a cow,” elaborated Conat.

The Conats were new to the bucking bull breeding business, so that purchase helped to accelerate their program considerably. “We started a breeding program six years ago and went from ground zero to No. 4 bull in the world,” said Conat. “Spitfire has been a super strong bull for us.”