Zeb Lanham returned to form last weekend at the Cody, Wyo., stop on the Dodge Xtreme Bulls Tour, presented by B&W Trailer Hitches. Lanham, who won the earnings title on the 2006 Dodge Xtreme Bulls Tour, rode two bulls for 175.5 points and pocketed $11,139. He jumped seven spots into 20th place in this week’s Crusher Rentals PRCA World Standings.

Lanham, of Sweet, Idaho, clinched his first Tour-stop title with a 91-point ride aboard Burns Rodeo’s Hairy Hump that topped the final-round leaderboard. He earlier scored 84 points on Frontier Rodeo’s Secadian Rhythm in the semifinal round.

Bobby Welsh of Gillette, Wyo., finished a close second, scoring 172.5 points, good for checks worth $10,058.

Clayton Savage of Cheyenne, Wyo., turned in the top score of the semifinal round, a 90-point ride aboard Frontier Rodeo’s Lynch Mob on a re-ride.

· Asay injured in St. Paul. Bull rider Kanin Asay returned to his home in Powell, Wyo., on July 7, five days after undergoing emergency surgery at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland to remove a ruptured spleen, suffered during the St. Paul (Ore.) Rodeo.

In addition, doctors also re-attached Asay’s right ear, which was partially torn off after Asay was hooked twice, then stepped on during action in St. Paul’s first performance.

Asay, 22, who made his Wrangler National Finals Rodeo debut last year and finished as runner-up to World Champion Wesley Silcox, is expected to miss the next eight weeks before returning to action.

"To be honest, I don’t remember a lot," Asay said. "I remember watching the guy who rode before me, then I don’t remember anything until a day-and-a-half later in the hospital. But it all happens for a reason. I’m going to have some time off. But I thank the good Lord that I’m still here."