McFarland injured again, out 4-5 months
Courtesy PRCA

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Tom McFarland’s remarkable comeback from what many thought might be a career-ending arm injury in 2009 has been put on hold, just as he was mounting a charge to return to the Wrangler NFR.

His win at Salt Lake City July 24 paid $4,161 and moved him from 17^th to 15^th in the PRCA World Standings, but he suffered a ruptured biceps tendon in his right arm during that ride, an injury that will end his season.

McFarland underwent surgery on July 26 and is expected to be sidelined for four or five months. McFarland was out for nearly six months in 2008 after he suffered 26 fractures in his right wrist and arm in June when a bucking horse flipped over on him in the chute at the West of the Pecos Rodeo in Pecos, Texas.

• Injury updates: Bareback rider Kaycee Feild had the cast removed from his broken arm three weeks ago and spent two weeks working with physical therapist Keith Klevin in Las Vegas to accelerate the healing process. Klevin has worked with Tiger Woods and other top athletes; he taught Feild techniques to not only strengthen his arm, but also his core. Feild will return to PRCA competition Aug. 13-14 at rodeos in Hermiston, Ore., and Logan, Utah. “I’m craving it like crazy,” he said. Feild was second in the world standings at the time of the injury in Livermore, Calif., last June, and has only dropped to fifth with earnings of $64,626 … Idaho bull rider Mason Michaelis, younger brother of 2007 Wrangler NFR qualifier Marcus Michaelis, is sidelined for at least 30 days after suffering a dislocation of his right shoulder at Nampa, Idaho … Fellow bull rider Nathan Klassen had a groin strain and a concussion at Cheyenne (Wyo.) Frontier Days and is out indefinitely … Bareback rider Jared Keylon suffered a fractured clavicle and fractured fibula in addition to a concussion after a wreck during the July 31 performance. Bull rider Shawn Harris suffered a broken nose, fractured orbital bone and a concussion as the result of a wreck, and Friday Wright II also sustained a concussion. Steer wrestlers Matt Cupp (right shoulder) and Riley Johnson (concussion) are also out for an indefinite period.

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