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Cody Lambert (born December 2, 1961 in Artesia, New Mexico) [1] is an American former professional rodeo cowboy. He specialized in saddle bronc riding and bull riding. [2] He was also a co-founder and vice president of the Professional Bull Riders (PBR). [3] He created the protective vest that professional bull riders have been required to wear for many years, after witnessing the death of his friend, Lane Frost at the Cheyenne Frontier Days rodeo in Cheyenne, Wyoming, on July 30, 1989. [4] Since 2022, Lambert has been the head coach of the Texas Rattlers during the PBR Teams Series season.

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In 2023, Lambert was ranked No. 19 on the list of the top 30 bull riders in PBR history. [5]

Early and personal life

Cody Lambert is the son of racehorse trainer Cliff Lambert, who was the first jockey to win the All American Futurity at Ruidoso Downs aboard Galobar in 1959. [6] Cody has three siblings, brothers Chuck and Casey Lambert, the latter a successful racehorse jockey, and sister Cheyann. [7] Cody lives in Bowie, Texas, on a ranch with his wife, Leanne, and their horses and dogs. [8]

Contestant career

Cody Lambert, Lane Frost, Ty Murray, Jim Sharp, and Tuff Hedeman frequently rode the rodeo circuit together and were known as the "Wolfpack" during that time. [9]

Lambert won the PBR's inaugural event, the Tuff Hedeman Challenge in Fort Worth, Texas, in 1993; it was the PBR's only event that year. He officially retired from bull riding at the end of the 1996 PBR World Finals. While an active rider and also when retired, he served as the PBR’s vice president. When retired as a contestant, he also served as a PBR bull riding judge, and as the PBR’s livestock director. [10]

Lambert qualified for the National Finals Rodeo 10 times - seven in bull riding (1985-86, 1988-89, 1991-93) and three in saddle bronc (1981, 1990-91), and also qualified for the PBR World Finals three times (1994-96). 1991 was the only year in which he qualified for the NFR in two events simultaneously.

Coaching career

In 2022, after retiring as the PBR's Director of Livestock during the conclusion of that year's PBR World Finals in May, Lambert became the head coach of the Texas Rattlers; one of eight bull riding teams of the PBR's Teams Series, which debuted that year. [11] In late September 2022, the Texas Rattlers won the event at Thunder Days in Ridgedale, Missouri; the hometown event of rival team, the Missouri Thunder. [12] Two weeks later, the Rattlers won their own hometown event at Rattler Days in Fort Worth, Texas. [13] The very next weekend, the Rattlers won their third event in a row at Ridge Rider Days in Glendale, Arizona; the hometown event of rival team, the Arizona Ridge Riders. [14] The Rattlers ended up finishing in third place at the conclusion of the inaugural PBR Teams Series season. [15]

In September 2023, the Rattlers won Thunder Days for the second year in a row. [16] Later in early October of that year, the Rattlers won their own hometown event at Rattler Days for the second year in a row as well. [17] In late October of that year, the Rattlers were in third place heading into the PBR Teams Series finals event at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas Nevada. After two days, they succeeded in making it to the final round against the Teams Series leaders, the Austin Gamblers. The Rattlers ended up defeating the Gamblers to win the second annual PBR Teams Series championship. [18]

Honors

In media

Lambert's name ended up being used as the character name for Sasha Mitchell's character on the television show Step By Step. [24]

In the Lane Frost biographical drama, 8 Seconds (1994), Lambert was portrayed by Red Mitchell. [25]

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