HOUSTON (November 26, 2013) – Two-time world champion, Brittany Pozzi, will not be riding Yeah He’s Firen at the 2013 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo.

Yeah He’s Firen, “Duke,” named after well-known trainer LaTricia Duke, came up lame at the Elite Barrel Racing competition in Waco, Texas, on Nov. 15. Dr. Marty Tanner, Duke’s veterinarian, from Elgin Veterinary Hospital in Elgin, Texas,
said, “Duke has a deep digital flexor partial tear in the foot and is undergoing bone marrow stem cell regenerative therapy.”