Broken Wrist, Big Win – Jeremy Maisonneuve Takes Brandon, Manitoba

AIRDRIE, Alta. – Jeremy Maisonneuve is riding a wave of momentum in the PBR in Canada.

He kicked off 2026 by winning the first scheduled PBR Canada Touring Pro Division event in Lloydminster, Alberta, the kind of start every rookie hopes for. This past weekend, he checked off another major box, earning his first Cup Series win with a perfect 3-for-3 performance in Brandon, Manitoba.

And he did it with a broken wrist.

Maisonneuve rode Vold Rodeo's Effective in a re-ride situation for 85.2 points, then carried that successful form into Round 2 by selecting Skori Bucking Bulls' standout Linebacker, who he bested for 86.2 points.

With second pick in the Championship Round bull draft, the 19-year-old Quebecer went straight to the top, choosing 2025 PBR Canada Bull of the Year Moonwalk. Maisonneuve had been in this situation already this season, however, when he drafted the powerful animal athlete at the season-launch Cup Series event in Red Deer, Alberta, he was bucked off in 3.96 seconds.

 In Brandon, however, he turned the tide. Maisonneuve matched the moment with the best score of his young career, marked 89.7 points to cement the event title.

"I had to go with Moonwalk, you know, I don't like getting bucked off. So I figured I should give him another crack at it,” Maisonneuve said. “And my thinking in short rounds, you pick the rankest one out there, no matter if you're sitting first or last, you got to pick the rankest one out there.”

"Because when you ride them, they're going to have to pay you, and nobody remembers 85-point bull rides. So that's kind of the mentality I got now going in short rounds. I don't remember anything from that ride. It's just kind of action and reaction."

Maisonneuve got away clean from the out and celebrated with the kind of excitement you can't fake, the kind that comes from knowing you just proved something to yourself as much as anyone else. If the grin looked like he'd won the Stanley Cup, it's because, in his mind, he might as well have.

"Just winning is an exciting feeling especially at that top calibre in Canada. It's kind of putting my foot out there and showing them guys that I'm here to ride. I'm not just a BRC guy, I can succeed at the highest level," he said. "Just going out there and picking that bull at that time and at that place showed them that I'm really hungry for it and made it happen.”

"I was just pumped. It was surreal. Even when we were driving back, I think I watched that video about 110 times."

One of the most unique storylines of the weekend was the PBR Canada debut of Jayden Roy.

Another Quebecer and a close friend of Maissoneuve's, Roy immediately made noise in his first-ever PBR event on Canadian soil. Roy won Round 1 and led the event until the Championship Round, ultimately finishing second overall, an impressive first showing at this level.

For Maisonneuve, it was a full-circle moment. He's known Roy since they were kids, and he remembers the earliest steps of Roy's bull riding journey.

"I was there when Jayden got on his first calf when we were 6 and 7 years old,” Maisonneuve explained. “Him and I have been going down the road for a long time. Our parents hauled us together. Rodeo is a small community back home, so we were at the same place at the same time all the time and, and seeing him succeed at this level at his first one was one of the best things I've ever witnessed."

"I've never been more pumped for somebody to ride a bull like when he rode Linebacker. Same thing when he rode Thunder Down Under. It just pumps me up to see one of my best friends come out and succeed, especially when we've been through the ranks back home and went through all the hustle and shuffling to get to where we are. For him to have early success is really cool and I'm excited for the future coming up."

The broken wrist, only about a week and a half old, didn't stop Maisonneuve from riding, but it did complicate one key part of his routine: getting tied in.

"That was a bit of struggle but having them guys helping me — Lonnie West, Brock Radford, Ashton Sahli, Nick Tetz — all those guys were there to help me," Maisonneuve said. "I talked to somebody else about it and they said, well, how come the rodeo competitors help each other? It's because we're not fighting each other, we're not trying to beat each other in this bull ride, we're trying to be better than the bull. The brotherhood really helped out in that situation."

Maisonneuve has been clear about his goals since the start of the season. After that early Touring Pro Division win, he outlined two targets for 2026: to be a double Rookie of the Year in the CPRA and PBR Canada, and to finish the year holding both Championship buckles as a rookie.

It's a long season, and nothing is guaranteed in a sport decided in 8 seconds. But through the opening stretch, Maisonneuve keeps showing the entire industry why his bid for something special is legitimate, not just because he's winning, but because he's doing it with bold choices, against proven bulls, and with the mindset of someone who believes he belongs.

"If I can get on a bull every day of the week, I'm going to be happy, so I'm gonna be going to every single event there is to go to and I'm gonna make it work because I'm not going to shy away from getting on bulls and keep on winning," he said.

"I'm just going to use this momentum and keep on rolling, hold two Canadian gold buckles and hold two Rookie of the Year gold buckles too."