The Ranch Challenge competition held during the Williams Lake Stampede consists of a team of three cowboys who generally compete in four of the five ranch challenge-events.
The fifth event in the contest is the Ranch Bronc riding, and sometimes a ranch team does not have a qualified bronc rider, so, in that event only, the rules state that they can acquire an outside-man to ride their bucking horse.
The Alkali Lake Ranch team were in the unique position of having more cowboys than they needed to compete; so, Greg Vanwinkle sat out the rest of the events (he drew the short straw) but finally made his one-time appearance in the bronc riding as Braveheart (with a fair maiden captured in a raid on a far away castle).
Greg marked 77 points for his bronc-ride to split 2nd/3rd place, but when the performance score (for costume/showiness) was factored in, he wound up in 1st place, adding valuable points to the total, helping his Alkali Lake Ranch team mates retain the overall title once again for 2013.