HARTFORD, Conn. It was a nail-biting championship round Sunday at the Professional Bull Riders Hartford Invitational. The title came down to the final ride as Brazilian Fabiano Vieira put it all together with a with a 90-point effort on Who Dat from K-C Bucking Bulls/Spark-lin Acres to ride into the winners circle at the XL Center.

It is the second win of the season for Vieira, who was the only rider to cover all five bulls at this Built Ford Tough Series event, finishing with 430.5 points. The win earned him $39,985 and brings his season earnings total to $207,145. Vieira, who is ranked sixth in the Built Ford Tough Series standings, earned his first career victory at Tulsa, Okla., in August.

It was excellent. Excellent to be the champion here tonight, he said through interpreter Pab Parker.

Vieira led going into the Built Ford Tough Championship Round, and was still in the lead with three riders remaining. He credits the bulls at the event for his victory.

Hes real content with the bulls that he drew and was pleased that he stayed on all of them, Parker added. He says he is improving this season and hes hoping he can improve through the next event and on to the finals.

Douglas Duncan put some pressure on with the highest marked ride of the weekend, 90.75 points on Chocolate Thunder from Bird Bucking Bulls in the finals. The ride moved Duncan into the lead with 352.5 points.

Duncan, who ended up second, won the championship round and also won the short round on Saturday.

2009 PBR World Champion Kody Lostroh finished third with 261.75 points, while L.J. Jenkins was fourth with 257.75 points, and 2004 PBR World Champion Mike Lee was fifth with 251.5 points.

World leader Silvano Alves, who tied for 21st, and second-ranked Valdiron de Oliveira, who tied for 26th, both went 1-for-3 on the weekend, as did third-ranked Robson Palermo, who was 12th, and fourth-ranked Austin Meier, who tied for 18th.

Sean Willingham won the fourth round with 87.75 points on Blonde Bomber en route to a 10th-place finish in the average. Justin Koon tied for second in the fourth round and had a career-best seventh-place finish in the average.

Hartford was the 28th of 29 stops on the BFTS tour. The season concludes Oct. 26-30 in Las Vegas with the PBR Built Ford Tough World Finals and the crowning of the 2011 PBR World Champion.

The PBR will make its final regular-season stop next weekend with the Cooper Tires Invitational at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. Bull riding begins at 8 p.m. today and at 7 p.m. on Saturday.

PRCA ANNOUNCES TOP HORSE AWARDS:?Cowboys and cowgirls would be nothing without a good horse, and so every year the PRCA?pays tribute to that fact with Horse of the Year awards. Following is a list of this years winners separated by event.

Team Roping Heading Classic (Sycamore Gold Finger); ridden by Keven Daniel; owned by Zac Small.

Team Roping Heeling Dugout (CDS Quixote); ridden and owned by Brady Minor.

Calf Roping Sweetness (Eightys Sport); ridden by Houston Hutto, Timber Moore, Clint Cooper, Trent Creager and Blair Burk; owned by Spur Resources LTD.

Steer Roping Pokey (Senior Sonita); ridden and owned by Cody Lee.

Steer Wrestling Wick (Dashes Dapper Star); ridden by Wade Sumpter, Billy Bugenig, Ken Lewis and Seth Brockman; owned by Wade Sumpter.

Barrel Racing (tie) Sting Ray (MP Meter My Hay); ridden by Sherry Cervi; owned by Sherry Cervi and Mel Potter; and Duke (Yeah Hes Firen); ridden and owned by Brittany Pozzi.