They were joint third after the first dive but several botched entries intothewater saw them penalised heavily in the ensuing five rounds and they quickly slipped out of contention.
The ranch also prides itself on being the only place where you can find a high-diving aqua mule act in which the animals dive off a 24ft-high platform into six feet of water.
"You really want to look intothe swimming pool to see if there is water in there before you dive in, " said James Spiotto, a municipal bankruptcy expert at the Chicago-based Chapman and Cutler law firm.