PRORODEO Sports News, April 4, 2025

RODEOHOUSTON

ROCKER STEINER MAKES FAMILY HISTORY WITH RODEOHOUSTON WIN BY ALEX RILEY

N o matter how many fans pile into the arena or are tuning in on The Cowboy Channel, Rocker Steiner knows there are two sets of eyes always intently watching him ride. And for one of PRORODEO's big gest bareback riding stars, they are the eyes that matter most. "My dad and my granddad are my biggest supporters. There's not one ahead of the other," Rocker said. "All of the Steiners are right there equal. But definitely the ones that are the most into it are my dad and granddad." On Sunday, March 23, the youngest Steiner accomplished something his elders never could - win Rodeo Houston. Rocker's 91-point effort against Cal gary Stampede bucking horse Agent Lynx proved to be the best showing of the day,

putting him ahead of Bradlee Mill er's 89.5-point ride against Calgary Stampede's Blasting Sand in the four-man Championship Shootout. The outcome made the Weather ford, Texas, native the first in his family tree to claim a victory at one of the biggest winter rodeos. Sid Steiner won the 2002 PRCA Steer Wrestling World Championship, while Bobby Steiner, Rocker's grandfather, was the 1973 PRCA Bull Riding World Champion. Neither won RodeoHouston during their respective careers. The youngest in the Steiner lineage has come close to a world title of his own, finishing inside the top 10 each of the last three years, includ ing a runner-up showing in 2024. The win at Houston certainly puts him on the fast track to getting back to the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo presented by Teton Ridge this December. Rocker earned money in all three rounds of Super Series Four, in cluding a win in Round 3. After placing third in his Super Se ries and second in the second semifinal, Rocker earned a spot in Sunday's finale, drawing the highly desired Agent Lynx. An NFR horse last December, the Calgary Stampede product pre viously produced an 89-point ride in Fort Worth back in February. In

2024, the average score on Agent Lynx was 88.79. "I knew that was the horse to have, and they've won it on Agent the last two years in a row," Rock er said, referencing Leighton Berry's 91.5-point ride last March. "I know that's one I always obvi ously wanted, and everybody wanted, so to draw that horse and to get a trip like that out of it is what I needed for sure." The end result is a $65,000 payday that vaulted Rocker from unranked to inside the top five of the PRCA | Bill Fick Ford World Standings. And, more impor tantly, it gives him a championship no one in his family has ever earned. "Rocker is the first Houston champ in our family. Like I said, he's the best of us all," Sid Steiner said.

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