PRORODEO Sports News - September 5, 2025

STETSON WRIGHT TIES HIS FATHER’S ARENA RECORD IN SADDLE BRONC RIDING WIN AT GOODING

Stetson Wright matched his father Cody’s arena record in Gooding. PRCA photo by Lara St. Jacques

By Ted Harbin, Special to PRORODEO Sports News

I t's only fitting that the final night of the 100th celebration of the Gooding Pro Rodeo featured an arena-record-ty ing ride by possibly the winningest cowboy of this generation. Eight-time world champion Stetson Wright rode Summit Pro Rodeo's Cowboy Fool for 90 points Aug. 15 to tie an arena record established 12 years earlier … by his father, ProRodeo Hall of Famer Cody Wright. The result was the saddle bronc riding victory at the Gooding Pro Rodeo. "I didn't really get to rodeo with my dad," Stetson Wright said. "That was something Rusty and Ryder did, so

the closest thing I can do is try to tie records and do what he did and try to do it better. He set the bar pretty high. To be able to tie an arena record with him is pretty awesome, especially one that's been held for that long.

super special. In and out of the arena and every aspect of my life, he's my hero, my idol, what I look up to. I'm going to cherish this moment forever."

"You don't get too many rodeos these days where the record's held for that long, and just to top it off and have it be with my dad, that's

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