ProRodeo Sports News - 2021 Year End Edition

WRANGLER NFR RECAP

Wright Shines Again

BY PRCA STAFF F or the second straight year, StetsonWright left the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo as a two-time world champion. In the 2021Wrangler NFR presented by Teton Ridge there was a new twist. After winning the all-around and bull riding world titles in 2020, Wright won the all-around and saddle bronc riding crowns in 2021 Saturday night, before 17,373 fans at theThomas &Mack Center. Wright finished the season with a PRCA regular season record of $686,513. He won the all-around title with a record $585,850. He was the saddle bronc riding champ with $343,524. This was Wright’s third all-around title in a row, and he broke Trevor Brazile’s PRCA record for most money won in a season at $518,011, which he accomplished in 2015. “I feel really good about it (breaking the record),” Wright said. “To break any record at all, it’s special, and especially when it comes to Trevor (Brazile) because he is the best to do it. So, to break one of his records, it’s pretty special.” In saddle bronc riding, Wright Stetson wins all-around and saddle bronc

Stetson Wright carries the Utah state flag during the Grand Entry of Round 5 of the NFR. PRCA ProRodeo photo by Clay Guardipee

had to have a bunch of the pieces of the puzzle come together in Round 10 and they did. Wright won Round 10 with a round-record tying ride of 93 points on Cervi Championship Rodeo’s Vitalix Ricky Bobby.

BAREBACK RIDER FEILD MAKES MORE PRCA HISTORY Kaycee Feild is the greatest bareback rider in PRCA history. The Genola, Utah, cowboy made that a reality when he won his sixth bareback world championship at the 2021Wrangler National Finals Rodeo presented by Teton Ridge Saturday night at theThomas &Mack Center. Feild finished the season atop the PRCA | RAMWorld Standings with $357,420. Jess Pope finished second with $340,499. “This is a numb feeling,” Feild said. “Honestly, I’ve dreamed about giving this speech a lot. I really have. It is an unreal feeling. What’s most important to me is my family and having them here and experiencing this with me. Then,

That earned him $26,997 and it pushed him to an eighth-place check in the average, which earned him $6,532. The combination allowed him to edge his brother Ryder, the 2020 saddle bronc riding world champ, who finished the season with $342,337. “I’m not going to lie, when they told me I won it, I looked at Ryder and I said I came in here to play defense for you tonight,” Stetson said. “I didn’t know I even had a chance, but I guess as long as there’s still rounds there’s always a chance.”

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