ProRodeo Sports News - April 1, 2022

RODEO AUSTIN AUSTIN, TEXAS

Stetson keeps

rolling with Austin win Fresh off winning earning $57,250 in bull riding at RodeoHouston March 19, StetsonWright was stuffing his pockets a week later at Rodeo Austin. Wright earned $19,637 in bull riding alone highlighted by his $10,183 winning ride in the finals, which was a 93-point trip on Andrews Rodeo’s Wild Onion. Wild Onion is a bull that got the best of him in the finals of the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo in the finals on Feb. 26. “He tested me just like he has every time, and I was lucky enough to get it done this time,” saidWright, 22. “Sammy Andrews always brings the best bulls and me and this bull have had some history since 2020 and I have been on him five times and that was the first time riding him. “But what a better place to do it than Austin. I didn’t have much luck back here in (Austin) in 2019 in the bull riding. Everything seemed to work out this year. I love that bull.” Peggy Gander photo Bull rider Stetson Wright got a measure of revenge riding Andrews Rodeo’s Wild Onion for the first time in his career. Wright had a 93-point trip to capture the win.

Roseland leaves his mark with win

Talon Roseland has been on the rodeo trail since 2015 but had yet to strike gold on what he calls his “signature win”. That all changed on March 26 at Rodeo Austin. After winning the semifinals with the fastest steer wrestling time of the year, he followed that up with a 3.7 run in the finals to win the rodeo. “Tonight, I went from a hundredaire to a thousandaire pretty quick,” said Roseland, 26. “I knew that steer was going to be good, SamGoings was 3.7 (seconds) on him earlier in the rodeo. I was a little off the barrier, which I kind of planned after the other guys went. I was just trying to safety up and just do my job.” Austin proved to the be the biggest payday of Roseland’s career to this point. He walked out of the capital city with $18,177 in his pocket, he’s never won more than $25,000 in a single season throughout his career. “I absolutely had to make some adjustments frommy plan headed into the night. I decided maybe being 3.2 wasn’t the best idea and trying on the barrier, just be a little bit off of it and still do my job. I can pay my credit card off now and that’s a good feeling.” “It means everything to me. I’ve never had this much money won, especially this early in the season,” he said. “I’ve honestly never had a payday like Austin has given me.” He was quick to credit his success to his friends, family, and his religion. “It helps that I’ve just got a great support system, not only my buddies but my family. Everything that is going for me is frommy family, God, my friends, man they’re all behind me. Everything is going so well, I’m just super happy.”

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Roseland picked up the biggest win of his career with a 3.7-second run to win the rodeo and $18,177.

ProRodeo Sports News 4/1/2022

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