ProRodeo Sports News - April 29, 2022

BY TANNER BARTH & TRACY RENCK Spencer Wright nets first San Angelo win Spencer Wright has won plenty of rodeos throughout

his career and even has a PRCA World Championship to show for it. But a title in San Angelo, Texas, had always escaped him until now. Wright walked out of the Foster Communications Coliseum with his first San Angelo Rodeo title, finishing with 177.5 points on two head. The four-time Wrangler NFR qualifier wrapped up the title with an 89-point ride on J Bar J’s Straight Moonshine in the finals. It was his first matchup with the converted saddle bronc riding horse. “I had never been on that horse before,” saidWright, 31. “They just moved that horse from the bareback riding to the bronc riding. Some of my buddies had been on him and he looked really good. I think that horse has a ton of potential to turn into a really good bronc.” Wright’s win didn’t come without a nail-biting finish. He had to wait on his nephew Ryder (Wright) to finish up his re-ride before being crowned the champ. He said he would’ve been happy with either outcome. “It wasn’t too bad (waiting) because I like to see of all those guys do good as well,” he said. “I was rooting for him, but it just happened to work out that I won it. Ryder made a really good ride, but I’m definitely happy to win it.” And he said this makes things a little better as he looks to make it back-to-back trips to the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo presented by Teton Ridge. “It always helps and lifts a little bit of the weight off your shoulders. It sure gives a guy a jump up in the standings winning these big checks,” he said. “Every payday you can get helps when you’re chasing the NFR.”

Ric Andersen photo Spencer Wright put himself right in the NFR hunt after his win at the San Angelo (Texas) Rodeo. Wright finished with 177.5 points on two head.

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