ProRodeo Sports News - August 4, 2023

CHEYENNE FRONTIER DAYS CHEYENNE, WYO.

Wright On Birthday boy Stetson Wright adds two CFD titles to his collection TOP SCORES TOP MONEY

EARNER Luke Potter ($15,737, tie down roping) BAREBACK RIDING Potter

BY TRACY RENCK I t’s only fitting Stetson Wright would celebrate his 24th birthday in this fashion. The seven-time PRCA World Champion won the all around and bull riding titles at the prestigious Cheyenne (Wyo.) Frontier Days Rodeo on July 30. Wright won the bull riding with his 91.5-point ride on Dakota Rodeo’s Trump Train. He then added the all-around CFD saddle for collecting money in the saddle bronc riding event. “That was a really good one there of Chad Berger’s Trump Train,” Wright said. “He’s normally right there around to the right, and he just does whatever it takes to buck. He hipped himself, stepped forward and came around in my hand and I couldn’t have asked for anything better. I felt like there wasn’t anything else here that could beat it. It was kind of wild, but I just kept my hand shut and kept trying.” Wright was plenty familiar with Trump Train. On July 28, he won his semifinal round with a 90-point trip on the bull. Wright ran his Cheyenne Frontier Days victory total to seven – three in all-around (2019, 2021 and 2023) and two each in saddle bronc riding (2021 and 2022) and bull riding (2019 and 2023). “Oh, I love them (Cheyenne) saddles,” Wright said. “This rodeo means everything to me. This is one of the most legendary rodeos ever. The history behind this rodeo is insane. All rodeos mean something to me, but this one has a special place in my heart.” Wright, who has won PRCA All-Around World Championships in 2019-22 and Bull Riding (2020 and 2022) and Saddle Bronc Riding World Championships in 2021, makes things look easy – that definitely are not. Why that is, he tried to explain. “I wouldn’t even know,” Wright said. “I guess I’m a lucky guy. My parents gave me an awesome build. I always thank them for giving me such an amazing build where I can bounce back from injuries. I tell my mom and dad that I thank you guys and God every single day because I put my body through H*ll, and it always performs for me. I’m about the luckiest guy you will ever see.” As for post Cheyenne, Wright has a list of things he wants to check off. “I want to break the all-around, saddle bronc and bull riding single-season earnings records,” Wright said. “I don’t think about it too much, and every rodeo I show up to I try to be my best self and ride better than I ever have and I feel like if I keep doing that, those records will come.” Wright set the all-around ($758,829), and bull riding ($592,144) single-season earnings mark in 2022.

1. Kade Sonnier ....................... 87.5 pts. (Tie) Clayton Biglow ................... 87.5 (Tie) Cole Reiner ........................ 87.5 STEER WRESTLING 1. Eli Lord ................................. 5.9 sec. 2. Tristan Martin ............................... 6.6 3. Walt Arnold .................................. 6.7 TEAM ROPING 1. B. Brown/K. Blankenship ....... 8.0 sec. 2. K. Driggers/J. Nogueira ................ 8.2 3. B. Buckaloo/JR Gonzales .............. 9.0 SADDLE BRONC RIDING 1. Ryder Sanford ..................... 92.5 pts. 2. (Tie) Quinten Taylor .................... 89.5 (Tie) Sage Newman ........................ 89.5 TIE-DOWN ROPING 1. Luke Potter ......................... 10.6 sec. 2. (Tie) John Douch ....................... 10.9 3. (Tie) Britt Bedke ......................... 10.9 STEER ROPING 1. Troy Tillard .......................... 14.6 sec. 2. Duck Benson .............................. 15.5 3. Paul David Tierney ...................... 16.4 BULL RIDING 1. Stetson Wright .................... 91.5 pts. 2. Josh Frost .................................. 89.5 3. Tristen Hutchings .......................... 89

Jackie Jensen photo Stetson Wright wowed the crowd at Frontier Park, winning Cheyenne Frontier Days with this 91.5-point ride on Dakota Rodeo’s Trump Train. He then added the all-around CFD title for collecting money in the saddle bronc riding event.

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