ProRodeo Sports News - Dec. 20, 2019

PRCA ProRodeo photo by Jamie Phifer

Stetson Wright takes a moment to reflect on winning the 2019 PRCA All-Around World Championship at the Thomas & Mack Center. PRCA ProRodeo photo by Clay Guardipee

Wrangler NFR. By Round 10, Wright, Smith and Cooper were still in the hunt. “You can’t control much other than what you do in your event,” Wright said. “In the all-around you aren’t competing against them, you just have to do your events. Clay Smith and Tuf Cooper are two of the greatest cowboys I’ve ever seen.” The last cowboy to leave the bucking chutes with an all-around crown was ProRodeo Hall of Famer Ty Murray in 1998. Wright also won the PRCA | Resistol Rookie of the Year titles for all-around, saddle bronc riding and bull riding. He ranked 20th in the PRCA | RAM World Standings for saddle bronc riding with $71,301 and third for bull riding with $267,345. In Las Vegas, Wright won Round 1 with a 92.5-point ride on 4L & Diamond S Rodeo’s Monte Walsh and Round 4 with 91 points on

Painted Pony Championship Rodeo’s Holy Holly. Although he finished fifth in the bull riding average with 448.5 points on five head, he earned $114,923 at the Wrangler NFR to finish atop the all-around world standings. The young cowboy was thrilled to come through in the clutch like a veteran. “I do it for these moments right here,” he said. “Being a world champion is something I’ve dreamed about since I was a kid. “Hopefully (I can win) many more world titles. I hope to win a bunch more and have a healthy season (in 2020).” The youngest competing member of the Wright family and the only one to branch out from saddle bronc riding and climb the ranks in bull riding is the only Wright with an all-around world title. “It (being world champion) means he is the best, regardless of if he was champion any years after,” Wright said. “All that matters is he did it once and he is the best.”

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