ProRodeo Sports News - October 1, 2021

PENDLETON ROUND-UP PENDLETON, ORE.

Fernando Sam-Sin photo Bull rider Stetson Wright had an 87-point ride on Aces Wild Pro Rodeo’s Longmire at the Pendleton Round-Up. Wright won the all- around, bull riding and saddle bronc titles at the prestigious rodeo. Trifecta keeps Wright hot

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Champion. “This rodeo has treated me so good this year, I can’t wait to come back. I’ve had the time of my life here this week.” Wright secured his Pendleton Round-Up titles by winning the finals with a 91.5-point ride on Burch Rodeo’s Lunatic FromHell in the saddle bronc riding and an eight-second cover in the bull riding good for 89 points on Four Star Rodeo’s Royal Playboy. “Everything that is clicking right now in the bull riding and the bronc riding, it comes frommy mom, my dad, my brothers and my travel partner Ky Hamilton,” Wright said. “They’ve really helped me out in both events. I give all the success that I’ve had this year to those guys, they’ve kept me going, they’ve kept me positive. All I have to do is look to my left or look to my right, there’s always someone there in my family, and I guess that’s an advantage I have over a lot of guys. I have a lot of support and a lot of smart support when it comes to rodeo.”

Champion StetsonWright. In early September, he made ProRodeo history by becoming the winningest regular-season all-around money earner before the National Finals Rodeo with $282,722 earned in saddle bronc riding and bull riding. The record was previously held by rodeo legend Trevor Brazile. Wright took it to the next level in Pendleton, Ore. He took home three titles at the Pendleton Round-Up, winning the saddle bronc riding, bull riding and all-around honors. The windfall totaled $22,476, which broke Brazile’s Pendleton record of $20,205 that was set in 2012. Wright also became the first cowboy since Lewis Feild in 1989 to win three events. Wright said there’s nothing quite like Pendleton. “Excitement, adrenaline, everything you can think of I’m feeling right now,” saidWright, the 2020 PRCA Bull Riding and All-AroundWorld

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