ProRodeo Sports News - September 21, 2018

Fresh off his return to the chutes after a broken left clavicle, Jesse Wright won the Pendleton Round-Up for the second time. The 2012 world champion saddle bronc rider also won Pendleton in 2016. Bob Click photo

AllWright Now BY MATT NABER S addle bronc rider Jesse Wright bounced back from a broken left clavicle that he suffered at the start of the summer run to win the Pendleton (Ore.) Round-Up. “It’s a hard rodeo to win, and to win it is pretty awesome,” Jesse said. “I’m just stoked to end my summer this way after being hurt for two months. It was just pretty cool.” out perfectly.” rider was cheering him on. “It’s always a plus when you don’t get a good one and they reward you with a chance,” Jake said. “He capitalized on it and won.” Jesse Wright puts injury behind him Jesse’s twin brother and fellow saddle bronc

Jesse placed sixth in the first round with an 83-point ride and then tied with his nephew Ryder in the finals with an 85-point ride on Sankey Pro Rodeo & Robinson Bulls’ Marquee. “When you get horses that good, you’re going to have stuff like that happening,” Jake said. “As good as they’re riding and as good as the horses are, it didn’t baffle me at all (that Jesse and Ryder tied).” Jesse was more focused on redeeming himself on Marquee than on winning the average, having been bucked off the bronc at Spanish Fork, Utah; Lewiston, Idaho; and the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo.

The 2012 world champion saddle bronc rider had to work for his second Pendleton win, as he was granted a re-ride in the final round. That led to his winning average score of 168 points on two head. “At that outdoor rodeo they’re either going to like bucking on the grass or they’re not, and you have a 50-50 shot. He hated it,” saidWright, who also won Pendleton in 2016. “They gave me a re-ride, and I said, ‘Heck, yeah.’ It worked

TOPS AT PENDLETON — Sept. 12-15

ALL-AROUND COWBOY Trevor Brazile $13,705

BAREBACK RIDING 1. Orin Larsen ................. 168 pts. on two 2. (tie) Ty Breuer ................................ 167 Caleb Bennett ................................ 167 4. Wyatt Denny ............................... 166.5

STEER WRESTLING 1. Sterling Lambert ..... 16.3 sec. on three 2. Jesse Brown ................................. 18.1 3. Nick Guy ....................................... 19.7 4. Andy Weldon ................................ 21.3

TEAM ROPING 1. Masters/Worley ...... 18.1 sec. on three 2. L. Ivy/B. Hawkins II ...................... 19.6 3. G. Rogers/C. de la Cruz ................ 19.9 4. C. Campbell/J. Ketscher ............... 20.1

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