The second National Finals Rodeo for Utah bareback rider Dean Thompson is coming up next and after his regular season, he can’t wait.
“Oh man, what a year it’s been. I mean, I was kind of scrolling through some of my highlights this morning, going through and you know, seeing my wins and the progression I made this year is, it’s something else,” Thompson said.
After a winter storm halted his plans for the National Western, his season took off after a second-place finish at the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo. From there, Thompson’s season kept rolling.
“You always wonder how it;s going to go, how your seasons going to go when you’re coming off the NFR and having a few months off, January, doing nothing so I mean, it was awesome,” he said.
While his first NFR did not go as he expected, Thompson said that he has leveled up coming into Las Vegas.
“All I can say is I’m so proud of all the changes that I’ve made this year and the bareback rider I’ve become, I just think is next level compared to where I was at last year. I think that this year at the NFR, the No. 1 change you’ll see is no hesitation,” Thompson said
Thompson’s new found confidence will have him showing out like a veteran at the Thomas and Mack.
