San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo: Bracket 1

The next leg of the Texas Swing is here! It is time for the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo. With five brackets to go, here is a look at who you can look for in Bracket 1.

BAREBACK RIDING

We saw Kade Sonnier finish second in Fort Worth and we are looking for scores just as big in San Antonio. Sonnier’s Round 3 matchup is a rematch from earlier this year when the Louisiana bareback rider went for 87 points on Beutler and Son Rodeo’s Boomerang in Odessa.

STEER WRESTLING

Some of professional rodeo’s standout steer wrestlers are out in the Bracket 1 including Stetson Jorgensen, Trell Etbauer and Curtis Cassidy. Etbauer just went through to Fort Worth’s Semifinals and Cassidy brings one of rodeo’s finest bull dogging horses with him from Canada, Tyson.

TEAM ROPING

Canada is well represented in the team roping. World Champion Heeler Jeremy Buhler and his partner Rhen Richard are coming off of a go-round win in Fort Worth while Canadian brothers Dawson and Dillon Graham are coming off an impressive run from the National Western Stock Show and Rodeo in Denver.

SADDLE BRONC RIDING

It will be a battle between Fort Worth Champions Stetson Wright and Dawson Hay. Wright will go up against horses like Delta Dawn, Primarily Delta and Dynamite Delight while Hay faces Hell Capped, Homecoming and Fire Freckles. Among the ten other bronc riders out are reigning World Champion Zeke Thurston and stand out Australian Damian Brennan.

TIE-DOWN ROPING

Cooper Martin was the No. 1 tie-down roper from Bracket 1 in 2022 and he has the chance to do it again just the same in 2023. He went on to end up second in the Final Round while Haven Meged was third. Montana’s Meged is also out in Bracket 1.

BREAKAWAY ROPING

Of the ten ladies roping in the first bracket Samantha Fulton and Brighton Bauman are the only two to have made it on to the Semifinals before. But NFR breakaway ropers Taylor Hanchey and Beau Peterson bring the heat at every rodeo they enter.

BARREL RACING

The reigning World Champion and defending San Antonio Champion Hailey Kinsel showed up to Fort Worth with Sister ready to run and we can expect the same in San Antonio. The newly crowned Fort Worth Champion Jackie Ganter is another one who’s equine partner is known to motor.

BULL RIDING

Sticking with the theme of newly crowned Fort Worth Champions and reigning World Champions in Bracket 1, Josh Frost and Stetson Wright are out in the bull riding. Frost’s Round 1 bull was out in Fort Worth and was 86.5 with Jestyn Woodward. Meanwhile, Wright will face three bulls that are unridden.

Bracket 1 is soon to be underway. Find full daysheets here.