I met Billy Etbauer a handful of times and there’s not a nicer, more humble human that I’ve ever encountered. My favorite bronc rider of all time. Speaking of bullfighters, whatever happened to Gary “Roach” Hedeman?

Its been fun watching Stetson this year only person I've meet that spoke as few of words was Ty Murphy, He won a bareback or saddle Bronk round back in 94 and I was at the GoldCoast for the buckle awards and when they played his ride back and asked Ty to walk us through it he just said "I nodded my head" that was his whole discerption. LOL

There's one young punk I hope yard darts and learns some humility that's there.

Who’s that??? The Steiner boy? I remember watching his dad win the title in Steer wrestling in the late 90’s….dread locks, leather pants, silk shirts….. but man could he bulldog. Athletically he was a step above everyone else. He dominated while he was at it.

Yep thought his dad was a gunsel too, so great he's not involved anymore mostly because of his attitude.

And why I became a fan of rodeo. Humble American loving people.

I will gladly spend my time an money there unlike the rest of the American hating pro sports.

Leftlane maybe something innthe water around Austin

I thought I saw somewhere where Bobby and Sid had opened up some restaurant in downtown Austin. I agree, that kind of culture probably led to Sid and Rocker becoming who they are.

How about that trip for Killer Bee last night on her last out?!?!

I saw this this morning. Stetson Wright, with his 88-point winning bull ride on Dakota Rodeo’s Pookie Holler, became the youngest cowboy in PRCA history to surpass the $2 million dollar mark in career earnings.
Wright, who is 23 years-old and 240 days, upped his unofficial career earnings to $2,050,520.

I he should come to Tman for investment advice.

Any of you ever stop to think it might be in their blood.

Here is an article about Rocker's great, great grandfather. The old saddle maker.


Steiner, Thomas Casper [Buck] (1899–2001).National Cowboy Hall of Fame member T. C. "Buck" Steiner was born in Cedar Creek in Bastrop County on December 2, 1899. Typical for a farm child, he found himself in the fields picking cotton at age six. At the age of twelve he ran away and began working in Wild West Shows, claiming to be sixteen in order to join. Steiner toured the country with the group and demonstrated a natural talent for rodeo. He could rope calves, wrestle steers, and ride broncos, but became known for riding a bull backwards. The stunt earned him twenty-five dollars, a lucrative amount of money at that time.
At sixteen Steiner returned to Texas where he found work in the San Antonio stockyards and briefly attempted a career in law enforcement. The career ended when he shot at a car full of politicians in order to keep them from entering a street during a parade. He once resorted to breaking two-by-fours over a friend's head after betting bar patrons he could do this without knocking his friend out. He continued to compete in rodeos and even performed stunts for Hollywood before starting a saddle and boot making shop in Austin called Capitol Saddlery in 1930.
The shop proved successful, allowing Steiner to become the owner of Steiner Ranch, which he sold and is now a housing community under the same name owned by Taylor Woodrow Communities. While the shop and ranch meant security for his wife, the former Viola Strosser, and two children, Steiner's life was anything but that of a sedate man. He claimed to have attended parties with notorious mobster Al Capone and gone out drinking with Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa. In the 1950s while performing in a self-operated rodeo in Cuba with singer Gene Autry, he found himself in the midst of Castro's Cuban Revolution. After a quick call to then Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson, Steiner and his son Tommy were able to get their cattle and money out of the country. In 1993 he was inducted into the National Cowboy Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City after continuing to perform and operate rodeos.
Steiner's latter years were filled with family conflicts. The focus of the disputes was his relationship with Susan Hotte, an employee at Capitol Saddlery, which began in the 1980s. The family grew concerned about the relationship when she was given 194 acres of land near Bastrop and accused Hotte of manipulation. The feud escalated to the point where Steiner was placed in the temporary guardianship of lawyer Bryan Goetz and forbidden from making gifts or getting married without consent from the court.
In 2001 Steiner entered the Specialty Hospital of Austin with kidney failure and began repairing the emotional rifts with his family, particularly with his grandson Bobby Steiner. Buck Steiner had lived an extraordinary life, outliving his wife, children, and most of his famous friends. Before his death on May 14, 2001, his thoughts were of his ranch near Bastrop as he inquired about the mesquite trees on the property, proving he was a true cowboy to the end. He was buried in Austin Memorial Park Cemetery.