Rodeo Austin kicks off with a bang. Some of the hottest young guns and some of the toughest veterans will get things rolling.
BAREBACK RIDING
Bill Tutor is a veteran bareback riding gearing up for a rematch with Beutler & Son Rodeo’s South Suds. He has been on this horse twice before, the most recent ride being in 2020. Up-and-comer Waylon Bourgeois has drawn Beutler’s Gray Goose. This horse only has two outs this season, one in Odessa and one in Tucson.
| Waylon Bourgeois | Gray Goose |
| Bill Tutor | South Suds |
| Pascal Isabelle | Hollywood Hills |
| Daniel Jones | Nutrena’s Rustler |
| Chett Deitz | Empty Pockets |
STEER WRESTLING
Your No. 18 steer wrestler in the World, Trell Etbauer, and No. 11, Cameron Morman, are coming to Austin in need of redemption after a no time took both cowboys out of the running for the title in 2022.
| Billy Boldon |
| Sterling Lambert |
| Cameron Morman |
| Trell Etbauer |
| Olin Ellsworth |
| Justin Kipp |
| Shayde Etherton |
TEAM ROPING
Veteran team ropers Jake Orman and Brye Crites were just out of the money in 2022 in Round 1 by a tenth of a second before catching a leg in the Finals to add a five second penalty to their time. This year, can they make it all come together?
| Coleman Thomas | Marshall Green |
| Korbin Rice | Jacob South |
| Reno Stoebner | Whit Kitchens |
| Shay Carroll | Evan Arnold |
| Jake Orman | Brye Crites |
| Joshua Torres | Dylin Ahlstrom |
| Wyatt Bray | Joshua Patton |
| Cory Smothers | Zane Pratt |
| Manny Egusquiza | Joseph Harrison |
SADDLE BRONC RIDING
Spencer Wright has his work cut out for him as he has drawn Nutrena’s Full Deck of Beutler’s & Sons’ a horse that has bucked in the saddle bronc as far back as 2012 and has only met up with a Wright one time before. Jack Bentz is an Oregon bronc rider who drew Pop A Top, a horse that is unridden so far in 2023.
| Clint Franks | Regulator |
| Jake Watson | Night Latch |
| Jake Burwash | Hammer Stone |
| Spencer Wright | Nutrena’s Full Deck |
| Stuart Wright | Show Stealer |
| Creighton Curley | Fortune Hunter |
| Jesse Kruse | Game Changer |
| Jack Bentz | Pop A Top |
TIE-DOWN ROPING
Nebraska’s Riley Pruitt picked up a check in 2022 after an 8.2-second run that would prove to be his fastest run of the rodeo. He is up against fellow Nebraska cowboy Riley Wakefield and young gun Tom Crouse.
| Riley Wakefield |
| Tom Crouse |
| Dillon Hahnkamp |
| Britton Bedke |
| Brayden Roe |
| Blane Cox |
| Riley Pruitt |
| Cash Hooper |
BARREL RACING
Kricket Gintner is fresh off a go-round win at RodeoHouston where she is moving on to the Semifinals. Her horse Jax has never ran at Austin but her mother, Tammy, took to social media to say that this will be a bucket list run for Gintner and her equine partner.
| Taycie Matthews |
| Austyn Tobey |
| Kricket Gintner |
| Kylee Scribner |
| Leslie Smalygo |
| Michelle Darling |
| Bryanna Lehrmann |
| Molly Pritchard |
BULL RIDING
Jeff Askey has been on a hot streak winning San Antonio and his Super Series of RodeoHouston. His bull in Austin is Black Mamba. This bull had only two qualified rides in 2022, one of which, came at Rodeo Austin.
| JC Mortensen | Bandito Bug |
| Garrett Wall | Chain Smoker |
| Taylor Toves | Greeley Hat Works Viper |
| Laramie Mosley | Slim Jim |
| Jeff Askey | Black Mamba |
| Jordan Spears | Trans Am |
| Seth Green | Fake Friend |
| Robbie Taylor | Record Rack’s Coupe De Ville |
