Three-time World Champion Tim O’Connell came back from his August surgery in a big way with a win in the bareback riding at the Great Lakes Circuit Finals.
O’Connell won all three rounds in Louisville over the weekend after breaking his tailbone, and getting it completely removed, at the end of August.
“I’d be lying to you if I said I wasn’t nervous,” O’Connell said. “I had a lot going on the first day, I had a brand new riggin, a brand new glove, brand new spurs......The first night, it was a blessing to get that round win to get that rust knocked off and get all of them jitters out.”