Zeke Thurston

Like why, normally he's one, two in the world at the moment.

Some people would say, you know, it's himself or, you know, the rights, you know, and there's a heap of them, you know, and look, Zeke Thurston, there's a heap of them.

But why is he back a bit this year?

He did have to fly home and deliver his baby.

But then you have his brothers who are right behind him.

You have Zeke Thurston who is right behind him.

Guys like Q Taylor, these guys ride so dang good.

Cade Bruno, it's absolutely, the bronc riding is absolutely amazing right now.

I can't make any predictions, but all I know is Rusty is really, really hungry to win a gold buckle.

Rusty has got $274,685 won.

Zeke Thurston's second.

He's a four-time world champion.

Number one in the world.

Zeke Thurston, number two in the world, 270,000.

Then you have two Wright brothers, Stetson and Ryder Wright, rounding out the top four.

I mean, talk about one of the best.

I think this is going to be one of the best photo finishes we've had in a while.

Just because you got three Wright brothers gunning for the NFR.

Got Zeke Thurston gunning for it.

Obviously, you got guys like Wyatt Casper.

So it makes someone's really fun for sure.

Anderson's 89.5 point score gave him the first place check of $11,500 and moved him within $8,000 of leader Zeke Thurston in the race for the Canadian Settlebronk Championship.

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You can take the edge away from them by beating them around, and that's probably not the right way to phrase it, but being rough with them, then all of a sudden it takes them out of their game, and they're probably not going to be their best.

But then there's the guys, Zeke's a great example of a guy that can slide around a bucking horse, and he can have a common son of a gun, and he will turn that, that horse will have a great day.

Number one, Zeke's great as a horseman.

Number two, he's a great bronc rider, but then also Zeke only weighs about 140 pounds, maybe 150.

And so he's a little guy that can buck good with me, you know? Exactly.

Is it true? Is there any truth to the statement that you said? You just draw on the horses, a bad guy, a not a great Broncrider cannot show the horse off very well.

What if 10, 20 straight bad draws of not great Broncriders get on one of your best horses? Will it ruin? Will they start to pick up bad habits? Or is it like as soon as the 21st guy that gets on is Zeke Thurston and immediately can buck great?

I think that's an individual thing, depending on the animal.

I mean, Stetson Wright's a 10-time world champ.

Zeke Thurston's a four-time world champ.

You know, there's things you have to know about the rodeo, and if you get them wrong, people look at you different.

How was that journey of, like, breaking through, making sure you're telling your stories right, getting your information

Then you go down to a Canadian in number four.

225 is Zeke Thurston.

Sage Newman is also 225.

I'd love to see Sage win a world title.

I do love you guys.

We've already talked about Canadian bull riders.

Zeke Thurston's from up there.

Three time world champ.