
“If the opportunity arises, to where I think I had a shot to make the Finals, I’d definitely take it.”ĭanielle has trained many of her own horses, and this year, has a young horse, a seven-year-old, that was owned by her parents but trained by Danielle. That rodeo trail can get pretty tiresome at times.”Ī good steer wrestling horse is a large part of a steer wrestler’s success, and if Sparing came across the right horse, he might rodeo hard, to make the Wrangler National Finals.

It’s nice to build my home place and go hunting. “For now, I’m content sticking close to home. It’s nice to stay closer to home, he said. He is competing in the Montana Circuit, the PRCA’s designation of rodeos in the state. They’ve done close to ninety percent of the work themselves, except for the plumbing and electrical.

Timmy isn’t rodeoing full time this year he is building the couple’s new home, with the help of Erickson, when Erickson, ranked number four in the world standings and the 2019 world champion, is home to help. As a professional barrel racer, she won the Montana Circuit Rookie of the Year in 2016. Dave was a saddle bronc rider and Carmel a barrel racer who still competes, and “she still beats me most of the time,” Danielle said.ĭanielle competed in high school rodeo and at Casper (Wyo.) College.

They moved to Roy, Montana when Danielle was nine years old. Her parents, Dave and Carmel Wright, visited the U.S. The couple married in October of 2022.Ī native of New Zealand, she comes from a long line of rodeo people. His wife Danielle is a barrel racer who will also make her run on Saturday night in Helena. He’ll compete at the Last Chance Stampede in Helena on Saturday night, but he’s not the only Sparing to be involved in rodeo.
