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10 % CIRCUMSTANCE & 90 % ATTITUDE
Not many people begin a Professional Bareback career at age 22 , but that is just what Braxton Neilsen did . Braxton has always been an athlete . In high school he was a football , basketball , and baseball star and even considered playing those sports in college .
Braxton grew up riding horses on the ranch , but never competed in rodeo . Being best friends with Joe Frost , he had to attempt bull riding , but quickly realized that it wasn ’ t for him . After graduating high school , Braxton went on a two year LDS Mission . While he was on his mission , Kacey Feild sent him a letter suggesting that he give rodeo a try when he got home . first step and three months after the accident he ditched the wheelchair , getting around on his own free will . When asked how he was able to accomplish such huge steps he said , “ The Lord gives us faith and opportunity . If we have faith in him and work hard , amazing things can happen . We are born to succeed .”
Braxton has returned to CSI and is training for his comeback . The words he lives by , “ we can ’ t control our circumstances , but we can control our attitude .”
Braxton said that Kacey mentored him and educated him in the mental aspect of rodeo as well as the physical side . Braxton ’ s ability to ride bucking horses came naturally and in 2016 after riding for less than a year , he competed in the CNFR in Casper , Wyoming . In 2017 he was sitting 6th in the Wilderness Circuit ; on September 6 , 2017 he broke his back when a horse reared up and smashed him against the chute .
Braxton was given less than a 5 % chance that he would ever walk again , let alone ride . After only 8 weeks , Braxton took his
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