MADISON K. THAMES
WESTERN ARTIST & AUTHOR
GOLD BUCKLE REGISTRY
In rodeo, a gold buckle represents the absolute pinnacle of dedication, sacrifice, and victory. The Gold Buckle Registry honors the PRCA and PBR World Champions who have invested in original works by Madison K. Thames. These drawings and paintings don't just hang on walls; they live in the collections of cowboys and cowgirls who have competed and conquered in the arena. These are the names that define the sport, and the one-of-a-kind pieces they brought home.
Collector: J.B. Mauney | 2x PBR World Champion Bull Rider
Title: Clash of the Titans
Specifications: Oil on canvas, 30x40" | Private Collection
Two legends of the sport… one legendary 94-point ride in Billings, Montana. This is Clash of the Titans, featuring 2x PBR World Champion J.B. Mauney versus D&H Cattle Company's 3x PBR World Champion bucking bull, SweetPro’s Bruiser.
Collector: Stetson Wright | 10x PRCA World Champion
Title: Superman
Specifications: Oil on canvas, 30x40" | Private Collection
They said he’d better find a new profession, because his rodeoing days were over. His answer? Proving them all wrong. At the 2025 NFR, Stetson Wright won two more gold buckles (Bull Riding and All-Around) and became a 10x World Champion.
Round 6 of the NFR started off with a disappointing call in the bronc riding, but Wright returned with a vengeance in the bull riding, going 88.5 points to win the round on Stockyards Pro Rodeo's “Insurrection.”
Collector: Ky Hamilton | PRCA World Champion Bull Rider
Title: Dancing with the Devil
Specifications: Oil on canvas, 30x40" | Private Collection
After a bad wreck in Round 5 of the 2023 NFR left him unconscious and forced him to spend the night in a hospital, Ky Hamilton defied the odds and made a triumphant return to the Thomas & Mack in Round 6, then again in Round 7, when he was the only bull rider to make the 8-second whistle. His 88-point ride on Alberta Prime Devil's Advocate won him almost $100,000, secured his first bull riding world championship, and inspired rodeo fans everywhere with his remarkable display of determination and cowboy grit.
Collector: Rocker Steiner | PRCA World Champion Bareback Rider
Title: On Cloud 95
Specifications: Oil on canvas, 30x40" | Private Collection
At the 2022 Darby Riggin Rally in Darby, Montana, eighteen-year-old Rocker Steiner put the rodeo world on notice when he rode C5 Rodeo's legendary bucking horse, F13 Virgil, for 95 points and set a new bareback riding world record that has yet to be broken.
Collector: Statler Wright | PRCA World Champion Saddle Bronc Rider
Title: Rawhide
Specifications: Oil on canvas, 24x30" | Private Collection
At the 2024 Sandhills Stock Show and Rodeo in Odessa, Texas, Statler Wright won the bronc riding with an 87.5-point ride on Beutler & Son's 701 Rawhide, kicking off a lucrative season where he qualified for his first National Finals Rodeo and finished 8th in the world.
Collector: Taylor Munsell | WPRA World Champion Breakaway Roper
Title: For the Win
Specifications: Pencil on paper, 11x14" | Private Collection
How a competitor finishes is more important than how they start. When things don’t go how they planned or expected, keeping their chin up and refusing to quit on themselves is what makes a champion. At the end of a rollercoaster 2025 NFBR, Taylor Munsell finished strong, catching her calf in two seconds flat to tie for the round win and clench her first world title in the breakaway roping.
Collector: Tucker Allen | PRCA World Champion Steer Wrestler
Title: Ocho
Specifications: Pencil on paper, 11x14" | Private Collection
Meet the steer called Ocho—so named because he helped Tucker Allen get the win in Round 8 of the 2025 National Finals Rodeo. This 3.9-second run took Tucker to #1 in the PRCA standings, bringing him another step closer to his first world championship and the gold buckle he’d take home when the dust settled after Round 10.