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Rodeo Producer
Rodeo Livestock Contractor
At age 10, Tommy Steiner trained his paint horse, Danny, to do tricks, and the pair performed in Wild West Shows in central Texas. The boy’s father, Buck Steiner, a rodeo producer and livestock contractor, encouraged his son’s interest in the sport.
While attending the University of Texas, Tommy Steiner provided the stock for the college rodeo. After a tour in the army, he joined his father in Steiner Rodeo Company. In 1950 the Steiners combined their string with actor Wild Bill Elliott’s, and the outfit expanded to national venues. Within two decades Steiner was a major producer.
Steiner trademarks were a line of color-matched parade horses and a bucking string that struck fear in the heart of even the toughest rodeo hand. Black 6 was PRCA Bull of the Year in 1975, and Savage 7 captured that honor in 1981 and 1982. In 1976 the Bareback Bronc of the Year was Steiner’s Stormy Weather. Tommy Steiner retired from rodeo in 1984 to run the family ranches and operate his father’s Capitol Saddlery, in Austin, Texas. He passed away in 1999.
