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LAS VEGAS – Steer wrestler Bridger Anderson picked a good time to make the fastest run of his professional career.

He stopped the clock in 3.3 seconds to win Thursday’s eighth round of the National Finals Rodeo, pocketing $30,706. That catapulted his Las Vegas earnings to nearly $85,000. What’s big is it was just his fourth paycheck in eight rounds, so it’s proof of how the roller coaster of rodeo is, especially on the sport’s biggest stage.

“There’s not a cooler place to do it,” said Anderson, who also won Monday’s fourth round. “We had a good steer, then we had to blow the barrier out and br...