Teen bull rider Gracen Hansen ‘fortunate’ after violent wreck

“It’s the ropes and the reins, and the joy and the pain. And they call the thing rodeo.” - Garth Brooks

“It happens. You know the risk every time you get on a bull. I’m just fortunate it wasn’t worse.”

Those were Gracen Hansen’s thoughts on Monday, just two days after being carried on a stretcher from the rodeo arena in Lemmon with head injuries sustained bull riding that he will recover from, but l…