Adriano Silva Morães (born April 20, 1970) is a Brazilian former professional rodeo cowboy who specialized in bull riding.
[3] Morães was born April 20, 1970, on his relatives' farm in Quintana, São Paulo, Brazil,[4][5] but grew up on the ranch his father managed in Cachoeira Paulista.
[5] Morães began his career at small rodeos throughout Brazil, eventually becoming a regular winner on that circuit.
Morães has been honored for his accomplishments with a life-size bronze statue of him on Little Yellow Jacket that stands at the entrance to the new PBR headquarters building in Pueblo, Colorado.
His last ride saw him buck off of a bull named Grey Dog, as Morães failed to qualify for the championship round.
[14] The Austin Gamblers won the first Team Series event of 2023 in Cheyenne, Wyoming, in late July.
However, the Rattlers would end up defeating the Gamblers to win the second annual PBR Team Series championship title.
[19] In 2024, at the Team Series Championship, the Austin Gamblers succeeded in making it to the final round for the second year in a row, only this time against the Carolina Cowboys.
A devout Catholic who lists his favorite book as the Bible and the late Pope John Paul II as a personal idol,[4] he is also a member of the Canção Nova missionary community in Brazil.
[24] He chose to ride only half of the 1998 PBR season in order to participate in a religious mission in Brazil, but nonetheless finished fourteenth in that year's PBR standings,[5] despite breaking his leg again at the Tuff Hedeman Championship Challenge in Fort Worth, Texas.