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Rickey Green Remembered

The team roping world mourns the loss of former NFR Team Roping champion Rickey Green at 61 years of age. Rickey passed away Wednesday, October 10 at his home in Stephenville, Texas after a brief illness. Green qualified for the National Finals Rodeo 10 times, winning the NFR Average in…

MONEY IN MINOT

Badlands Circuit Finals Rodeo determines champions in North, South Dakota MINOT, N.D. (October 9, 2016) – It came down to the wire for cowboys and cowgirls in Minot at this weekend’s RAM Badlands Circuit Finals Rodeo. After four performances of the Minot Y’s Men’s Rodeo, which hosts the circuit finals,…

Roper Review: Brook Styron

Brook Styron, a Texas native, has seen a lot of changes in the roping industry over the years. He grew up in Granbury, Texas and was introduced to calf roping at twelve years old by a neighbor. That was before team roping had caught on, and Brook continued to rope…

Jessica Routier

Jessica Routier’s goal at the beginning of the season was to finish in the top 30 of the WPRA world standings to set herself and her 7-year-old mare up for a bigger season next year. But when the barrel racer from Buffalo, South Dakota, and her horse, Fiery Miss West…

ProFile: Luke Branquinho

Five-time World Champion Steer Wrestler Luke Branquinho won’t be shaking his booty under the bright lights of Las Vegas this December. He’s spent way too much time on the injured reserve list lately for that. But after a couple of comebacks in consecutive years, the living legend is looking forward…

Josh and Jonathan Torres

[ Josh & Jonathan Torres both sit at 17th in the PRCA Standings and share the common goal of qualifying for the WNFR this year. ] Josh and Jonathan Torres, lately of Stephenville, Texas, share the bond of brothers, team roping partners, and business partners, along with their common goal…

Effective Preparation is More Than Practice

Last weekend I was inducted into During my acceptance speech at the Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame I told the story of when Rich and I first started roping together. We went on to win eight world titles together but we weren’t exactly on the same page in the beginning.…

Back When They Bucked with Joe McBride

Although Joe McBride spends many hours behind the camera lens now, he started out in front of them as a rodeo clown and bullfighter during a rodeo career that spanned nearly 30 years. Joe has been capturing the essence of rodeo through photography at International Professional Rodeos, not missing a…

On The Trail with Nellie Miller

Annelle (Nellie) Miller gets home as often as she can. “This year I didn’t have to travel near as much,” said the mother of two. “We had a pretty good start in the winter so we could pick and choose where we wanted to go.” Nellie has fit motherhood into…

Pendleton Round-Up Results

Sept. 12-15 All-around cowboy: Trevor Brazile, $13,705, tie-down roping, team roping and steer roping. Bareback riding: First round: 1. Blaine Kaufman, 85 points on Four Star Rodeo's Cc Valley, $6,335; 2. Steven Peebles, 83.5, $4,857; 3. (tie) Ty Breuer and Tim O'Connell, 82, $2,956 each; 5. (tie) Jake Stemo and Blake Smith, 81.5,…

Back When They Bucked with Don Huddleston

story by Shiley Blackwell Don Huddleston’s name rings across the steer wrestling world as one of the greats. The Talihina, Oklahoma cowboy was an eight time NFR qualifier and has spent his days contributing to his community and the rodeo realm. “I’ve had some good guys beat me at bull…

On The Trail with Lacee Curnutt

Lacee Curnutt from Talihina, Oklahoma, grew up riding on a ranch. Her grandfather, Don Huddleston (Back When They Bucked, page 18)raised her riding with him on the southeast Oklahoma ranch. “My grandpa went to the NFR 8 times and even though he had retired by the time I started hazing,…