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ProRodeo Hall of Fame welcomes 2019 class

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Stars converged at the ProRodeo Hall of Fame as the Hall enshrined its 12-member class of 2019 Saturday. The class was headlined by four-time world champion team roping heeler Allen Bach (1979, 1990, 1995 and 2006). “I’ve just been reflecting on how cool our sport…

Farewell to the Father of Sports Medicine, Dr. J. Pat Evans

Deeply respected and loved by his family, friends and the thousands of athletes whose lives he touched, Dr. J. Pat Evans passed away peacefully Monday July 22nd at his Dallas home. Evans, a Native Texan, was born August 5, 1930 and raised in Dallas. He was a devoted Christian, spending…

ProFile: Chris Woodruff

Chris Woodruff is the man behind Stetson Country Christmas, Roper Cowboy Marketplace, and his latest venture, ALL IN Barrel Race and ALL IN Breakaway – both held at the Orleans Arena during the WNFR and guaranteeing more than $800,000 payout. Chris rode bareback horses in high school and college. “I…

Now Faith

What does it mean to have “Now Faith”? I was corrected the other day and said that I need to expand my faith and quit diminishing it by what I claim. The statements I was making such as “I believe I will walk again, whether it is on this earth…

Back When They Bucked with Jerome Robinson

courtesy of the family For Jerome Robinson, being born in Ogallala, Nebraska (the self proclainmed “cowboy capital of Nebraska”), might have been an omen as he was destined to spend his entire life dreaming about, and then acting out the life of a cowboy... Specifically, a rodeo cowboy. A three-year-old…

On The Trail with Piper Yule

Piper is currently mastering four ponies, and has been working on that for a year. She began her career as a trick rider at the age of four. She added Roman Riding a year later, hopping on her brother’s ponies one day in the arena. “My brother was driving a…

High School Champion looking for Cheyenne championship

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (July 23, 2019) – Shad Mayfield might be the busiest 18-year-old at this year’s Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo. The tie-down roper competed here in the qualifying rounds on Tuesday and Wednesday, July 16 and 17. He roped his first calf here in 12.4 seconds, then won the second…

The Women of Rodeo Brought the Heat at Days of ’47 Cowboy Games & Rodeo on Monday

SALT LAKE CITY (July 22, 2019) – It was a hot night at the Komatsu Equipment Days of '47 Cowboy Games and Rodeo presented by Zions Bank in Salt Lake City on Monday night both in temperature and rodeo action. An 18-time WPRA World Champion Jackie Crawford turned in a…

Trio From Down Under Travel State-side for IFYR

(SHAWNEE, Okla.) - The Australian Junior Rodeo Association has brought a team to the International Finals Youth Rodeo for three years. Each family must raise around $4,000 to join the tour. They land in Ft. Worth, Texas, and hit the big stores like Teskeys, NRS, Justin and American Hat with…

Full & Maternal Siblings Highlight the 2019 Fulton Sale

Courtesy of Fulton Family Performance Horses The Fulton Family Performance Horse & Production Sale on Friday, August 9, 2019 will feature extremely elite performance prospects that represent the best bloodlines in the industry. The sale will be held in Rapid City, SD at the Central States Fairgrounds this year and…

On The Trail with Bridger Anderson

Bridger Anderson is from Carrington, North Dakota, where winters are seven months long. “For five months out of the year you can’t beat it,” said the 20-year-old who just won the College National Finals in steer wrestling. “In the winter we practice when it’s above 15 degrees, but that doesn’t…

SPECIAL HORSE AND A SPECIAL RIDE

Barrel racing horse makes recovery, leads St. Paul Rodeo with Oregon cowgirl St. Paul, Ore. (July 2, 2019) – A special horse made a special run tonight at the St. Paul Rodeo. High On A Bronsin, an eighteen-year-old black gelding whose barn name is Splinter, carried barrel racer Bobbie Correa…