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Wildfire Pro Am Event

Last weekend my kids both achieved something they’ve worked at for the last few years. One roping produced at the Wildfire event, is the Sponsor Pro Am. In this roping, companies who sponsor the Wildfire event are given a spot for a #5 or under to rope with a Pro.…

Roper Review: Luke Brown

Earning $2 million as a professional cowboy is a milestone that PRCA team roper, Luke Brown, recently surpassed. Coming from east of the Mississippi, Luke still hasn’t fully accepted that he is in such an elite group, with only 30 cowboys to achieve those career earnings, out of thousands competing…

Back When They Bucked with John Harris

From the time he was a baby, all John Farris ever wanted to do was be a cowboy. And he spent his life doing it. The Addington, Oklahoma man was born in 1928 in Iowa Park, Texas, the son of B.A. and Eva Farris. When the neighbor’s cows got out…

Deb Copenhaver passes away at 94

Thursday February 7th Deb Copenhaver went to his eternal home. He peacefully passed in his sleep following a full life of living and giving back. He was born January 21, 1925 in Wilbur, Washington. At the outbreak of WWII at the age of 16 he enlisted in the Navy and…

Hillman Wins $5,000 Jerry Ann Taylor Award at World’s Original Indoor Rodeo®

FORT WORTH, Texas (Feb. 9, 2018) The judges for the annual Jerry Ann Taylor Best-Dressed Cowgirl Award at the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo had a tough decision to make as several of the top 12 barrel racers expended extra effort in their arena presentation. The award includes a…

Record-setting performances close Fort Worth rodeo’s 76-year run at Will Rogers Coliseum

FORT WORTH, Texas (February 9, 2019) — As the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo closed out its 76th and final year in Will Rogers Coliseum, it was only fitting that Texas cowboys turned in record-setting performances. Justin Shaffer of Hallsville qualified for the championship finals round in 12th place,…

Bull rider at the top of the earnings list at San Antonio Rodeo

SAN ANTONIO (Feb. 8, 2019) – J.W. Harris may be in the twilight of his bull riding career, but he’s not thinking about that at this year’s San Antonio Stock Show Rodeo. Harris, from Goldthwaite, Texas, joined the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association 14 years ago. He has won four gold…

Diaz takes first step to bucket-list win at Fort Worth’s World’s Original Indoor Rodeo®

FORT WORTH, Texas (February 3, 2019)— Prior to his first trip to compete at the 123rd edition of the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo, bull rider Garrett Wickett favorite rodeo moment happened at the RAM Prairie Circuit Finals. He had the highest marked ride of his career at the…

Dealing with Winning and Losing

I’ve heard it said, “Show me a good loser and I’ll show you a loser.” I don’t agree with that. I think it all pertains to how you’ve been raised and how you’ve been taught to conduct yourself in the arena. Personally, my father did not allow temper tantrums in…

ProFile: Jessica Routier

In her first year at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, Jessica Routier set her rodeo career on fire. And she had some help in doing it, aboard an exceptional horse. Routier, of Buffalo, South Dakota, rode Fiery Miss West, “Missy”, won over $250,000 for the year, and finished the rodeo…

Back When They Bucked with Marilyn Freimark

Marilyn Freimark knows her family’s genes run thick with the blue-jean lifestyle of rodeo and horses, but it was her own love of horses that put the passion back in her family tree—and Marilyn herself into rodeo history as the first Miss Rodeo America. Born in 1935, Marilyn was raised…

Tara Stimpson & Painted Fling

article by Maesa Kummer Painted Fling aka ‘Reese’ is a 7-yr-old sorrel gelding sired by A Streak of Fling and he and his owner/rider Tara Stimpson are the new Montana Circuit Finals Barrel Racing Average Champions and have earned a trip to the RAM National Circuit Finals in Kissimmee, FL…