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Texas Bronc Rider’s Association 2018 Finals Set for Last Weekend in September
August 9, 2018
story by Lori O’Harver GLEN ROSE, Texas – “We’re thrilled to have the bronc riders back in town, but honestly? It’s the TBRA lady ranch bronc riders our community is most looking forward to having back. They’re just hard not to love,” said Kelly Harris of the Glen Rose Convention and Visitor’s Bureau. The $20,000 added TBRA Finals III has expanded to three days; 7:30 p.m. performances on Friday and Saturday nights, September 28 and…
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Meet the Member Joy Hawks
July 19, 2018
story by Lori O’Harver Joy Hawks should need no introduction. She’s an innovator and businesswoman who’s been on the frontline of many efforts to advance horsemanship, women’s rodeo sports and social entrepreneurship. She’s also the 1997 Professional Women’s Rodeo Association World Champion Bareback Rider, reserve champion bull rider and reserve all-around cowgirl. Retirement has never been in her vocabulary while cracking back out has always had a seductive quality that she finds irresistible. That’s how…
Read MoreTexas Bronc Rider’s Association & Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo Open Books for Texas Bronc Scholarship Shoot Out
July 5, 2018
story by Lori O’Harver Three short years ago, Daryl McElroy’s dream of a ‘for bucking horse riders only’ association took it’s first baby steps. The vision focused around raising funds for and offering scholarships to recent high school graduates, incoming high school seniors and juniors. It’s a goal they’ve succeeded in hitting since their first finals rolled around and one that’s steadily grown along with the association. “The TBRA mission is all about increasing the…
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Meet the Sponsor CM Trailers
June 21, 2018
story by Lori O’Harver When the Texas Bronc Rider’s Association (TBRA) hits the rodeo trail there’s a considerable amount of gear that goes along. That’s why there’s a rugged CM Trailer that’s the first thing packed and the last thing unpacked. “We carry flags, banners, saddles, riggin’ bags for the RIDE TV Cowgirls,” TBRA President Daryl McElroy said. “When we realized our truck was always going to be packed to the hilt, we reached out…
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Meet the Member Jake Vance
June 1, 2018
Jake Vance’s Star is rising with a Little Help from Top Hand Friends story by Lori O’Harver At 15 years old, Jake Vance was entering the roping at high school rodeos. A year and a half later, he did what statistically very few timed event contestants do. He swapped ends and started riding saddle broncs. He hasn’t picked up a rope since. “When I was little, my dad rode bareback horses,” Vance said. “I’ve always…
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Meet the Member Pearl Kersey
May 17, 2018
story by Lori O’Harver Broncs, Eh? A Canadian Cowgirl in Texas for the TBRA Ladies Ranch Bronc Tour Many cowboys have made the trek to Alberta to answer the call of the big, soggy, feather-footed bucking horses the province is known for. It’s not rare for a Canadian cowboy to find his way to Texas, either. Pearl Kersey might be the first woman ranch bronc rider to move to the Lone Star State to find…
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Meet the Member Cody Cabeen
May 4, 2018
story by Lori O’Harver Cody Cabeen is making the best of his comeback career in bareback riding. His recent win at Poteet Strawberry Festival has launched him to the top of the leaderboard in the Texas Bronc Riders Association (TBRA) standings and has him hopeful for his second championship. “I grew up in Duncanville, Texas, with a passion for horses. At 15, a buddy and I partnered on a bronc saddle. We bought it for…
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Rodeo Spotlight Poteet, TX Strawberry Festival
April 20, 2018
story by Lori O’Harver For the last 70 years, the Poteet Strawberry Festival has been growing like spring-fed berries in the Artesian belt of Texas. Founded in 1886 and named for it’s blacksmith and postmaster, the town that today is still under 5,000 in population soon gained another visionary citizen in Henry T. Mumme. Mumme donated land to the Artesian Belt Railroad, a line built by land developer Charles Simmons to provide transportation for prospective…
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Meet the Member Clint Lindenfeld
March 16, 2018
story by Lori O’Harver Texas Bronc Rider’s Association Saddle Bronc Riding Director Clint Lindenfeld is the first cowboy to hold that office in the organization. In fact, after his first year of membership, he went to TBRA President Daryl McElroy and told him he saw the organization growing and knew he needed help. For a young father of three holding down a full-time job while making a bid for the TBRA championship, that’s an offer…
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First Stop a Big Success
February 16, 2018
story by Lori O’Harver BULVERDE, Texas – Say it right, it sounds like ‘bull-verdy’. Now that that’s out of the way, visit the sweet, southwest Texas town where they’ll learn your name in a heartbeat and make you feel right at home. That’s just the way they are in that part of the country. They’re also all about their neighbors, their community and especially their rodeo. The Texas Bronc Rider’s Association (TBRA) Don’t Weaken Be…
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Meet the Member Alondra Castaneda
January 19, 2018
story by Lori O’Harver For the first 13 years of her life, Alondra Castaneda rode stick horses, had names for every horse she saw pastured around South Texas, read all of the Black Stallion books and breathlessly knew there were horses in her future. At 13, she got her first horse and life really began. Ten years later, she’d faithfully attended 4H, competed in every timed event ever invented, traded horses, started some, got herself…
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Texas Bronc Rider’s Association Growing Stronger Every Year
December 22, 2017
story by Lori O’Harver This past year was an incredible ride for the Texas Bronc Rider’s Association. We were able to expand on every level from adding a riding event, sponsorship, membership growth and exposure,” said Daryl McElroy, TBRA president. “2018 is going to be even busier, challenging and good for bronc riding nation.” Founded in early 2015, the TBRA enters its third year of operations with forty-five (45) co-sanctioned rodeos across Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana,…
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