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On The Trail with Roscoe Jarboe

Roscoe Jarboe is “the Rock.” Or at least, that’s what his dad used to call him. When the number five bull rider in the PRCA’s world standings was a little boy, his favorite WWE wrestler was the Rock. His dad would walk through the house, asking if anybody could smell…

On The Trail with Dale Brisby

“Of course I’ll talk to ya, I’m so honest you can shoot dice with me over the phone!” Dale Brisby is not afraid to wear his name on his hat. “I am the best there is, was, or ever will be! I’ve been to the winning circle so many times,…

On the Trail with Myles Neighbors

“No matter where you go or what you’re doing, it’s not going to be easy to win first place,” says Myles Neighbors. The 18-year-old from Benton, Arkansas, has won numerous titles, including 2016 NLBRA World Champion Steer Wrestler, but he also knows the feeling of leaving empty-handed. Yet Myles’ approach…

On The Trail with Shelby and Libby Winchell

“To rodeo is not just one or two people committing – it’s the whole family,” says Mike Winchell. He and his wife, Shawna, committed wholeheartedly the day their daughters, Shelby and Libby, now ages 25 and 18, stepped onto the rodeo trail. Since then, the sisters have won several state…

On The Trail with Hailey Kinsel

Hailey Kinsel’s qualification for RFD-TV’s The American and subsequent win in the barrel racing – and a third of a million dollars – has put the 22 year old from Cotulla, Texas, on the largest stage of her life. “I don’t know if there’s a bigger stage than that besides…

On The Trail with Blayze Fallis

What is a real cowboy? According to Blayze Fallis, a real cowboy takes care of his ranch, takes care of his horses, and takes care of each other. “It’s not what you’re wearing, it’s what’s in your heart,” says the 6-year-old cowboy from Cashion, Oklahoma. Blayze captured the hearts of…

On The Trail with Faith Hoffman

Faith Hoffman of Kiowa, Colorado, is the reigning CSHSRA goat tying champion. The 18-year-old plans to defend her title at state finals at the end of May, earning her third trip to the NHSFR. Yet as quick as her hands and feet are in her favorite event, Faith is even…

On The Trail with Burch Rodeo

Max and George Ann Burch come from a long line of ranchers. The couple, who are in their 70s, met back in the 1950s in high school. “My folks had a ranch north of Moorcroft and her dad bought a ranch adjoining the ranch that my dad had,” said Max.…

On the Trail with James Hajek

James Hajek is a cowboy by blood and by choice, making a living in the stock pens and arenas of the South and Midwest since he was a child. Today, the 32-year-old from Hennessey, Oklahoma, is known for his finesse as a pickup man, finding his niche in the rodeo…

On the Trail with Dave Dahl

Dave Dahl can spot one of his saddles from a mile away. When the bronc saddle maker from Ft. Pierre, S.D. watches pro rodeo, he can see the saddles he’s made aboard the bucking horses in the saddle bronc riding. And the list of cowboys using his saddles sounds like…

On the Trail with Brenten Hall and Jake Clay

Brenten Hall and Jake Clay may as well be brothers. They both come from rodeo families and they’ve grown up together as best friends. Both handy with a rope, it only made sense that the two 17-year-old cowboys should team up together in their professional rodeo careers. And if this…

On the Trail with the Clown Family

The Harrison family is affectionately known across the rodeo world as the “Clown Family.” John and Carla Harrison and their four children: Addy, Caz, Billie, who passed away in October of 2014, and Charlee, are regulars at rodeos across the nation. John, the grandson of world champion bull rider Freckles…