September 28, 2023
Nine-year-old Braylin Barratt is the proud owner of two world champion saddles, buckles, and numerous awards including her new favorite purple felt hat after her hard work paid off at the 2023 NLBRA Finals. “I was really surprised and I was excited!” says the cowgirl from Cheraw, Colorado. She went…
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June 22, 2023
Championship Saturday at the 2023 College National Finals Rodeo (CNFR) began with the top 12 student athletes in nine events roping and riding for individual and team honors, The night ended with the crowning of 10 individual and two all-around national champions along with new women’s and men’s national champion…
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May 19, 2023
Larry Mahan was the all-around world champion in 1966-70 and 1973. He also was the bull riding champ in 1965 and 1967. He qualified for the NFR a combined 26 times from 1964-75 in bareback riding, saddle bronc riding and bull riding. He was inducted in the inaugural class of…
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April 21, 2023
I get asked every year for advice on the recruitment process. Here is some of the advice I share every year with students: Finish your senior year strong, keep your grades up. The NIRA has very strict rules when it comes to grades and if you are taking dual credit…
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February 28, 2023
For a team roper, nothing quickens the blood like a horse and some steers to turn. And the Wrangler Team Roping Championships have given the team roping world a place to rope, to be horseback, to enjoy friends, and to win money for the past eighteen years. Founded by Dennis…
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January 19, 2023
Don't expect to be treated fairly in life. Some people will say and do hurtful things that you don't deserve. After leasing our part of the ranch for 10 years we went through another heart wrenching experience. The owner sold the whole ranch to a man in Oregon. Harry had…
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January 19, 2023
Kicking up Kindness "To me it’s a family legacy.” explains the 22-year-old, Queen Creek, Arizona native, Kennadee Riggs, about her platform. “My grandmother in the 90s didn’t like how negative the news headlines were, so she started writing a column for a local paper on kind deeds and she had…
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January 19, 2023
“It was amazing – there was no feeling that rivaled that feeling,” said Will Reed Jennings about walking down the tunnel at the Thomas & Mack to photograph his first Wrangler National Finals. “There were so many people just in the hallway that I knew.” Will Reed Jennings is the…
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November 17, 2022
Connor Griffith’s goal going into the 2022 NLBFR was to win three saddles, including the bareback riding title that had eluded him two years in a row. The 18-year-old, who is originally from Skullbone, Tennessee, accomplished that goal and then some, winning the Finals all-around, ribbon roping, tie-down roping, bareback…
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November 17, 2022
Being side lined brings a whole new meaning in the sport of rodeo. It’s words no rodeo athlete wants to hear or go through for that matter. One thing is for sure though, if you rodeo long enough it’s going to happen especially when your job is taking hits for…
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November 17, 2022
There are many royal bloodline mares living at Timber Creek Veterinary in Canyon, Texas. And thanks to the work of Dr. Gregg Veneklasen, great geldings like Harry Vold’s Bobby Joe, have been cloned. Match that gelding daddy to the eggs of the amazing royalty of mares and the resulting embryos…
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September 23, 2022
After two years of winning reserve all-around, Hadley Thompson was relieved to say the least when she was announced as the 2022 World Champion. “It was infuriating,” recalls Hadley, “I thought I had it the last two years. This year, my hard work finally paid off.” The disappointment Hadley had…
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