This is the first of the 10 livestock bios I’ve prepared for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo on behalf of Carr Pro Rodeo. I hope knowing a little more about these animals will help you enjoy the NFR a little more. Alberta Child 8-year-old bay mare Bareback Riding SIRE: Spotty Crop DAM: My Maria 2011[...]

LAS VEGAS – Anyone who loves what they do craves every opportunity to do it. When it’s time to go to work, the attitude shifts, and the passion is revealed. Real Deal is that way. He takes a business-like approach to just about everything he does, and his business is rodeo. The 12-year-old brown gelding[...]

LAS VEGAS – It didn’t take Justin McDaniel long to announce his presence among bareback riding’s elite. He qualified for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo for the first time in 2007, when he was just 21 years old. He earned a world champion’s gold buckle the next December, aided greatly by winning the NFR average[...]

LAS VEGAS – The turning point of Matt Bright’s 2012 season came in early August. “I had decided that if I didn’t win a pretty significant amount of money, I’d have to go home and get a job,” said Bright of Azle, Texas. Bright won the first round of bareback riding in Dodge City, Kan.,[...]

LAS VEGAS – Jared Keylon has been one of the best bareback riders in rodeo for a number of years. He finally will get to prove it to the world this December when he competes for the first time at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. It’s the sport’s grand finale, and only the top 15[...]

LAS VEGAS – A knee injury in 2011 sidelined hopes of a world championship for Cort Scheer. It didn’t diminish his dreams. If anything, not being able to compete in the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo created a fever that has served as motivation for Scheer, a 26-year-old saddle bronc rider from tiny Elsmere, Neb. Instead[...]

LAS VEGAS – As a child, Casey Colletti would watch his father, Chuck, ride bareback horses. In all the years since, the younger Colletti has worked to perfect the skills it takes to ride horses well. The work has paid off; he will compete for the second straight year at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo[...]

LAS VEGAS – If 2011 was Carlee Pierce’s breakout year, then 2012 has set the standard for where she wants to be in professional rodeo. Pierce is the No. 4-ranked cowgirl in the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association, having earned $122,416 through the rigors of the season. Now she’ll carry that success and those experiences with[...]

LAS VEGAS – When the 2012 ProRodeo season began, Bray Armes promised himself he was going to try to make it to the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo this season. Armes is a man of his word. The plan comes to fruition during the sport’s grand championship, set for Dec. 6-15 at the Thomas and Mack[...]

LAS VEGAS – The lore of the American Cowboy continues to reach into every aspect of today’s culture. The MGM Grand Hotel & Casino recognizes it. More importantly, the MGM Grand notes how special it is that Last Vegas is the annual host to the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. When cowboys come to town, the[...]