SAN ANGELO, Texas – The moment Painted River burst out of the chute Friday night, Chad Rutherford knew something special was happening. “She was outstanding,” Rutherford said of the 8-year-old Pete Carr Pro Rodeo mare. “I felt like I could be in the high 80s with that ride, but I never imagined it would be[...]

GUYMON, Okla. – There’s a distinct Panhandle pride when it comes to rodeo in this area of Oklahoma. Cowboys live here, work here and attend school here. Over the years, there have been plenty of great ones with ties to Texas County, Okla. In fact, more than 40 cowboys and cowgirls that have made their[...]

SAN ANGELO, Texas – The field is set for Friday’s final round to decide the champions for this year’s San Angelo Stock Show and Rodeo. The preliminary go-rounds concluded Thursday night with only a handful of competitors sneaking into the top 12 in the standings to secure their spots in the final round. Barrel racer[...]

SAN ANGELO, Texas – As July rolled into August last year, Joe Lufkin was among the top 15 saddle bronc riders in the game. He just needed to sustain that position through the rest of the season, and he would have been bound for his first Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. A groin injury he suffered[...]

HICO, Texas – Each of Cody Ohl’s tie-down roping gold buckles came with a common theme. “In each of those world championships, I rode the best horse of that year,” said Ohl, who won six world titles overall, including his 2001 all-around crown. “One of those horses was the only one I rode at every[...]

Rutkowski returns to west Texas for BFO’s first stop in San Angelo SAN ANGELO, Texas – The sound of Weston Rutkowski’s voice gleams of west Texas. From that unmistakable drawl to the tone he uses, his regional pride is evident. He grew up in the burg of Haskell, a town of 3,300 people about two[...]

Bullfighters Only begins new season with its first event ever in Sunshine State BRIGHTON, Fla. – The Brighton Field Day Festival has a long history of exciting events, with 79 years of extreme entertainment. The organizers of the Field Day Festival and PRCA Rodeo are adding to that this year with three days of Bullfighters[...]

SAN ANGELO, Texas – Amberleigh Moore has a lot of faith in her young partner, a 7-year-old mare she calls Paige. “She’s taking me for the ride right now,” said Moore of Keizer, Ore. “Ever since I fell off, she’s hit a new gear. The rodeos I went to this week – Jackson (Miss.), Belton[...]

SAN ANGELO, Texas – Craig at Midnight is big and powerful. He stands at least 16 hands tall and weighs in excess of 1,800 pounds, and he’s the reigning Bareback Horse of the Year. On Saturday night at the San Angelo Stock Show and Rodeo, the athletic gray horse guided Austin Foss to an 89-point[...]

SAN ANGELO, Texas – Ty Breuer hasn’t ventured too far from his home near Mandan, N.D., very often in February. “I usually don’t rodeo in the winter as much because we start calving back home,” said Breuer, a two-time Wrangler National Finals Rodeo qualifier. “We started calving a little bit later this year so I[...]