Monthly Archives: August 2019

EAGLE, Colo. – The voice is smooth, the words are filled with knowledge. Scott Grover has proven that being a rodeo announcer is more than a job to the man from Weston, Missouri; it’s a passion that matches the action inside the Johnette Phillips Arena during the Eagle County Fair and Rodeo. “This rodeo is  Continue Reading »

DUNCAN, Okla. – The hardest part of Hardy Braden’s job – outside driving tens of thousands of miles a year to do it – is being matched with the right partner. Braden is a saddle bronc rider from Welch, Oklahoma, and he’s pretty good at it. He qualified for the National Finals Rodeo in 2017  Continue Reading »

Waller County Fair and Rodeo offers incentives for rodeo contestants HEMPSTEAD, Texas – The one thing contestants have come to learn about the Waller County Fair and Rodeo is that there are plenty of incentives to compete. “This is a really good rodeo with good money,” said Lane Ivy, a National Finals Rodeo qualifier from  Continue Reading »

BELLVILLE, Texas – Dale McCracken has multiple personalities, but it’s not a disorder. It’s quite the opposite, really. Like a superhero donning his cape, McCracken covers his face with greasepaint and enters the world of his alter-ego, Gizmo, the funnyman/barrelman who has entertained rodeo crowds for much of his life. It’s as if Dale drives  Continue Reading »

North Carolinian earns second BFO Speedway Series title BRISTOL, Tenn. – Simply put, Kris Furr was ready to get back to work. His job? Juking and jumping over Spanish fighting bulls. After suffering a groin injury last month in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Furr proved why he remains one of the best in the business by  Continue Reading »

EAGLE, Colo. – The people that live in Eagle County and the surrounding communities have come to expect great happenings. The Eagle County Fair and Rodeo is no different, which is why it was a virtual sellout each of the four performances for this year’s rodeo, which took place July 24-27. There are numerous factors  Continue Reading »

LOVINGTON, N.M. – Cody Cabral knew he had a good opportunity Saturday at the Lea County Fair and Rodeo. That’s why he flew in and borrowed a horse to could compete on the final day of Lovington’s rodeo, and he made the opportunity pay off. He wrestled two steers in a cumulative time of 7.3  Continue Reading »

LOVINGTON, N.M. – Tanner Aus and Jacobs Crawley both ride bucking horses for a living, they just do it in a little different manner. On Friday night, they did better than anybody and left the Lea County Fair and Rodeo either leading or owning a share of the lead in their respective events. “Lovington has  Continue Reading »

EAGLE, Colo. – Rodeo cowboys and cowgirls make their livings crisscrossing the countryside, stopping briefly for the competition that drives them. Each July, hundreds make sure to include the Eagle County Fair and Rodeo on their schedules, and the 2019 version was no exception. The big number weren’t just the contestants, but also the scores  Continue Reading »

LOVINGTON, N.M. – Garrett Shadbolt knew a little bit of the history of Scarlet’s Web. What he didn’t know was the 17-year-old bay mare’s history at the Lea County Fair and Rodeo. Over the last five years, cowboys have won the bareback riding title on the powerful horse three times. Now he’s trying to make  Continue Reading »

LOVINGTON, N.M. – The world of professional rodeo can be much like a roller-coaster ride – there are many highs and lows through the season. Chance Oftedahl has experienced the extremes of both in the last month. On Wednesday night, he showed that he’s riding through the high times during the first performance of the  Continue Reading »

LOVINGTON, N.M. – For the last five years, Trey Kimzey has watched from the sidelines as older brother Sage has lived his rodeo dreams. Sage Kimzey has won the last five bull riding world championships and leads the standings again, but he’s been sharing the limelight with his little brother a bit this season. On  Continue Reading »

DODGE CITY, Kan. – It’s been years since Koby Radley got his first glimpse of a Dodge City Roundup Rodeo championship buckle. It belongs to his brother-in-law, Jacob O’Mara, who won the bull riding title in 2011, then followed it up with a Dodge City Xtreme Bulls title in 2015. Now Radley can return to  Continue Reading »

DODGE CITY, Kan. – As Boyd Polhamus announced his credentials, the full-house crowd packed into Roundup Arena began to build for a Kansas-born cowboy that owns three world championships. Will Lowe didn’t disappoint, either. On Saturday night during the final preliminary performance of Dodge City Roundup Rodeo, the bareback rider who was raised on the  Continue Reading »

DODGE CITY, Kan. – Rusty Wright is 28 months older than the next oldest sibling, his saddle bronc riding world champion brother Ryder. They’ve been close since that March day in 1998 when the younger brother was born to two-time world champion Cody Wright and his wife, ShaRee. They have three younger siblings, one of  Continue Reading »

DODGE CITY, Kan. – Team ropers Garrett Tonozzi and Dustin Davis knew they needed a consistent run Thursday night if they had a chance to win the Dodge City Roundup Rodeo. “Honestly, we were trying to be 6.0 twice,” Davis said, referring to time in seconds. “Luckily, we beat that by a little bit.” The  Continue Reading »

DODGE CITY, Kan. – The state of Iowa is becoming a hotbed for cowboys wanting to ride bucking horses for a living. This past December, two Iowans – saddle bronc rider Wade Sundell and bareback rider Tim O’Connell – earned world championships; it was the first for Sundell and the third straight for O’Connell. Now  Continue Reading »