Rodeo provides high-flying action
TEXARKANA, Ark. – The high-flying action of the 71st Four States Fair and Rodeo won’t be limited to the midway. The exposition will be home to a world-class rodeo, featuring the top athletes in the game. That includes the great animals from Pete Carr’s Classic Pro Rodeo and the graceful – yet comedic – motorcycle […]
Rodeo stars are aligning
Eliminator, 8-Second Bareback Shootout to showcase top rodeo athletes HEMPSTEAD, Texas – The very best contestants in professional rodeo make their way to southeast Texas in the early fall every year. Part of the attraction is the Waller County Fair and Rodeo, set for 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 1-Saturday, Oct. 3, at the Waller County […]
Regular season winding to a close
Less than four weeks remain in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association’s regular season. That means it’s a scramble for all the top players in the game to position themselves for the postseason. Only the top 15 cowboys in each event advance to ProRodeo’s grand finale, the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. For the cowboys “Riding for […]
List of nominees is out
The PRCA released its list of nominees for end-of-the-year awards. Winners in each category will be announced during the PRCA Awards Banquet, set for Wednesday, Dec. 2, at the South Point Hotel Casino and Spa in Las Vegas, one night before the opening round of the 2015 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. Congratulations to all the […]
Inspirational messages part of upcoming fund-raising dinner
DUNCAN, Okla. – An evening of inspiration and good ol’ fashioned cowboy wisdom is just part of the agenda for a dinner and auction set for 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12, at the Simmons Center in Duncan. The organizers of the Chisholm Trail Ram Prairie Circuit Finals Rodeo are conducting the event as a fund-raiser […]
Moving Forward
Waller County Fair and Rodeo continues making positive changes HEMPSTEAD, Texas – The Waller County Fair Board has been working diligently over the past year with one goal in mind: Striving to make the experience even better for fairgoers. That’s why members of the board are so excited for this year’s Waller County Fair and […]
Circuit contestants closing in on finale
DUNCAN, Okla. – Less than two weeks remain in the 2015 Prairie Circuit rodeo season. Crunch time has fallen for a number of the top contestants in the region if they want to qualify for the year-end championship, the Chisholm Trail Ram Prairie Circuit Finals Rodeo, set for 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15-Saturday, Oct. 17, […]
Tour finale will crown champs at Kansas Star
MULVANE, Kan. – The race for the 2015 Don Gay Bull Riding Tour championship will come down to the final weekend of the season. The tour’s finale will take place at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 25; 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26; and 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 27, at the Kansas Star Arena in Mulvane. “We’ve […]
Stewart bringing voice to KC
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Andy Stewart looks at his job from many angles. He is a researcher, a statistician and an entertainer. He has the unique ability to put it all together as one of the top emcees in professional rodeo, a six-time nominee for the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association’s Announcer of the Year. He […]
ERA plans its first finale in Dallas
There seems to a buzz centered on the newly founded Elite Rodeo Athletes organization. In fact, there was so much interest in tuning in online for a rebroadcast of Wednesday’s news conference at the American Airlines Center in Dallas that association’s website was overwhelmed, and the news conference was not available for more than two […]
Graves inching toward another title
DUNCAN, Okla. – For a man who competes part-time, Stockton Graves is making a pretty good living on the ProRodeo trail. Graves, a seven-time Wrangler National Finals Rodeo qualifier in steer wrestling from Alva, Okla., has earned nearly $40,000 this season. He’s moved to No. 20 in this week’s world standings and needs to advance […]
Injuries sideline NFR hopes
The last week of rodeos was tough on a couple of bareback riders who were battling for qualifications to the 2015 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. Canadian Luke Creasy suffered a broken left forearm that required surgery Tuesday, while Texan Matt Bright had a rib injury. It’s not the first bout with injuries this season for […]
Good Man Friday
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story appears in the August issue of Women’s Pro Rodeo News, the official publication of the WPRA. It is reproduced with the approval of the WPRA. Paige Willis considered selling Good Frenchman Friday, a horse she had spent much of the winter and spring seasoning. It’s a good thing she didn’t. The […]
Champs crowned in Lovington
LOVINGTON, N.M. – Even at 19, Clayton Jon Biglow has long dreamed of having a long and storied rodeo career. At 38, Cody Wright is still living his dream. On the final night of the Lea County Fair and Rodeo on Saturday, the two cowboys were mixed in among a world-class field of 2015 champions […]
Tryan takes care of business
LOVINGTON, N.M. – Travis Tryan was in a hurry. Minutes after making his second team roping run of the day on Friday, Tryan stopped for a few moments, then made his way to his trailer; there, he unsaddled a big bay, got the horse ready to load and ventured north to Colorado Springs. “My head […]
First round results from Lovington
Steer wrestling: First round: 1. Tyler Pearson, 3.3 seconds, $1,930; 2. Dean Gorsuch, 3.6, $1,679; 3. Stockton Graves, 3.7, $1,427; 4. (tie) Wade Sumpter, Cooper Shofner and Christian Pettigrew, 3.9, $923 each; 7. Monty Eakin, 4.0, $420; 8. Seth Brockman, 4.1 $168. Tie-down roping: First round: 1. Marty Yates, 7.9 second, $2,539; 2. (tie) Riley […]
Shofner wrestles away the lead
LOVINGTON, N.M. – Every great angler knows the value of a good honey hole. The Shofner brothers of southeast Texas have one in the Lea County Fair and Rodeo. Cooper Shofner of Jasper, Texas, took advantage of the familiarity of Jake McClure Arena on Thursday to move into the overall steer wrestling lead, while brother […]
Feild sets gold standard in Lovington
LOVINGTON, N.M. – Gold rests deep in the mountains of Utah and seems to flow through the blood of the Feild family from the central part of the state. Kaycee Feild is carrying on a family tradition first established by his father, Lewis, three decades ago. Together they own nine world championship gold buckles – […]
Win moves Eldred to No. 1 spot
LOVINGTON, N.M. – Brennon Eldred knew the Lea County Xtreme Bulls was a good event. He had no idea that his victory on Tuesday night would push him to the No. 1 spot in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association world standings. Eldred, of Sulphur, Okla., rode two bulls for a cumulative score of 175.5 points, […]
First-round leaders so far in Lovington
Steer wrestling: 1. Wade Sumpter, 3.9 seconds; 2. Seth Brockman, 4.1; 3. (tie) Trevor Knowles and Tyler McCormick, 4.2; 5. Clayton Hass, 4.4; 6. (tie) Cole Fulton and Billy Bugenig, 4.5; 8. Dakota Eldridge, 4.7. Tie-down roping: 1. Riley Pruitt, 8.2 seconds; 2. Trell Etbauer, 10.0; 3. Trevor Brazile, 10.3; 4. Jerrad Hofstetter, 10.4; 5. […]
Wickett, Brazile win early in Lovington
J.P. Wickett won the first round and Trevor Brazile the second round on Tuesday morning at the Lea County Fair and Rodeo. First round: 1. J.P. Wickett, 13.1 seconds, $1,869; 2. Bryce Davis, 13.3, $1,625; 3. Rod Hartness, 13.5, $1,381; 4. Chet Herren, 13.7, $1,138; 5. Will Gasperson, 14.0, $894; 6. Trey Wallace, 14.1, $650; […]
Diaz finds the right Medicine
DODGE CITY, Kan. – It’s safe to say that the Frontier Rodeo Co. bronc Medicine Woman likes Roundup Arena. The great bay mare, a two-time Saddle Bronc Riding Horse of the Year, has helped cowboys to Dodge City Roundup Rodeo records each of the past two seasons. After helping Wade Sundell to a 92 a […]
Stearns has his Wit and his way
DODGE CITY, Kan. – Colt Stearns makes no bones about how he acquired his steer wrestling horse. “I got married to get it,” he said of Wit, a 17-year-old bay gelding. “My wife had him in high school as a roping horse, and I liked him. I started dating her, and I got married to […]
Crossett rodeo a big event for Carr
CROSSETT, Ark. – The Crossett Riding Club PRCA Rodeo is one of the hottest Pro Rodeo’s in the country, and it has nothing to do with the temperature. Sure, southern Arkansas has its fair share of steamy nights, but the first full week of August will showcase on a different type of heat during the […]