Concerts key to fair’s success
LOVINGTON, N.M. – From rising stars to an “American Idol” to a Rock ’n’ Roll Hall of Fame inductee, the 2015 Lea County Fair and Rodeo will have the perfect mix for fairgoers. “I think our lineup is exciting and is holding to the standards that we’ve developed over the past few years,” said Corey […]
Locals make Roundup a big deal
DODGE CITY, Kan. – While it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a community and more to put on the Dodge City Roundup Rodeo. “There’s no possible way this event goes on without the number of volunteers and the great support we get from this community,” said Dr. R.C. Trotter, chairman of […]
Funnyman returning to Guymon
GUYMON, Okla. – There are things in this world that people want to see many times over. The Guymon Pioneer Days Rodeo is one of those for rodeo funnyman Cody Sosebee. He returns for this year’s festivities, set for 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 6; 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 7; and 2 p.m. Sunday, […]
County fair celebrates 80 years
LOVINGTON, N.M. – Eight decades ago, Jake McClure was the dominant calf roper in rodeo; the Lea County, N.M., cowboy had revolutionized his event and had earned titles at the most prestigious events in the game. His hometown event, the Lea County Fair and Rodeo, was established in his heyday. This August, the exposition will […]
FMX team to jump into Dodge City
DODGE CITY, Kan. – Cody Cavanaugh, Mike Keiper and Josh Mertens have different thoughts on horsepower than most who are involved with the 2015 Dodge City Roundup Rodeo. They are an integral part of Wisconsin Freestyle Motocross, which will be one of the featured pieces of entertainment during the five performances of the rodeo, set […]
Sosebee ready to rock Roundup
DODGE CITY, Kan. – There are only a handful of accomplishments funnyman Cody Sosebee hasn’t achieved in a strong rodeo career. He’s been nominated five times as the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association Clown of the Year, including each of the past four seasons. He’s worked many of the top events in the sport’s history and […]
New Mexicans ready for Cowboy Christmas
Ram pickups pulling elaborate horse trailers and toting world-class ropers and steer wrestlers have left Pecos, Texas, and Reno, Nev., and are making their ways to locales all across North America. They’re meeting other rigs and customized vans toting bull riders, saddle bronc riders and bareback riders. This is Cowboy Christmas, the busiest time of […]
Gray-Dirty Jacket score 92 points
PECOS, Texas – Neither Ryan Gray nor Pete Carr Pro Rodeo’s Dirty Jacket is a stranger to being part bareback riding scores in the 90s. They worked together Friday night for a 92-point ride to take the bareback riding lead at the West of the Pecos Rodeo inside Buck Jackson Arena. It is the highest […]
Carr team adds to Window Rock rodeo
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation Fourth of July PRCA Rodeo is one of the greatest spectacles in the sport. It’s part of Cowboy Christmas, an annual showcase of lucrative rodeos set around the July 4 holiday. More importantly, it features the greatest athletes in the game, from world champion cowboys and cowgirls to […]
Kirby is a true circuit champion
DUNCAN, Okla. – Jesse James Kirby has been in this position before. The veteran cowboy holds the lead in the Prairie Circuit’s saddle bronc riding standings, edging another veteran, Wade Sundell of Coleman, Okla., by about $1,400 with just three months remaining in the 2015 season. “I’ve been in the circuit situation before where I […]
Barnes finishes career with top finish
ALVA, Okla. – When goat-tier Lauren Barnes arrived at Northwestern Oklahoma State University four years ago, she wanted a chance to compete for a national title. She got her chance last week during the 2015 College National Finals Rodeo. She placed among the top 10 in each of the four go-rounds and finished tied for […]
Pecos rodeo a big part of community
PECOS, Texas – The history is there in this West Texas town of more than 8,700 people. Next week will mark the 133rd year of the West of the Pecos Rodeo, the oldest event in the sport. It takes more than a history book to tell the tale of the big-time rodeo. A lesson in […]
Big Spring rodeo has strong history
BIG SPRING, Texas – A small group of fewer than 30 people work year-round for one simple goal: to produce the best Big Spring Cowboy Reunion and Rodeo possible. “I cannot brag enough on the volunteers that help put on our rodeo,” said Dane Driver, a longtime member of the volunteer committee that organizes the […]
Lord praises Guymon victory
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story appears in the May edition of Women’s Pro Rodeo News, the official publication of the WPRA. It is reproduced with the consent of the WPRA. The tiny berg of Texhoma rests directly on the Texas-Oklahoma state line in the northern most section of the Panhandle, less than two hours straight north […]
Rangers ready for college finals
ALVA, Okla. – For every individual accomplishment in college rodeo, there sits a long list of others on the team who are part of every honor, every award. That’s been a vital part of the Northwestern Oklahoma State University rodeo team’s run through the 2014-15 season and why the Rangers women claimed the Central Plains […]
Dirty Jacket going back to business
WEATHERFORD, Texas – Pete Carr Pro Rodeo’s Dirty Jacket is the best bucking horse in the business. The 11-year-old bay gelding is the 2014 Bareback Horse of the Year and has been one of the top three horses in the year-end voting by members of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association each of the past three […]
Top cowboys heading to Crosby
CROSBY, Texas – There’s a reason why many of the top cowboys in the game have circled the dates on the calendar for the Crosby Fair and Rodeo. They know they’ll get the best bucking horses and bulls from Pete Carr’s Classic Pro Rodeo, the firm that produces the annual event set for 7:30 p.m. […]
Big Tex returns to bareback riding
WEATHERFORD, Texas – It’s been four years since Big Tex has bucked at a rodeo in bareback riding. The Pete Carr’s Classic Pro Rodeo horse returns to his original discipline this week during the Parker County Frontier Days and PRCA Rodeo, set for 8 p.m. Wednesday, June 10-Saturday, June 13, at the Parker County Sheriff’s […]
Top stock ready for Silver City
SILVER CITY, N.M. — A special section of bull riding will kick start the Wild Wild West Pro Rodeo at 8 tonight. The event will include many of the top bull riders in the game matched against some of the top bulls from stock contractor Pete Carr’s Classic Pro Rodeo. The match-ups are set by […]
San Angelo Rodeo hires Carr firm
SAN ANGELO, Texas – “Rodeo Town” is living up to its Texas roots in a bigger way. The San Angelo Stock Show and Rodeo Association has hired Texas-based Pete Carr Pro Rodeo as its stock contractor for the February 2016 event. “The rodeo committee has voted to move forward with Pete Carr,” said Justin Jonas, […]
Cooper loves New Mexico home
When Jake Cooper isn’t roping around his Stephenville, Texas, place, he can be found on the ProRodeo trail as one of the elite team ropers in the game. But that’s not necessarily his home. “Monument (N.M.) will always be my home and my hometown,” said Cooper, one of three children born to Jimmie and Shryl […]
Proctor wins in the mud in Claremore
CLAREMORE, Okla. – The locals found the good and the bad that comes with a soggy rodeo Sunday night during the final performance of the Will Rogers Stampede. While steer ropers Brodie Poppino and Brady Garten suffered no-times, team ropers Coleman Proctor and Jake Long pulled off the fastest time of the week to claim […]
Cool Change perfect for Pollmiller
CLAREMORE, Okla. – Justin Pollmiller plodded through the mud not knowing much about Pete Carr Pro Rodeo’s Cool Change, the horse he was to compete on Saturday night. The more he learned about the athletic equine, the faster his pace got. By the second performance of the Will Rogers Stampede PRCA Rodeo began, he was […]
Herl jumps to lead in Claremore
CLAREMORE, Okla. – Laine Herl is just 21 years old and has big dreams in the world of rodeo. He took a pretty solid leap toward that Friday night during the first performance of the Will Rogers Stampede PRCA Rodeo. Herl, of Goodland, Kan., posted a 4.1-second run to take the early lead in steer […]