Dirty Jacket
Dirty Jacket No. 3 in Bareback Horse of the Year voting 8-year-old bay gelding Bareback Riding SIRE: Night Jacket DAM: Dirty 2011 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo Clint Cannon scored 86 points and finished the 10th round in a tie for second place. 2010 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo Dusty LaValley scored 81 points and failed to […]
Island Girl
Island Girl 10-year-old bay mare Bareback Riding 2012 Matt Bright was 88 points and placed second at the Lea County (N.M.) Fair and Rodeo. Caine Riddle posted 83 points to finish tie for eighth place at the Eagle County (Colo.) Fair and Rodeo. This is the horse’s first trip to the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. […]
MGM Deuces Night
MGM Deuces Night |2012 Bareback Horse of the Year 7-year-old bay/paint mare Bareback Riding SIRE: Night Jacket DAM: Night Line 2011 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo Kaycee Feild was 87 points to win the 10th go-round Ryan Gray scored 90 points to win the fifth go-round. 2010 NFR Jason Havens scored 86 points in the fifth […]
Outa Sight
Outa Sight 7-year-old paint mare Bareback Riding SIRE: Night Jacket DAM: Outa 2010 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo Kaycee Feild rode Outa Sight for 87 points to win the fourth go-round. Jason Havens scored 82.5 points to finish fifth in the ninth go-round. 2012 Jake Halverson scored 81 points to win the Cowboy Capital of the […]
Real Deal
Real Deal 13-year-old brown gelding Bareback Riding SIRE: Rag Top DAM: Real 2011 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo Clint Cannon scored 83.5 points in the eighth go-round to share the round victory. Matt Bright scored 76 points during the third round. 2010 NFR Wes Stevenson scored 76 points during the third round. 2009 NFR Ryan Gray […]
River Boat Annie
River Boat Annie 11-year-old roan mare Bareback Riding SIRE: Cadillac Jack DAM: Tan Line 2011 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo Will Lowe scored 84 points to finish in a tie for second place in the seventh go-round. Jason Havens scored 80.5 points in the second round. 2010 NFR Steven Dent scored 84 points in the second […]
Cool Runnings
Cool Runnings 10-year-old black gelding Saddle Bronc Riding 2012 Jake Wright won the Navajo Nation Fourth of July PRCA Rodeo in Window Rock, Ariz., with an 88. Troy Crowser was 84 to finish in a tie for second place at the Lea County (N.M.) Fair and Rodeo. Ryan Elshere finished in tie for sixth place […]
Miss Congeniality
Miss Congeniality 10-year-old bay mare Saddle Bronc Riding SIRE: Bandito DAM: One Eyed Sally 2011 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo Taos Muncy scored 82 on the mare and finished just out of the money in the first round. 2010 NFR J.J. Elshere scored 85.5 points in the second round to finish in a tie for second […]
Missing Parts
Missing Parts 4 years old Bull Riding SIRE: High Roller COW: Berger Bucking Stock cow 33 2012 NFR qualifier Trey Benton III won the rodeo in Mercedes, Texas, with a 91-point ride. Dalton Votaw posted an 89-point ride to finish second at the Lea County (N.M.) Fair and Rodeo. Cooper Davis was 89 points to […]
Bright ready to make a run at the NFR
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., […]
McDaniel’s sights set high for Vegas
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 […]
Colletti primed and ready for NFR
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 […]
Scheer curbs cravings with trip to NFR
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 […]
Keylon ready to showcase NFR talent
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 […]
MGM Grand ready to host cowboys
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 […]
Armes wrestles his way to the NFR
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 […]
Pierce is ready to race for the title
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 […]
Glause returns to rodeo’s championship
LAS VEGAS – Seth Glause had a terrific 2011 ProRodeo season, earning more than $105,000 and finishing in the top 10 in the bull riding world standings. This year is about to be better. So far this season, Glause has earned $94,170 and sits fifth in the standings heading to his fourth qualification to the […]
On the road again, different lyrics
The rig was loaded and pointed westward. This is a different trip for my 2012, one spent with my family and extended family. I’m in the western Kansas berg of Garden City, a rodeo community even, to celebrate my family. In about 40 minutes, the first party of a very important day will commence as […]
That’s a bunch of bull
I read a few comments on Facebook today, bull riders badmouthing the top cowboys in the game for not selecting a certain bull – or certain types of bulls – to buck at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. The arguments were valid in regards to the great animal athlete deserving a shot to buck at […]
Armes has a history of winning
Bray Armes isn’t quite sure the first time he was atop a horse. He was pretty young, that he knows. He’s gotten on a lot more recently. In fact, he’ll ride at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo for the first time in his life when ProRodeo’s grand finale begins in a little more than two […]
Preparing for ProRodeo’s finale
The Wrangler National Finals Rodeo begins in less than three weeks, so the prep work for the championship has begun. I’m conducting interviews and writing advance stories, doing research and taking notes. When I arrive in Las Vegas, there is much work to do; from promoting Rodeo Media Relations, TwisTED Rodeo and some of the […]
Focused and driven
The 2012 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo will be the first since 1997 that 16-time world champion Trevor Brazile has not qualified in calf roping. Now Brazile is just a one-event NFR qualifier – technically it’s two events, since he competed earlier this month at the Clem McSpadden National Finals Rodeo, where he won better than […]
A champion’s R&R
There are many things that test the measure of a champion, but the heart of a winner is proven in what they do when nobody’s around. It’s break time in the world of professional rodeo. The top 15 in each event will begin competition at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo three weeks from tonight at […]