Western News

The Women’s Rodeo World Championship (WRWC) recently announced its Qualifying Series Events for the 2024 season. The first event will be held during the 2024 Cowgirl Gathering on May 14-16 in Fort Worth, Texas. The series will have eight dedicated stops to team roping, breakaway roping, and barrel racing. Each event will include a challenger...

Twisted X Global Brands was recognized as a MUSE Creative Award winner! They received 17 awards, including 7 platinum, 7 gold and 3 silver accolades for Twisted X and Black Star. Twisted X was born when the desire for comfortable, quality, and innovative footwear provided the opportunity to change the western industry. A few years...

One last chance for some of the sport’s toughest and most competitive cowgirls to compete for a piece of the record-setting $750,000 payout. Cowgirls outside of the top 20, who have earned points on the Women’s Rodeo World Championship leaderboard prior to the nomination deadline of April 16 are invited to the historic Cowtown Coliseum...

15-year-old Louisiana native, Rylie Romero leads the pack of competitive challengers as the field has been officially set for the record-setting Women’s Rodeo World Championship, May 14-20 at the historic Cowtown Coliseum in Fort Worth, Texas. Romero and longtime friend Brylee Braden have been battling for the converted number-one challenger position throughout the season, however,...

The PRCA and Rural Media Group are pleased to announce an expanded schedule of PRCA rodeos on The Cowboy Channel, RFD-TV, The PRCA on Cowboy Channel Plus, and The Cowgirl Channel. This expanded schedule will now total more than 900 PRCA performances annually over the three Rural Media Group television networks and the subscription based...

The Cavender’s Family was honored with the 2023 Star of Texas award! “We’re proud to share that Cavender’s was awarded the 2023 Star of Texas Award from the Texas Historical Foundation. This award recognizes businesses and individuals who contribute toward preserving the Lone Star State’s history and inspiring its future. “Being recognized in our home...

Each spring, the American Quarter Horse Association holds an annual convention that all members and horse enthusiasts from around the world are invited to attend. AQHA recently signed an agreement with the South Point Hotel & Casino to host the AQHA convention in Las Vegas through 2027. Here are the future dates:   The Convention...

Brianna Bigbee, formerly @thebleacherbabe on Instagram and now @cosmopolitancowgirl, has quite the story to tell when it comes to her husband’s family’s roping, the Biggest East, they’ve been putting on for decades! “The Biggest East of the Mississippi started out as a bulldogging, calf roping, and barrel racing in 1965. Decades later, it is still...