Rodeo

Courtesy of PRCA. The Cinch Playoffs will play a bigger role than ever before in deciding who makes it to the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo with a payout of more than $1 million on the final weekend of the 2023 season. On Monday afternoon, the PRCA, the State of South Dakota, Experience Sioux Falls and...

In mid-December, WCRA (World Champions Rodeo Alliance) will bring world-class rodeo back to Texas with the four-day Cowtown Christmas Championship Rodeo in Fort Worth at the legendary Cowtown Coliseum Dec. 14-17. Riding an unbelievable wave of momentum, RC Landingham (Hat Creek, California) could make western sports history as he caps off a dominant 2022 Triple Crown of Rodeo series by...

Crisp fall air fills the stadium, bright bucking chutes dot the green grass, and you know you can only be in one place. The place where stock is run down the hill, instead of a chute and you’ll never see signage hanging in the arena. A place where century-old traditions are alive and shared across...

When the dust settled on Championship Saturday at the Pendleton Round-Up, it was Kacey Gartner who took the victory lap in the Barrel Racing on the iconic Green Mile. Having the opportunity to run on the grass and take home the prestigious title is a dream for many, and this year Gartner’s dream came true....

“It has yet to sink in, I can’t believe it!” exclaimed Jacey Fortier as she stepped down from the victory lap horse that held her newest trophy saddle. Fortier put her name in the Pendleton history books and walked away as the 2022 Pendleton Round-Up Champion Breakaway Roper. It was Fortier’s quick and consistent roping...

If you’ve ever been to the quaint Eastern Oregon town of Pendleton during the second weekend after Labor Day, you know there’s just something in the air. Something as wild as the Old West, yet so new and exciting that it can only be described in one phase- “Let ‘er Buck.” This year, record-breaking crowds...

Last weekend, the Working Ranch Cowboys Association held the 2022 West Texas Youth Ranch Rodeo in Amarillo, Texas. The next generation of cowboys and cowgirls gathered at Will Rogers Range Riders to compete in roping, branding, doctoring, sorting, trailer loading, and more. These competitive events aren’t just for show, they’re real-life skills needed on ranches—skills...

From Puyallup to Pendleton, and everywhere in between, the Northwest is the place to be! Cowgirls and cowboys are on the home stretch of the 2022 PRCA season and have reached the Northwest run- or maybe we should say sprint! As the season draws near and the bubble gets tighter, every run and check is...