breakaway roper

Snagging first-ever breakaway roping titles must be Madison Outhier’s jam! This was the first year that the event was added to the professional rodeo in Deadwood, South Dakota. In the short round, Outhier snatched the title by roping in the fastest time of the rodeo. Check out her blazing 2.60 second run… Hope you didn’t...

Interview by Ken Amorosano Photos by Rebecca Cornelius Lari Dee Guy is a legendary female roper in the likes of rodeo great Wanda Harper Bush.  She is, and has always been, a trailblazing force for women in the world of roping.  Now with the explosive expansion of breakaway roping on the professional rodeo scene, she...

Lari Dee Guy is a legendary female roper in the likes of rodeo great Wanda Harper Bush. She is, and has always been, a trailblazing force for women in the world of roping.  Now with the explosive expansion of breakaway roping on the national rodeo scene, she is smack-dab in the middle of the sport’s promotion...

These are the Top 15 Breakaway Ropers that will compete at the Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, for the first-ever Wrangler National Finals of Breakaway Roping in conjunction with the 2020 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. Cowgirls competing for this first world championship will be in the arena December 8-10, 2020 and roping for the title...

With the sudden onset of COVID-19 across America, the impact throughout the entire Western industry has been substantial. From closed doors to cancelled events and exploded marketing plans, the crisis has had an effect in every far reaching corner. COWGIRL wanted to explore the impact by asking three simple questions to women who not only live, but work...

Breakaway roping broke onto the scene in the last few years, with rodeos like RFD-TV’s The American and Cheyenne Frontier Days adding the event to their day sheets. Jordan Jo Fabrizio is one of the biggest names in the event today after becoming the first ever Cheyenne Frontier Days Breakaway Champion in 2019. She even...

Jordan Jo Fabrizio made history as the first ever World Champion breakaway roper at Cheyenne Frontier Days 2019. Jordan has a rodeo resume a mile long and has big goals as she represents herself and the sport of rodeo, specifically breakaway roping, with integrity and passion. Future for women in the Western industry “I feel...

Mentored by her father, saddle-bronc rider Mike Outhier, Madison started her rodeo journey before she could walk. Her rodeo journey led to her becoming the first breakaway roping champion at RFD-TV’s The American in 2019, lighting a path for the burgeoning timed event that is breaking barriers for women in professional rodeo. Outhier and her family raise...