Ram National Circuit Finals Rodeo First Performance First-round leaders Thursday, March 29 Bareback riding: 1. (tie) Seth Hardwick, Laramie, Wyo., on J-J Rodeo’s Freckled Doll, and Brian Bain, Culver, Ore., on J-J Rodeo’s Bar Bandit, 81 points; 3. (tie) Luke Creasy, Brownfield, Alberta, and Kaycee Feild, Payson, Utah, 80; 5. Codi Myers, Samnorwood, Texas, 79;[...]

With a tie in bareback riding, the three horses that lead cowboys to the winners circle in the two bronc events all came from the same stock contractor: J-Bar-J Rodeo. Three-time saddle bronc riding world champion Cody Wright rode Sweatin Bullets for 82 points to take the lead in his event; Brian Bain rode Bar[...]

Bareback riding: 1. (tie) Seth Hardwick, Laramie, Wyo., on J-J Rodeo’s Freckled Doll, and Brian Bain, Culver, Ore., on J-J Rodeo’s Bar Bandit, 81 points; 3. (tie) Luke Creasy, Brownfield, Alberta, and Kaycee Feild, Payson, Utah, 80; 5. Codi Myers, Samnorwood, Texas, 79; 6. Tanner Aus, Granite Falls, Minn., 76. Steer wrestling: 1. Luke Branquinho,[...]

We will have the Ram National Circuit Finals Rodeo covered. I’ll keep up with it here as much as possible, but you can also keep up with it by following RNCFR and the Lazy E Arena on Facebook and Twitter. You can also catch video interviews of the evening winners; just click HERE. Oh, and[...]

There are eight world champions in this year’s Ram National Circuit Finals Rodeo field, and that’s a huge indication of what a wonderful championship this weekend’s festivities will be. Below is information I provided for a special section that ran earlier this week. Enjoy. If 2011 was any indication, Kaycee Feild is following quite well[...]

I got the daysheets for the upcoming Ram National Circuit Finals Rodeo today from the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, and you can see them, too, by clicking HERE. If I wasn’t already looking forward to the four days of competition, this would get me going. The field is first class, and that means the first[...]

Monty Goodwin isn’t a native Oklahoman, but he loves the Sooner State just the same. Goodwin was born and raised in the Texas Panhandle community of Sunray, just a stone’s throw away from Oklahoma Panhandle. He moved to Weatherford, Okla., in 2006 to attend Southwestern Oklahoma State University on a rodeo scholarship. He’s stayed here[...]

Steve Kenyon is bringing his award-winning broadcast back to Oklahoma City for the Ram National Circuit Finals Rodeo. Kenyon, the 2009 winner for the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association’s Media Award for Broadcasting, will call the action for all five performances of ProRodeo’s National Championship on ProRodeoLive.com; broadcast times are 7:15 p.m. Thursday and Friday; 12:45[...]

Locals are hoping to keep RNCFR championships home where they belong Oklahoma has a strong legacy in rodeo, from Jim Shoulders and Tom Ferguson to the National Finals Rodeo. That’s why Oklahoma City is the perfect fit to be the home of the Ram National Circuit Finals Rodeo, scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday;[...]

Today is the short go-round at Rodeo Austin. Like most championships, the finale in Austin is a star-studded spectacular. Just looking at the average leaderboard, bareback riding will feature four cowboys who were part of the 201 NFR, four-time world champion Bobby Mote, Casey Colletti, Brian Bain and Tilden Hooper. And the list goes on[...]