SILVERTON, Texas – World-class horses lead to world champion cowboys. For those who competed at the Buck Wild Days Rodeo last week, the men who ride bucking horses saw that over and over again. But one particular animal athlete, Carr Pro Rodeo’s Centerfold, really showed off inside Wood Memorial Arena. “She had two really nice[...]

Youth get a great chance to learn about the world, themselves in just four days KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Life’s lessons come in a variety of ways, but Al Davis likes it when they come a little old school. That’s one reason why he likes the American Royal’s Ranch Camp, a four-day adventure in which[...]

One of the amazing aspects of my job is learning some things about people I don’t know. Whether it’s visiting with an injured bareback rider from Alberta or interviewing a barrel racer from Pennsylvania, I have an opportunity to do something most people don’t. It’s an odd combination of being curious, which I am, and[...]

Today marks a new beginning for me, TwisTED Rodeo and Rodeo Media Relations. Since Dec. 1, 2008, I’ve divided my time between the growth of my business and the growth of my youngest child. It’s an odd combination of an upstart company and Daddy Daycare, and it’s an awesome blessing to have both maturing quite[...]

LOVINGTON, N.M. – Kaycee Feild is just 25 years old, but he’s already established as one of the very best bareback riders in ProRodeo. Already he’s a world champion, having won the title a season ago. He’s qualified for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo four times, and in the last nine months, he’s won four[...]

DUNCAN, Okla. – Jeanne Anderson won both the year-end and the finale titles last year in the Prairie Circuit. She’d love to do it again this year. With just a month and a half remaining on the regular season, Anderson is the No. 1 barrel racer in the region, having earned more than $6,800. “It’s[...]

LOVINGTON, N.M. – Dusty LaValley and Matt Bright know the pressure of the brightest lights in ProRodeo. Both bareback riders are two-time qualifiers to the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, and they’ve experienced first-hand what it’s like to strap their hands to the backs of the best bucking horses while riding in the biggest spectacle of[...]

The past two weeks has been quite busy, and I’m very thankful for that. In fact, a check of the front page of ProRodeo.com reveals just how busy. Of the top nine stories on the PRCA’s website, six of them are ones I produced. Really, it’s more of a tribute to the blessings that have[...]

LOVINGTON, N.M. – To be the very best in the world, it takes talent, luck and a lot of consistency. Still, ProRodeo’s brightest stars don’t always shine, and the elite cowboys in the game sometimes struggle being consistent. That happened Friday during the Lea County Fair and Rodeo with Clint Cooper and Dean Gorsuch. Cooper,[...]

LOVINGTON, N.M. – Since Dec. 1, 2011, Kaycee Feild has won more than $400,000 on the backs of bucking horses. On Thursday night, he assured himself even more by testing his world championship spur stroke against the nasty moves of a world championship beast, Carr Pro Rodeo’s Real Deal. It worked out for 89 points[...]