Linderman Award winners provide a fresh flavor to Timed Event Championship mix Does a true cowboy work on the ranch or in the rodeo arena? Does he tame wild horses or rope steers? Does he care for livestock or work with ragged fencing until his hands bleed? The definition of a true cowboy is all[...]

Carr Pro Rodeo animal was named 2012 PRCA Bareback Horse of the Year DALLAS – Pete Carr, owner of Carr Pro Rodeo, said Saturday that MGM Deuces Night has died. The 8-year-old bay/paint mare was named the 2012 Bareback Horse of the Year in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association. The horse suffered an episode of[...]

Pete Carr, owner of Carr Pro Rodeo, said Saturday night that MGM Deuces Night has died. The 8-year-old bay/paint mare was named the 2012 Bareback Horse of the Year in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association. No details of the animal’s death have been reported.

I’m listening to Steve Kenyon’s call of the San Antonio Stock Show Rodeo on ProRodeo Live. If you’re not, you should click on that link and catch what’s happening. I may not be able to post every event, but I’ll try tonight. J.R. Vezain rode Carr Pro Rodeo’s Dirty Jacket, and two-time reigning world champion[...]

PAUL DAVID TIERNEY, Oral, S.D. One does not grow up in the shadows of one of ProRodeo’s top all-around cowboys without learning a thing or two. Paul David Tierney is the youngest son of two-time PRCA World Champion Paul Tierney, a four-time winner of the Timed Event Championship. It’s quite possible the biggest lesson the[...]

CLAYTON HASS, Terrell, Texas There are a lot of adjectives to describe Clayton Hass. Steer wrestler. Team roper. Tie-down roper. They’re all fitting, but so is horse trainer. You see, Hass is a cowboy in every form of the word. In the world of rodeo, he’s a multitasker, a man who can handle several aspects[...]

CHAD MASTERS, Clarksville, Tenn. The price of gold is quite valuable, and nobody knows that any better than the nine contestants who won ProRodeo’s world championships in 2012. Count Chad Masters in that list. The Clarksville, Tenn., cowboy won his second PRCA gold buckle, finishing the season with $196,099. He put the bow on the[...]

PAUL TIERNEY, Oral, S.D. Which statistic do you want first? Is it Paul Tierney’s tie-down roping world championship, which he won in 1979? Is it his all-around gold buckle, which he earned in 1980, ending the six-year reign atop the rodeo world by Oklahoman Tom Ferguson? Is it his induction into the ProRodeo Hall of[...]

JIMMIE COOPER, Monument, N.M. Jimmie Cooper’s rise to the top of professional rodeo was considerably quicker than most that play the game. After filling his permit at the first rodeo in which he competed, Cooper was named the PRCA’s overall, tie-down and steer wrestling rookie of the year in 1980. A year later, he roped[...]

Top-level stock contractor setting new standard in rodeo livestock and production DALLAS – Pete Carr has purchased Classic Pro Rodeo, unhinging the perfect storm that will set a new standard for stock contractors in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association. With the acquisition, Carr will merge Classic Pro Rodeo with his own Carr Pro Rodeo to[...]