In an episode that featured “The Amazing Race” teams riding equines, The Cowboys skipped past that challenge and ventured on to a second-place finish Sunday, April 20. Holding an Express Pass they had earned on the opening leg of the race around the world for $1 million, Jet and Cord McCoy knew they had to[...]

EVENT SET ON PROVIDING SCHOLARSHIPS THROUGH MONEY RAISED AT WILD WEST CHAMPIONSHIPS GROESBECK, Texas – Bobby Joe Hill is not a man who believes in the status quo. Hill, owner of Hill Rodeo Cattle, has teamed with Cody Gantt to produce the Wild West Championships, set for Friday, May 23-Monday, May 26, at the Limestone[...]

ALVA, Okla. – When Lauren Barnes arrived in Weatherford, Okla., last weekend for the Southwestern Oklahoma State University rodeo, she was intent on winning the women’s all-around title. “I think I really had a chance, but the draw didn’t help me very much,” said Barnes, a junior at Northwestern Oklahoma State University from Buckeye, Ariz.;[...]

CHAMPIONS SELECT TO OFFER USER-FRIENDLY PERFORMANCE HORSES FROM RODEO’S ELITE Paul Tierney knows what it means to have a high quality performance horse. In his lifetime, Tierney has utilized great horses on the ranch and at rodeos all across this land. You see, he’s a two-time world champion from Oral, S.D., having earned the tie-down[...]

GUYMON, Okla. – Lanny Wilson is a generous man of many talents. The Guymon man uses all of them as one of the many volunteers on the Guymon Pioneer Days Rodeo committee who help to produce the annual event, which will have four performances set for 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 2; 2 and 7:30 p.m.[...]

GUTHRIE, Okla. – Big Tex, one of the top bucking broncs in ProRodeo, had surgery Saturday night after suffering with a bout of colic. He is recovering at Oklahoma State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine. The Pete Carr’s Classic Pro Rodeo horse, which was scheduled to perform during the final round at the Ram National[...]

As cowboys who rode bucking beasts for a living, Jet and Cord McCoy learned a long time ago to hang on tightly. They’ve been doing that through seven legs of Season 24 of “The Amazing Race.” On Sunday night, the brothers began the seventh episode of the reality TV series as one of seven teams[...]

GUTHRIE, Okla. – If saddle bronc rider Jacobs Crawley lacked any confidence prior to his appearance at the Ram National Circuit Finals Rodeo, he’s leaving with a truckload. Crawley, a three-time Wrangler National Finals Rodeo qualifier from Stephenville, Texas, rode two broncs Saturday night during the final performance of RNCFR and walked away from the[...]

GUTHRIE, Okla. – Bobby Mote is starting to like the way the format works at the Ram National Circuit Finals Rodeo. Mote, a four-time world champion bareback rider from Culver, Ore., has won two of the last three national championships, including the 2012 RNCFR title. On Saturday afternoon, he an 86-point ride on Pickett ProRodeo’s[...]

GUTHRIE, Okla. – In all his years of competing in professional rodeo, saddle bronc rider Cody Wright had never been to the storied Lazy E Arena before this week’s Ram National Circuit Finals Rodeo. He may have found a second home. On Friday night, Wright rodeo Korkow Rodeo’s Painted Chip for 83 points to take[...]