DUNCAN, Okla. – Saddle bronc rider Colt Gordon loves to rodeo close to home, and it doesn’t get much closer than the Stephens County Arena. Gordon earned his first paycheck ever at the Chisholm Trail Ram Prairie Circuit Finals Rodeo during Thursday’s first go-round when he rode Silver Creek Rodeo’s Birthday Suit for 83 points.[...]

CLAREMORE, Okla. – When good money is up for grabs, cowboys will find a way to get it. That’s why 50 of the top bull riders and saddle bronc riders in rodeo will make their way to northeast Oklahoma in three weeks to compete in the Claremore’s Extreme Roughstock presented by the Kubota Center of[...]

DUNCAN, Okla. – To say Ryan Jarrett has been on a hot streak might just be a bit of an understatement. Jarrett, an 11-time Wrangler National Finals Rodeo qualifier and the 2005 all-around world champion from Comanche, Okla., just concluded one of the best regular-season campaigns of his 14-year career. He earned a little more[...]

BELLVILLE, Texas – For only being their third rodeo of competing together, Clayton Van Aken and Richard Durham are doing quite well. They have placed in two of three rodeos, including a 4.8-second run during Saturday’s final performance of the Austin County Fair and Rodeo. The tandem finished fourth in Bellville and pocketed $1,184 each.[...]

BELLVILLE, Texas – In his first trip to the Austin County Fair and Rodeo, Jacob Talley found Bellville to his liking. On Friday night during the second rodeo performance, he knocked his animal to the ground in 4.0 seconds to take the steer wrestling lead with one night remaining in this year’s championship. He took[...]

BELLVILLE, Texas – Audy Reed is just 22 years old, but he’s wise beyond his years. Part of that is a university education in saddle bronc riding while attending Oklahoma Panhandle State University, the best-known bronc riding school in all of rodeo. Part of it is traveling with experienced cowboys. Combined, Chet Johnson, Tyler Corrington[...]

DUNCAN, Okla. – For much of his seven-year career, Hardy Braden’s focus was on the Prairie Circuit, a regional tour made up primarily of contestants and rodeos in Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. It’s home to Braden, who lives in the northeastern Oklahoma community of Welch. He attended both Fort Scott (Kan.) Community College and Oklahoma[...]

ALTUS, Okla. – Haven Meged knew attending Western Oklahoma State College would be a benefit to his rodeo career. Early October in Miles City, Mont., typically features cold weather. The winter can be long and brutal, so Meged knew being in southwestern Oklahoma would offer plenty of opportunities to hone his roping skills. He proved[...]

ALVA, Okla. – Talon Roseland has seen the best steer wrestlers in the Central Plains Region compete for the top honors in all of college rodeo. Now a senior at Northwestern Oklahoma State University, Roseland has placed himself in that category. He is the No. 2 man in the region behind teammate Cody Devers, but[...]

HEMPSTEAD, Texas – One of the special nuances of the Waller County Fair and Rodeo is its unique Linderman Award, which is given to the contestant that does well in both timed and roughstock events. It’s similar to the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association’s Linderman Award, which is given annually to the cowboy that earns the[...]