7-year-old bay mare Bareback Riding SIRE: Spotty Crop DAM: My Maria This year Jared Smith was 83 points, good enough for a tie for seventh place at the West of the Pecos (Texas) Rodeo. J.R. Vezain scored 85 points on her to finish in a three-way tie for fifth place at the Eagle County (Colo.)[...]

11-year-old black mare Bareback Riding SIRE: Wild Discovery DAM: Tribal Trail This year Brian Bain split the victory at the Lovington, N.M., Silver Tour rodeo with an 88-point ride on her.  —————- “I bought her as a 3-year-old futurity colt at a sale in North Dakota they same time I bought Riverboat Annie,” said Pete[...]

17-year-old bay mare Saddle Bronc Riding This year Seth Schafer scored 83 points to share the title at the West of the Pecos (Texas) Rodeo. Jacobs Crawley posted an 83 to finish in a tie for fifth place at the Eagle County (Colo.) Fair and Rodeo. J.J. Elshere was 82 in Lovington, N.M., to finish[...]

7-year-old bay gelding Saddle Bronc Riding SIRE: IV Empty Saddles DAM: High Plains This year Luke Butterfield scored 82 points to finish in a tie for fifth place at the Guymon (Okla.) Pioneer Days Rodeo. Samuel Kelts had an 83 to finish in a tie for fifth place at the Eagle County (Colo.) Fair and[...]

This isn’t the Powder River Rodeo mare, but the Carr Pro Rodeo mare by the same name: 9-year-old bay mare Saddle Bronc Riding SIRE: Bandito DAM: One Eyed Sally 2010 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo J.J. Elshere scored 85.5 points in the second round to finish in a tie for second place. This year Kobyn Williams[...]

Over the next few days, I will be posting information about some of the greatest bucking livestock in ProRodeo, all part of Dallas-based Carr Pro Rodeo. These are great athletes, and they’re a major part of the equation when it comes to the three roughstock events, bareback riding, saddle bronc riding and bull riding. The[...]

Over the last few days, I’ve published 10 stories about the 2011 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. That is just the tip of the iceberg on what I’m going to post on TwisTED Rodeo. On this Thanksgiving, I’m quite thankful for so many brilliant opportunities. I’m blessed with tremendous friends, a loving family who supports me[...]

LAS VEGAS – When Seth Glause first rolled into this southern Nevada city for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, he was a wide-eyed, 20-year-old kid who wasn’t quite sure what to expect. Already he was one of the best bull riders in the business. That was 2008, and Glause was coming off a great sophomore[...]

LAS VEGAS – There are just some people who have rodeo in their blood as if it belonged with platelets and plasma. That’s Jacob O’Mara, a professional bull rider preparing to compete on the biggest stage of his young life when the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo kicks off its 10 championship nights at the Thomas[...]

LAS VEGAS – To say Ty Atchison is a quick study might just be an understatement. A lifelong cowboy who began riding horses as a toddler on his family’s southeastern Missouri place, Atchison grew up roping and wrestling steers. In fact, he didn’t mount a saddle bronc until just before his senior year in high[...]