GOODING, Idaho – Stetson Wright has achieved rock-star status, especially in this part of the country. His home is in Utah, but he may as well be from southern Idaho, and the crowd reflected that Friday night at the Gooding Pro Rodeo. Before he nodded his head to start his bronc ride on Summit Pro[...]

GOODING, Idaho – It’s hard to follow in the footsteps of greatness, but Ty Pope is making an effort to do so as he travels the rodeo trail with his big brother, Jess. It can be an uneasy task, especially after watching the eldest of three boys light the bareback riding world on fire. Jess[...]

GOODING, Idaho – Three New Mexico cowgirls put on a roping clinic in southern Idaho on Wednesday night during the Beauty & The Beast special section of the Gooding Pro Rodeo. Jill Tanner of Monument owns the lead after posting a 2.4-second run, while Kassidy Dennison of Tohatchi is second at 2.7 and Quincy Peralta[...]

LOVINGTON, N.M. – There was a stretch earlier this season where defending world champion bareback rider Jess Pope was struggling. It may have been the gold buckle hangover or maybe he just wasn’t being matched with the right livestock. He needed things to change; over the last couple of months, they have. He proved it[...]

LOVINGTON, N.M. – Being raised by a man who hauls calves to rodeos was the perfect training ground for Cory Solomon. One of his jobs in the family business was to break in fresh calves, animals right out of the pasture that had never been roped. Most competitions prefer a few runs on their cattle,[...]

LOVINGTON, N.M. – A year ago, Logan Hay was setting the rodeo world on fire. He’d set a new world record with a 95.5-point saddle bronc ride in his native Alberta, then qualified for the National Finals Rodeo for the first time. He continued his hot streak, earning $200,000 in 10 days and finishing the[...]

LOVINGTON, N.M. – Like any sport, rodeo has its share of frustrations. Take Heath Thomas, for example. Things hadn’t gone his way through the first 10 months of the ProRodeo season. He is outside the top 50 in the world standings, and he just wants to earn money wrestling steers. He stands a good chance[...]

LOVINGTON, N.M. – For Coy Pollmeier, just competing in the Lea County Xtreme Bulls was exciting. Winning it put the Kansas cowboy over the top. “I’m still trying to take it all in,” said Pollmeier, who posted the highest-marked ride Tuesday night at Jake McClure Arena, but he also was the only man in the[...]

Gooding Pro Rodeo recognized as Wilderness Circuit’s best large rodeo GOODING, Idaho – There are few, if any, rodeos across North America that have the atmosphere that’s found over four August nights in this town of 3,700 people. Gooding Pro Rodeo is a spectacle, an event that draws out the greatest of everything that’s part[...]

DODGE CITY, Kan. – Brody Cress didn’t allow himself time to stress out about the test he was to face during Sunday’s championship round at the Dodge City Roundup Rodeo. Cress won the first go-round, riding Frontier Rodeo’s No. 777 for 87.5 points. That was the first stage of things to come for the saddle[...]