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[...]

LAS VEGAS– Casey Colletti thought his victory at the Cheyenne(Wyo.) Frontier Days Rodeo in July was the best thing that’s ever happened in his career. That fantastic feat is about to be trumped. Colletti, a bareback rider from Pueblo, Colo., is just 25 years old, but next week he’ll play on the biggest stage in[...]

LAS VEGAS– It’s been six years since Jhett Johnson first qualified for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. Many things have changed since then, but Johnson remains one of the greatest heelers in the game of team roping. That’s why he returns to the City of Lights for the fifth time in his career. The NFR[...]

LAS VEGAS – Matt Sherwood is one of the most consistent headers in the history of team roping at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. You see, in two trips to Las Vegas for ProRodeo’s grand finale, Sherwood, of Pima, Ariz., has left the Thomas & Mack Center on the University of Nevada-Las Vegas campus with[...]