There are many differences between the PBR and a traditional rodeo, but as the world finals takes place this week in Las Vegas, the points system employed by the PBR is the focus as it prepares to crown its world champion. In rodeo, dollars equal points, so the contestant in each event who has earned the[...]

At one time, the SandHills Stock Show and Rodeo and the National Western Livestock Show and Rodeo were the first big events of the new season. Both take place in early January. But that’s changed with this year’s American Royal. Here’s a link to the Friday, Oct. 22, story in The Kansas City Star. http://www.kansascity.com/2010/10/21/2341523/riddle-and-dent-jump-into-lead.html

Caine Riddle has been around rodeo all his life. It’s just natural His daddy is Rusty Riddle, who rode bareback horses on the biggest stage in ProRodeo, the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. His momma is the former Dollie Beutler, whose family has been in the stock contracting business since 1929. I’ve seen him as a[...]

Dustin Elliott won the opening go-round of the Professional Bull Riders World Finals on Wednesday night by scoring an 89.25 on the Boyd/Floyd Bull Co. bull Hee Bee Gee Bee. It was a great start to the postseason for the North Platte, Neb., cowboy, who moved his 2010 PBR earnings to $75,643. It also moved[...]

The link will take you to a story I wrote that appears in today’s Kansas City Star: http://www.kansascity.com/2010/10/20/2336912/american-royal-rodeo-will-feature.html

Since he became a member of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association five years ago, Pete Carr has made a name for himself as an innovative stock contractor. He took it up a notch in 2010. Carr Pro Rodeo established a significant name in its inaugural year, when Real Deal was named PRCA Bareback Riding Horse[...]

Brittany Pozzi has won two barrel racing world championships with plenty of assistance from Sixth Vision, a 13-year-old gelding Now Kristen Williams is hoping for the same results. And Williams’ run on Stitch at the 2010 All-American Series Finals in Waco, Texas, might be a good indication of what lies ahead in the Women’s Professional[...]

Below is a story I wrote for Classic Pro Rodeo about its great horse, Big Tex. On Friday, Oct. 15, the big, bay gelding was named the PRCA bareback riding horse of the year. Since the story was released, Big Tex was ridden another time in Texarkana, Ark.; Brandon Holmes rode the horse for 88[...]

The Professional Bull Riders World Finals kicks off its five-day run Wednesday, Oct. 20, in Las Vegas. It’s a showcase of nasty bucking bulls and the very best cowboys in the PBR. It’s always a big show, and this year promises a world championship fight through all six go-rounds. Austin Meier leads the world standings[...]

Trell Etbauer hasn’t competed since a serious wrist injury the end of July in Deadwood, S.D. Still, the all-around cowboy who comes from a fantastic rodeo lineage has earned his third straight Linderman Award, given to the contestant who excells in both timed and roughstock events. Trell is the son of Robert, a two-time saddle[...]