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Once again Rodeo Houston turned out to be one of the greatest rodeos to see. All of the superstars of the sport gathered to try and take home one of the big gest prize purses available in the sport. Here are the final winners BP Super Series- Kaycee Field Bareback Bronc- Cody Wright Bull Riding- [...]

— MARCH 8, 2012 — The Championship Round of RodeoHouston® BP Super Series III on Wednesday, March 7, added more top cowboys and cowgirls to the two semifinals. The top four participants in each event from each Super Series move on to one of the two semifinal rounds, set for March 14 and 15. TIE-DOWN [...]

— MARCH 2, 2012 — HOUSTON — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — Champions in the RodeoHouston BP Super Series 1 were crowned Thursday, March 1, during the Championship Round. The top four participants in each event move on to one of the two Semifinals, set for March 14 and 15. TIE-DOWN ROPING BP Super Series 1 [...]

— FEB. 25, 2012 — Colorful floats, trail riders, city officials and marching bands filled Houston’s downtown streets Saturday, Feb. 25, while hundreds of thousands of spectators enjoyed the Western celebration. Grand Marshals Andre Johnson and J.J. Watt of the Houston Texans led 17 floats, two college marching bands, 12 high school marching bands, 17 [...]

ACKSON, Miss.(Courtesy of ProRodeo.com) – Dustin Smith’s original plan to stay close to home in Rome, Ga., this year and work in construction for his dad’s Garner Brothers Company may have to be revised now that he’s building a bigger career in rodeo. Smith, 23, rode 2011 PRCA Bareback Riding Horse of the Year Full [...]

Updated weekly courtesy of the PRCA Team Roping (header) 1. Shane Philipp, Washington, Texas $12,905 2. Colby Lovell, Madisonville, Texas 12,890 3. Dustin Bird, Cut Bank, Mont. 12,235 4. Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas 11,842 5. Charly Crawford, Prineville, Ore. 11,834 6. Ty St. Goddard, Browning, Mont. 10,793 7. Kaleb Driggers, Albany, Ga. 9,805 8. Dustin [...]

By Jim Bainbridge (Courtesy of ProRodeo.com)   Cody Samora of Cortez, Colo., tied for first place in the second round of the Fort Worth Stock Show Rodeo with this 85-point ride on Andrews Rodeo’s Small Package. Samora earned checks in all three rodeos he entered over the Feb. 2-5 weekend and took over first place [...]

Dr. Tandy Freeman was presented the Lane Frost Award Feb. 4 in Fort Worth for his long service as the medical director of the Justin Sportsmedicine Team. The award is given annually through the National Multiple Sclerosis Society to a person selected for having substantially enhanced the image of the sport of professional rodeo. Past [...]

By Susan Kanode     Bradley Harter FORT WORTH — Bradley Harter’s first memories of the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo are when he attended with his family as a small child.   He sat behind the bucking chutes watching the rodeo, dreaming of the day he would be competing here. Harter, from Weatherford, [...]

February 6th, 2012 | Author: Ted Harbin EDITOR’S NOTE: This story is for the 2012 Ram National Circuit Finals Rodeo, set for March 29-April 1 in Oklahoma City. To see more information on this great event, click HERE. Let’s face facts: Ryan Gray’s 2010 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo stunk.   Ryan Gray Gray, a seven-time [...]