Rodeo News and Notes: Most Recent Posts

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 [...]

  February 5th, 2012 | Author: Ted Harbin   Cody Taton In his only appearance at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, South Dakotan Cody Taton won the 2008 saddle bronc riding average title.   During the 30 performances of the Fort Worth (Texas) Stock Show Rodeo, Taton took home the biggest payday of any contestant [...]

  February 3rd, 2012 | Author: Ted Harbin The Fort Worth (Texas) Stock Show Rodeo is counting down to its final four performances, which take place at 2 and 7:30 p.m. today and Saturday.   The finale will feature the top contestants in each event through the cumulative scores from the preliminary rounds. For instance, [...]

  February 2nd, 2012 | Author: Ted Harbin   Benette Little Benette Little has had an outstanding start to the 2012 ProRodeo season.   Little, a 2010 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo qualifier, won five rodeos to kick-start the campaign, including the American Royal in Kansas City, Mo. She held the lead in the WPRA’s ProRodeo [...]

By Susan Kanode For the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo       FORT WORTH — The 116th annual Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo came to a close Saturday night, Feb. 4, 2012, by crowning one repeat and eight new champions.   Kaycee Feild, from Payson, Utah won the bareback riding championship in [...]