Aug 03, 2018
Rank rides and fast times are what every cowboy strives for, but only the highest scores and quickest runs make the leaderboard.
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Aug 02, 2018
Some cowboys seem destined for greatness. Cowboys like Deb Greenough. Greenough was born into the family of the “Riding Greenoughs” and named after world champion Deb Copenhaver.
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Aug 01, 2018
Since 1945, Great Falls, Mont., has hosted some of the biggest names in professional rodeo, but only the best left their mark by setting a rodeo record. Cowboys will have a chance to top those records and win their share of the prize money Aug. 1-4. Steer wrestler Trevor Knowles set two Great Falls records in 2013.
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Jul 31, 2018
Instead of “getting out of Dodge,” many of the PRCA’s most competitive cowboys are heading to the Dodge City (Kan.) Roundup this week in hopes of winning their share of the prize money and possibly setting a Dodge City record. Steer roper Guy Allen set records in 2000 and 2001.
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Jul 31, 2018
The end of July’s mad dash for cash created one of the biggest shakeups within the Top 15 for the entire season so far. With about $1.25 million up for grabs across 31 PRCA competitions, 44 cowboys saw their position improve within the Top 15. Chad Masters jumped 17 spots this week.
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Jul 30, 2018
If the Fourth of July is Cowboy Christmas, then the end of July could be Cowboy Mardi Gras as the last week of July presented about $1.25 million in prize money thanks in part to multiple high-dollar rodeos such as Cheyenne (Wyo.) Frontier Days, Fiesta Days Rodeo in Spanish Fork, Utah, and the Ogden (Utah) Pioneer Days rodeo.
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Jul 30, 2018
For nearly 100 years, cowboys have hit the Hawkeye State to compete at Iowa’s Championship Rodeo in Sidney, Iowa, but only the best left their mark in the rodeo’s record book.
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Jul 29, 2018
The third time was the charm for bareback rider Will Lowe. The three-time world champion won Cheyenne Frontier Days for the third time in his career on July 29.
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Jul 26, 2018
When team ropers Ken “Speed” Williams and Rich Skelton won their first world title in 1997 they had no idea it was the first of eight consecutive world titles that would eventually land them in the 2018 class of ProRodeo Hall of Fame inductees.
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Jul 25, 2018
For the second consecutive season, Reese Riemer won the average at the Wrangler ProRodeo Tour’s Spanish Fork (Utah) Fiesta Days Rodeo to continue what’s turning into a season to remember for the Texas cowboy.
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Jul 25, 2018
Steer wrestler J.T. “Whiz” Whisenhunt’s 3.0-second record time at the Deadwood (S.D.) Days of ’76 Rodeo is nearly as old as the rodeo itself. This year’s Deadwood Days of ’76 Rodeo is July 25-28, and every ride is a chance to top one of this iconic rodeo’s arena records.
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Jul 24, 2018
With $1.76 million up for grabs between 20 PRCA competitions, cowboys were hitting the rodeo road July 16-22. From those competitions, 34 cowboys saw their positions improve within the Top 15. Steer wrestler Hunter Cure has the biggest move in the Top 15, from 18th to 11th.
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Jul 24, 2018
Although Nebraska’s Big Rodeo in Burwell began in 1921, the rodeo’s PRCA record book begins in 1975. Since, many of the biggest names in professional rodeo have competed at the “Outdoor Rodeo Capital of Nebraska.” Tie-down roper Jerome Schneeberger set the Burwell record of 8.2 seconds in 2005.
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Jul 24, 2018
Dakota Eldridge, a five-time qualifier for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, injured his left knee at Cheyenne (Wyo.) Frontier Days, July 17, during slack.
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Jul 23, 2018
Tie-down roper Sterling Smith broke a 21-year-old Cheyenne (Wyo.) Frontier Days record by half a second July 23. “It’s a pretty good feeling,” the 34-year-old Arizonan said after making the run. “It didn’t sink in at first, and now it’s sinking in.”
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Jul 23, 2018
Kyle Whitaker, a nine-time Linderman Award recipient, won the All-Around Championship in his home state of Nebraska.
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Jul 22, 2018
Steer wrestler Tyler Pearson is on track to earn his second consecutive world title after winning the K-Days Rodeo in Edmonton, Alberta. Pearson was already leading the 2018 PRCA | RAM World Standings by about $9,000 prior to winning nearly $10,000 with a 3.1-second run at the K-Days Rodeo.
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Jul 22, 2018
Bull rider Chase Dougherty, who is trying to make his Wrangler National Finals Rodeo debut in 2018, helped his cause by winning the two-head average with 171.5 points at Salinas.
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Jul 22, 2018
Ryder Wright had a ride of 84 points on Cervi Championship Rodeo’s Rodeo Houston’s On Fire to give him a two-head average of 171 points and the win at the Snake River Stampede in Nampa, Idaho.
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