Daily Archives: May 25, 2009

The Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association event in Conway this weekend may feature many male contestants, but there’s still a strong showing of cowgirls.

In fact, there are 68 entires in barrel racing, the lone female event. That’s more than three times the amount of last year’s inaugural rodeo at the Don Owen Sports Complex.

“I’m tickled to death with the field we have,” said PRCA committee chair Nikki Murdock. “We’ve got former world champions, people who have been in several (National Finals Rodeo events) and many good cowgirls. … There’s a good crowd here just to watch these cowgirls.” (read more)