On The Rodeo Road

Fred Whitfield won the 2010 BP Super Series III Tie-Down Roping Champion title with an overall time of 27.8 seconds in three rounds. After 35 years of professional roping experience, Whitfield felt confident going into tonight’s competition and earned a payout of $6,000.
 “It’s all about the draw and getting a good calf,” he said. “I [...]

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He owns 13 world champion­ships, but would trade in all of them if asked to choose between his two sons and the rodeo.  
That family devotion goes a long way toward describing Shawn Minor’s reign atop the International Pro Rodeo Associ­ation standings. He couldn’t do it, he said, if not for the support of his [...]

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When real-life cowboy Bronc Boehnlein heard the commotion — and the panic — of a more than 1,400-pound rodeo bull breaking free into a public parking lot, he didn’t hesitate.
Bronc asked a nearby calf roper if he could borrow his rope and his horse. Then, Bronc went about saving the day — cowboy [...]

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Twenty-eight contestants moved one step closer to the RodeoHouston Championship after the BP Super Series II Champions were named Sunday, March 7.
 Ryan Jarrett came out on top in Tie-Down Roping with an overall time of 28.7 seconds in three rounds and $6,500. The Commanche, Okla., cowboy has made multiple trips to RodeoHouston and looks forward [...]

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Bobby Mote wasn’t the top money winner in his bareback riding super series for the first time in three years.
But if this RodeoHouston unfolds like 2007, he’s not going to care for long. That was the year the reigning and three-time world champion won his last championship in Houston.
Mote turned in the top two scores [...]

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When he was a kid, Joe Henderson showed cattle at the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo and roped competitively. Today, the claims process director for Progressive Insurance schedules one week of vacation each year so that he can volunteer at the rodeo, where he serves on the 1,000-member transportation committee. 
That means he drives. And drives [...]

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2010 San Angelo Rodeo Performance #9
Saturday, February 27, 2010 – 7:30:00 PM
Barrel Racing:   Janna Beam – 14.16;  Gaylene Buff – 14.29;  Annesa Self – 14.29;  Sammi Bessert – 14.32;  Brittany Pozzi – 14.35;  Lisa Lockhard – 14.37;  Callie Chamberlain – 14.39;  Mary Burger – 14.40;  Sherry Cervi – 14.41;  Angie Meadors – 14.50;  Shelley Morgan – 14.65;  Robin Montague – 19.75; 
Calf (Tie-down) Roping:   Seth Childers – 9.20;  Donovan Yazzie [...]

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I work with my brother and enjoy every second of it, but I know there are limits.
Which is why, upon meeting Cody Wright and his two saddle bronc-riding brothers Friday, I asked the following question.
After traveling together since last July Fourth, and on pace to do 100 rodeos in a year, when was the [...]

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Lindsay Sears arguably rides the most talented horse on the world barrel racing stage in Sugar Moon Express — or Martha as she calls her sorrel mare.
Yet, the 29-year-old Nanton horsewoman insists she “got lucky,” when she won the $1-million San Antonio rodeo last weekend.
In fact, Sears didn’t even know she’d won until the [...]

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