Back When They Bucked with Jerry Beagley
Jerry Beagley has enjoyed a Western way of living from the time he was born. He was born in Medicine Lodge, Kansas, October 2, 1954 to Otto and Evelyn Beagley. He was an only child. His dad was foreman for the Chain Ranch, located in Kansas and Oklahoma. The Chain Ranch ran 2,500 mama cows. […]
On The Trail with Jennifer Welch Nicholson
Riata Ranch International [ “You earn your reputation in the arena, but you earn your respect in the barn”. ] Jennifer Welch Nicholson is the 2023 Tad Lucas Award recipient. “I’m proud that I was able to live my life in such a way that I was considered for this, award” said the 60-year-old trick […]
Community Coffee: Hailey Kinsel
Hailey Kinsel starts her mornings with a warm cup of Community Coffee and a grateful heart. A 4x World Champion barrel racer, the 28-year-old is currently ranked seventh in the world. She doesn’t go a morning without her caffeine boost, her favorite being Community Coffee’s Mardi Gras King Cake blend. Hailey has a routine before […]
Team Cavender’s Colee Cox
“I crave the rodeo environment,” said Colee Cox, Team Cavender’s athlete from Childress, Texas. Rodeo has consumed her life, from hometown rodeos to traveling across the country to some of the largest junior rodeos in the country. As one of the newer members on Team Cavender’s, Colee has felt so honored the moment she got […]
Confessions of regret
As it turns out, I know way more about failing than I do victory in Jesus. The victory part I seem to be dismal at. The failing part, in a major sense of the word, I may be at a professional level. It is true that God uses everything and everyone for His Story. Yet, […]
Our success depends on the success of our students.
Coaching students that want to get better is fun and for the most part it is easy. Students that are eager to improve show up to practice ready to learn and ready to work. If you have any doubts, go watch a practice of a college team. I’m not talking about rodeo practice, go watch […]
I’m just taking it week by week right now. Whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger!
Pro barrel racer Shelley Morgan is no stranger to the ebbs and flows of life on the rodeo trail. The 50-year-old from Eustace, Texas, who’s won more than a million in career earnings, has experienced the exhilaration of winning The American in 2022, and knows the sting of losing her beloved horse Short Go in […]
“Make a good strong impression with every first impression.”
Emily Stephens has a few hats on these days, but of those hats, shaping them is by far her favorite one to wear. She is one of the few female hat shapers in the nation. “It’s a dying art and there aren’t many of us left,” she said. She learned the art from an older […]
Opening Acts for Wrangler National Finals Rodeo Feature Prominent List of Performers
LAS VEGAS (August 25, 2023) – Las Vegas Events announced today the list of Opening Acts for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo®. The annual showcase is scheduled for Dec. 7-16 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas. Thursday, Dec. 7 – Vegas Night Friday, Dec. 8 – Ian Munsick (also playing at […]
Pozzi Tonozzi dominates at Caldwell Night Rodeo
Cutlines for photos – CALDWELL, Idaho (Aug. 19, 2023)—A barrel racer from Lampasas, Texas earned more money than any other contestant at the Caldwell Night Rodeo, and it was her second championship here. She also won in 2006. Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi won the first round, was second in the second and the final round and […]