Monthly Archives: August 2023

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.  Continue Reading »

Riata Ranch International_x000D_ _x000D_ [ “You earn your reputation in the arena, but you earn your respect in the barn”. ]_x000D_ _x000D_ 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  Continue Reading »

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  Continue Reading »

“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._x000D_ As one of the newer members on Team Cavender’s, Colee has felt so honored the moment she got  Continue Reading »

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,  Continue Reading »

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  Continue Reading »

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  Continue Reading »

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  Continue Reading »

_x000D_ _x000D_  _x000D_ _x000D_  _x000D_ _x000D_  _x000D_ _x000D_  _x000D_ _x000D_  _x000D_ _x000D_ 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._x000D_ _x000D_  _x000D_ _x000D_ Thursday,  Continue Reading »

Cutlines for photos –_x000D_ _x000D_ 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._x000D_ _x000D_ Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi won the first round, was second in the second and the final  Continue Reading »