Team Cavender’s Jada Trosper
Jada Trosper is cherishing every minute of her senior year and her time at home with her family. This fall, the 17-year-old from Ponder, Texas, will be a freshman at Oklahoma State University. “I am going into college six credits shy of my junior year,” said the captain of her cheerleading squad. She plans on […]
Team Cavender’s Ethan Winckler
“Don’t try to prove your haters wrong; try to prove the people who believe in you right.” These are good words of advice from 17-year-old Ethan Winckler, an Oklahoma High School Rodeo Association member from Winnie, Texas. Ethan, the youngest of three brothers (Tyler, 27, and Korbin, 21), remembers always looking up to his brother […]
On the Trail with Ky Hamilton
Since the 2023 National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas, Ky Hamilton has become a household name. The 23-year-old professional bull rider, originally from Queensland, Australia, rocked the rodeo industry after coming back to win a gold buckle following a serious injury after being bucked off a bull during round five of the finals. Just as […]
Community Coffee: Rowdy Parrott
[“Community Coffee is a Louisiana company, and being from there, that’s all I grew up knowing, and drinking is Community Coffee,” said Rowdy Parrott, a Louisiana native and 3x Wrangler National Finals Rodeo qualifier. “Every gas station and truck stop around there has Community Coffee. “I saw they were breaking into the rodeo world, and […]
Team Cavender’s Sage Gaillard
With a family with rodeo flowing through their veins, Sage Gaillard is no stranger to the competition or the lifestyle of competing on the arena floor. Sage has major wins from her freshman and sophomore years, claiming the gold at the Texas High School State Finals in barrel racing. Sage competes in barrels, breakaway, and […]
Rodeo Life Media Corporation Expanding with Two Acquisitions
Rodeo Life Media announces its acquisitions of American Buckle and Rodeo News magazines. Coming off of one of the most memorable and exciting Wrangler National Finals Rodeos, the expectations are high to see the momentum continue with some of the best rodeoing out of the chutes in 2024. Rodeo Life Media will be there to […]
ISAAC DIAZ’S TRIPLE CROWN OF JOURNEY ENDS WHILE THE UNDERDOGS PREVAIL AT RODEO CAROLINA
MILL SPRING, N.C. (October 8, 2023) – The WCRA (World Champions Rodeo Alliance) closed out the final leg of their 2023 WCRA Triple of Rodeo (TCR) Sunday evening at the inaugural Rodeo Carolina in Mill Spring, North Carolina at Tryon International. The event marked Saddle Bronc rider Isaac Diaz’s (Desdemona, Texas) third stop en […]
Rodeo will feature unique horse
GUNNISON, Colo. – Eighteen years have passed since Hurricane Katrina wrecked the Gulf Coast, killing nearly 1,400 people and costing $100 billion in damages. Countless animals perished; hundreds were badly injured. Some livestock stood in floodwaters for days and suffered damage from that. Jerry Thornton learned about one of those, rescued the young stallion and […]
Eleven women earn a position at the 2023 event after competing in the last-chance qualifier
FORT WORTH, Texas – The stage has been set, and now the cast is final as the 2023 Women’s Rodeo World Championship wrapped up their Last Chance Qualifier on May 17 at the Cowtown Coliseum in Fort Worth, Texas. Five barrel racers snagged a position in the 2023 event after taking the top spots […]