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[ “I will always have bucking horses in my life. I can’t imagine my life without them.” ] “Rodeo is my passion,” said Kirsten Vold, who has continued her father’s (Harry Vold) legacy as a stock contractor. “Rodeo has fed me, given me a college education, and allowed me to be part of a lot  Continue Reading »

[ “Never did I think I would be that caliber of cowboy to be inducted into the hall of fame.” ] “I think I was just cut out to be a bareback rider. I love that event and the attitude it took to be a bareback rider. And a bunch of my lifetime heroes ended  Continue Reading »

[ Life is short, be happy and be a blessing to those who surround you. ] Alex Phelps has been on a mission to have a positive mindset through his experiences and lessons in rodeo. His attitude was evident to others around him when he won the Ramsey Award as a high school senior in  Continue Reading »

[ Pro rodeo cowboy-turned-cartoonist entertains with “Earl” cartoons about the western way of life ] Wally Badgett was a ranch kid-turned rodeo cowboy, then deputy sheriff -turned cartoonist. And through it all, he’s had a sense of humor. The Miles City, Montana man was born in 1952 on a ranch 75 miles south of Miles  Continue Reading »

Community Coffee strives to serve with consistency, integrity and excellence. This is only one aspect 7x Wrangler National Finals Rodeo qualifier Coleman Proctor loves about the family-owned brand. “They keep the freshness coming to you,” said the 38-year-old from Pryor, Oklahoma. “Having fresh coffee is something that us rodeo guys, particularly, can appreciate. “We [rodeo  Continue Reading »

Kim Thomas has been a horse trainer most of her life. Her business savvy and horsemanship skills have carried her to compete in the Barrel Futurities of America World Championship, the Dodge National Circuit Finals Rodeo, serve on the WPRA board, and teach clinics in the United States and abroad. While she now calls Noble,  Continue Reading »

Editor’s note: Tristan Martin was featured as the On the Trail in the 2022 July issue of Rodeo News Please see link below to read full article: https://reader.mediawiremobile.com/RodeoNews/issues/207953/viewer [ “Growing up in Louisiana, I didn’t know there was another kind of coffee,” said Tristan Martin, 2x NFR qualifier in steer wrestling. “Every breakfast table and  Continue Reading »

  [ “I feel God is with me every time I nod my head,_x000D_ and I know if I want to win I need to be calm, cool and collected.”] From the small town of Hartsel, Colorado, comes a cowboy tearing it up across the state in bareback and bull riding. Monte Downare, age 19,  Continue Reading »

[ “We had fun when we rodeoed, and it was good to us.” ] or fifteen years straight, bull rider Dave Garstad never finished a Canadian rodeo season in less than fifth place in the Canadian standings. The Stettler, Alberta cowboy dominated the rodeo scene for more than two decades, beginning in 1959 till he  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 »