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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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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  Continue Reading »

Community Coffee has been part of Shane’s life for a few years now. “What a better fit,” he said of the partnership. “Their consumers are the western world, and we are the people they sell to.” Shane, a chef himself, loves the coffee; his favorite is the Signature Blend. Shane and his wife, Taylor, run  Continue Reading »

[ “I try to not over think it too much. I stay pretty mentally focused. I don’t let things distract me a whole lot.” ] He’s racking up titles, stacking up prizes, pocketing checks while keeping his eyes focused on the future with the same determination he has when he nods his head in the  Continue Reading »

Ed Sundby averaged 70,000 miles a year on his 1966 Ford pickup with a little white topper camper, while he rodeoed, and he loved every minute of it. And to make money for entry fees, the North Dakota cowboy did some Roman riding as a specialty act. Born in 1952 to Orvin and Ginger Sundby,  Continue Reading »

World champion barrel racer Martha Josey’s small beginnings cultivated a strong work ethic and determination in the Texas cowgirl. So strong, that her trailblazing not only propelled her through four highly successful decades in the arena, but also building a rodeo school, marketing the Josey Ranch brand, and sustaining the business for 56 years and  Continue Reading »

Team ropers Rylie Smith and Hope Thompson walked out of AT&T Stadium in 2020 as the first female team roping champions in the WCRA. They each pocketed $90,000. The team repeated, winning the Challenger in 2022. “I bought a couple horses with the money,” said the 21-year-old from South Texas. “We live where my mom  Continue Reading »