Barrel Racing

RodeoHouston brings back bracket for 2008's richest regular-season rodeo
[Mar. 3, 2008] In the spirit of March Madness and the NCAA Basketball Championships, RodeoHouston’s bracket-style battle goes into full effect tonight, with the $1.3 million rodeo running through the culminating Shootout Round on March 22. The rodeo will bestow $50,000 checks ($27,500 per man in team roping) on its shootout champions for the second straight year, virtually assuring them of spots in the 50th Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. By Kevin Carmody, PRCA

'Capitol' improvements make Rodeo Austin one of state's best
[Mar. 3, 2008] Eight years ago, the Star of Texas Fair and Rodeo was just another stop on the rodeo trail, one that cowboys may or may not have decided to enter. Nowadays, the rodeo has blossomed into one of Texas' premier events, growing by leaps and bounds along the way and implementing innovations at every turn. By Kevin Carmody, PRCA

Rodeo News and Notes from the PRCA - March 3, 2008
[Mar. 3, 2008] Saddle bronc rider Bello defends San Angelo title; Special page for DNCFR on ProRodeo.com; Lowe, Brazile, Smith prevail in Glen Rose By Kevin Carmody, PRCA

PRCA Standings March 3, 2008
[Mar. 3, 2008]   By Courtesy PRCA

Women can't ride? That's bull
[Feb. 28, 2008] You probably think you've seen some tough gals before. Well, the gals coming into town this weekend for the 29th annual World Championship Longhorn Rodeo really don't take any bull. They'll be the ones riding the 2,000-pound-plus bulls ...

World, DNCFR champions headline 2008 Pocatello field
[Feb. 25, 2008] The Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) announced the field of contestants who have qualified for the 2008 Dodge National Circuit Finals Rodeo (DNCFR) presented by U. S. Smokeless Tobacco on March 19-22, at the Holt Arena at Idaho State University in Pocatello, Idaho. The DNCFR is the crowning event of the PRCA’s 12 circuit system of regional competition.

PRCA Standings as of February 25, 2008
[Feb. 25, 2008]  

PRCA Standin as of February 19, 208
[Feb. 19, 2008]   By Courtesy PRCA

Local cowgirl becomes rodeo legend
[Feb. 14, 2008] BLUE GRASS, Iowa - Twelve-year-old Mesa Leavitt began 2008 by making history in the rodeo world. The 2007 barrel racing world champion cowgirl, Mesa’s goal was to make four clean runs at the 2008 International Finals Rodeo held Jan. 16-19 in Oklahoma City. In 2007, her horse hit barrels in two of the rounds and she went this year determined to leave all the barrels standing.

RODEO: Equal time for cowgirls
[Feb. 14, 2008] The Longhorn World Championship Rodeo gallops into the Palace of Auburn Hills this year, and for the first time, top riders in the Women's Pro Rodeo Association will compete.

Super Saturday, San Antonio style: Season’s first $1 million rodeo enters final week
[Feb. 11, 2008] COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo, the reigning and three-time PRCA Indoor Rodeo of the Year, enters the home stretch this week with the final six performances that Saturday will crown event champions for the year’s first rodeo to award $1 million in prize money. In addition, San Antonio’s second installment on the Dodge Xtreme Bulls Tour, presented by B&W Hitches, highlights Saturday’s championship-day festivities as well.

PRCA Standings as of February 11, 2008
[Feb. 11, 2008] World Standings and Tour standings as provided by the PRCA

PBR Legends Michael Gaffney and Tater Porter show support for America's Heroes in Afghanistan
[Feb. 8, 2008] The Professional Bull Riders, Inc. (PBR) is proud to announce that they have teamed up with Pro Sports MVP, a Colorado-based full service marketing firm, to bring the sport of professional bull riding to our troops in Afghanistan. As part of the PBR Tour, Michael Gaffney and Tater Porter will make a good will tour of the region from February 9-18. Joining Gaffney and Porter will be Professional Barrel Racing champions Fallon Taylor and Rachael Myllymaki.

Catch the exciting action of Toughest Cowboy from Philadelphia this weekend on FSN
[Feb. 7, 2008] The 2008 World's Toughest Rodeo featuring Toughest Cowboy presented by Jagermeister, the ironman event of rodeo, will take center stage at the Wachovia Spectrum in Philadelphia, Pa., for the fifth stop on the nine stop rodeo revolution