Event Reports

The 80th Arcadia rodeo winds down
[Mar. 10, 2008] A third straight day of near-perfect weather Sunday set the stage for the final day of the 80th Arcadia All-Florida Championship Rodeo. By the time the opening fanfare resounded through the arena, nearly all the seats had been filled.

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County music concert caps first day of RGV Livestock Show
[Mar. 8, 2008] Country music, beer and cowboy hats capped the first day of the 68th annual Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show on Friday.

UPRA spring rodeo returns to Civic Center
[Mar. 6, 2008] UPRA formed in 1979 with 200 members. Today UPRA's membership totals more than 1,200. UPRA sanctions more than 130 rodeos in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Louisiana and Arkansas. UPRA paid out more than $1.85 million at rodeo events in 2006.

Star Of Texas Fair And Rodeo Kicks Off This Weekend
[Mar. 1, 2008] The 16-day Star of Texas Fair and Rodeo kicks off Saturday, but the cooking out on the fairgrounds at the Travis County Exposition Center began on Friday night.

Hoffman: The San Angelo rodeo beacon for PRCA tour's best
[Feb. 28, 2008] This month, the world's top competitors have been flocking to San Angelo to ride in the city's renowned rodeo.

Katy Livestock Show And Rodeo Has Successful Run, Raises $386,000
[Feb. 27, 2008] The 65th Annual Katy ISD FFA Livestock Show and Rodeo ended its three-day run in a big way, with a standing-room-only crowd at the final night's rodeo performance.

Real Cowboys Win Real Prizes at the Denver Championship WRCA Ranch Rodeo
[Feb. 25, 2008] Ranch Rodeo cowboys who ride out their time on a wily bronc and get the job done with a calf and a rope certainly deserve rewards. So do horses with the heart to stop a runaway steer. What about the best team working together under the dual pressures of the clock and the crowd? They’re winners, too. And let’s remember this: After the Ranch Rodeo dust settles, all of these cowboys will go home, brush down their horses, saddle up again, and do the tough ranch work which ultimately puts food on dinner tables everywhere.

Broussard picks up big win in the Twin Cities, Murphy remains atop the standings for Jager Ranch
[Feb. 25, 2008] The Xcel Energy Center in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis/St. Paul was the featured venue for the seventh stop on the 2008 World's Toughest Rodeo™ Tour featuring Toughest Cowboy™ presented by Jagermeister. Eight cowboys took center stage in front of the near capacity crowd competing in the revolutionary, ironmen of rodeo competition where cowboys ride in the three roughstock events in one night in a new match style competition. Each competitor was jockeying for position and their respective seeding heading into the Playoffs next week in Nashville, Tenn. By Ann Blieker

Murphy takes Philadelphia by storm to extend his lead for Jäger Ranch
[Feb. 11, 2008] The 2008 World’s Toughest Rodeo featuring Toughest Cowboy presented by Jagermeister was center stage at the Wachovia Spectrum in Philadelphia for the fifth stop on the nine stop tour. Eight cowboys remain alive in the ironmen of rodeo competition where the cowboys wear jerseys and ride in the three roughstock events in one night in a new match style competition and with only four stops left after Philadelphia, it is now or never for someone to make a move to separate them from the rest of the field .

BRETT HOFFMAN: Myers, Chapman enjoy successful Fort Worth event
[Feb. 10, 2008] After Cash Myers received a no time in the first round of tie-down roping at the Fort Worth Stock Show Rodeo, the former National Finals Rodeo qualifier from Athens was focused when he faced his second calf. Myers won the second round with a blistering time of 7.9 seconds and earned $5,686.

Riders get well-rested bulls in rodeo
[Feb. 4, 2008] The event is sanctioned by both the Bullriders of America and the National Federation of Professional Bullriders. Top riders of both organizations will be competing at The Southern Stampede. NFPB riders will be trying to pick up a little extra money and qualifying points before the NFPB finals in early April,

January 25-Febuary 3 Rapid City, SD
[Feb. 1, 2008] Black Hills Stock Show and Rodeo

Ride 'Em Cowboy - Ford wins
[Jan. 30, 2008] Last week's Red Bluff Bull and Gelding Sale was packed full of bulls, broncs, buckles, boots and some of the best bull riders in the West; and what better way to top if off than with the 16th Annual Blood and Guts Bull Riding Challenge held last Saturday night.

Wolford wins Glendale, Murphy remains atop standings for Jäger Ranch
[Jan. 28, 2008] The 2008 World's Toughest Rodeo featuring Toughest Cowboy presented by Jägermeister made its third stop at Jobing.com Arena in Glendale, Ariz. When the dust settled on this rodeo revolution, where the ironmen of rodeo wear jerseys and ride in the new match style competition in three roughstock events, it was Erik Wolford capturing the tournament win, his first of the season.