Australia

Cindy,
[Dec. 29, 2008] For 27 years the annual Maclean Twilight Rodeo has gathered the country's best cowboys and cowgirls who wow the audience with their skills and bravery.

Good news, bad news at MTV
[Dec. 22, 2008] XYZ Network's Country Music Channel in Australia has launched a range of CMT programming this month, including Ty Murray’s Bull Riding Challenge, Gone Country and Crossroads.

Rodeo rider's lucky escape
[Sep. 9, 2008] SPECTATORS feared the worst as the 900kg bull, Downtime, hurled Gracemere's Kelly Hutchinson head first into the side panels.

2008 PBR World Cup First Night Results Are In!!!
[Aug. 17, 2008] The first night of the 2008 PBR World Cup, held in the Cowboy Capitol of Mexico, Chihuahua, provided plenty of action for the packed crowd in the Manuel Bernardo Aguirre Gymnasium. Finishing in first place was Team Canada with a total score of 426.5 points; Team USA ended in second for the evening with 353.5 points; 2007 World Cup Champions, Team Brazil, in third with 340.25 points; home country bull riders, Team Mexico, finished in fourth with 244.25 points; and rounding out fifth was Team Australia with 88.25 points. By Katharine Sherrer, PBR

PBR Unveils Innovative and Evolutionary Uniforms for the 2008 PBR World Cup
[Aug. 15, 2008] For the first time ever, bull riders will set aside their traditional button-down western shirts and chaps for the more contemporary and custom made jerseys and chaps. The newly designed uniforms will premier during the 2008 PBR World Cup presented by Dickies in Chihuahua on Aug. 16 - 17, 2008. By Katharine Sherrer, PBR

Leave our rodeo alone
[Aug. 11, 2008] WITH claims by animal activists the Warwick Rodeo "seriously mistreated" animals, cowboys like Scott Glasby have come to the event's defence with the truism "if they weren't in the rodeo they would be in a burger".

No bull, Kennedy making his mark
[Aug. 7, 2008] FIREMAN has horns and Grevillea's David Kennedy isn't scared. You could say they're both young bulls.

The pair were unknown around Sarina, but combined to produce the surprise ride of the Professional Bull Riders Challenger Series rodeo at the weekend.

Northern Territory mum watched bull maul her son, 16
[Jul. 22, 2008] THE mother of a 16-year-old Northern Territory boy badly injured in a rodeo has described her horror at watching a bull trample her son.

Big Junkyard Dog gives Everingham short shrift
[Jul. 21, 2008] BULL RIDING: THEY say every dog has his day but that was little comfort to cowboy Larry Everingham at the Great Western on Friday night.

Rodeo Funding Angers Animal-Rights Groups
[Jul. 7, 2008] ANIMAL-RIGHTS groups are angry the Queensland Government is spending up to $50,000 to promote an event they say is "blatantly cruel".

Aussie's Signature Debut Bull Ride Attracts World's #3 to Newcastle
[May 20, 2008] Six of the world's Top 30 bull riders will travel to Australia as part of an eleven man contingent, to compete in this month's Professional Bull Riders (PBR) Brendon Clark Invitational. By Courtesy Austalia PBR

World's first Cowboy vs Cowboy Poker Tournament
[May 20, 2008] United States PBR bull riders head for Australia to ride bulls and while they are there why not play poker for charity?

Australian Country music legend Smoky Dawson dies
[Feb. 14, 2008] The music community is mourning the death of the last of Australia's original country music pioneers, Smoky Dawson, who has died aged 94. The legendary singer died in Sydney shortly after 5pm (AEDT) on January 13 of complications from surgery, a spokeswoman for the Australian Country Music Foundation said.

Rodeo animals 'just like family'
[Jan. 6, 2008] Rodeo enthusiasts are riding roughshod over claims by Auckland City Mayor John Banks that the sport is cruel to animals...Eight-time world rodeo champion Joe Beaver in action yesterday at Rerewhakaaitu.