Texas

Area-owned horses top list of finalists in NCHA Classic/Challenge open
[Jul. 16, 2009] Two North Texas-owned horses were at the top of the leader board as the second round of the National Cutting Horse Association Summer Spectacular Classic/Challenge open division concluded Wednesday night at Will Rogers Memorial Coliseum.

CBR Dinner Honors "Best of the Best" In Bull Riding
[Jul. 15, 2009] CBR will host the Annual “Buckers Ball” July 25th, recognizing the Best of the Best in Bull Riding. The event which will be held, fittingly, at the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame, benefits the Youth Bull Riders World Finals (YBRWF) which will be held in a few weeks. By Adeline Rogers

Cutting horses chase third jewel of Triple Crown
[Jul. 14, 2009] Every year, the National Cutting Horse Association conducts three shows at Will Rogers Memorial Coliseum and each competition runs about three weeks.

The Fort Worth-based shows also serve as the three jewels of the sport’s Triple Crown Series. Every year, the National Cutting Horse Association conducts three shows at Will Rogers Memorial Coliseum and each competition runs about three weeks.The Fort Worth-based shows also serve as the three jewels of the sport’s Triple Crown Series. By BRETT HOFFMAN

CHASE WILLIAMS TAKES HOME GOLD
[Jul. 13, 2009] The 25th Annual Roy Cooper World Championship Junior Calf Roping came to a close Saturday afternoon when Stephenville, TX cowboy Chase Williams roped the last calf of the event to win the Championship and $1,657.

Miss Rodeo Texas Devin Felger
[Jul. 13, 2009] Devin Felger, 19, was crowned the 48th Miss Rodeo Texas during a coronation pageant ceremony in San Antonio, Texas on June 26

Miss Rodeo Texas Devin Felger
[Jul. 13, 2009] Devin Felger, 19, was crowned the 48th Miss Rodeo Texas during a coronation pageant ceremony in San Antonio, Texas on June 26. She gleamed as she was presented the prestigious Lone Star crown signifying her royalty as the rodeo queen of Texas for 2009/2010.

Barrel racing champion reveals tragic loss
[Jul. 13, 2009] Calgary Herald publisher Malcolm Kirk presents barrelracer Tammy Key-Fischer of Ledbetter, Texas, with a bronze statue after she won the $100,000 prize on Sunday at the Calgary Stampede.

When Dad Rides the Rodeo Circuit, Many Families Saddle Up
[Jul. 13, 2009] COLORADO SPRINGS — When McKenzie Ray plays make-believe, she dreams up a world that is as far from her everyday life as she can make it: she pretends that she works in an office.

Joe Bowman dies at 84; sharpshooter was known as 'Master of Triggernometry'
[Jul. 13, 2009] Joe Bowman, a nationally known Texas sharpshooter who could blast an aspirin to powder at 30 paces and split a playing card edgewise at 20, has died. He was 84.

Troy teen gallops toward her dream
[Jul. 12, 2009] When Brittany Ellis was in the second grade she entered a National PTA “Anything is Possible” poster contest at her elementary school, her grandfather Jeff Ludwick recalls.“Her poster was of a little blonde-headed girl riding in a barrel race and the title was ‘Anything is possible, you can win the National Finals Rodeo.’”

Trace Adkins lends a hand on 'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
[Jul. 10, 2009] Trace Adkins is the celebrity guest on an episode of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition being filmed over the next week in Lancaster, Texas.
The country star and the show's crew will renovate the home of Carlton Marshall, a Dallas police lieutenant who was shot in the neck while leading a SWAT mission in October 2007.

Panola County man charged with felony theft of livestock
[Jul. 10, 2009] Friday, July 10, 2009 - Panola County officials have charged a Longbranch man with felony theft of livestock.

Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo awards more than $1 million to Texas FFA Members
[Jul. 9, 2009] The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo awarded 70 Texas FFA members with four-year, $15,000 college scholarships totaling $1,050,000 during the Texas FFA State Convention in Dallas. FFA scholarships are just one facet of the Show’s educational program. In 2009, the Show committed more than $15.9 million to scholarships, research, endowments, calf scramble participants and junior show exhibitors. Also included is support of the Rodeo Institute for Teacher Excellence™, School Art participants, and other educational and youth programs.

Directors announce inductees in Frontier Times, Texas Heroes Hall of Honor
[Jul. 9, 2009] The history of Bandera’s Frontier Times Museum is a story of one man’s dream that became a legacy for an entire community and one of Bandera’s jewels. Maudeen Marks – a resident of Bandera, Marks sprang from a long line of Texas legends. Cleo Hearn – a native of Lancaster, Hearne has been a member of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association since 1959.