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Cypress Toddy is the one to draw in the saddle bronc
Cypress Toddy out of Corey & Lange Rodeo keeps marking riders into the 90s.
Bareback rider Cody Kiser uses Tucson Rodeo role to rail against oral cancer
The bull stepped on his face, breaking all the bones in its left side. Kiser’s jaw was broken in two places and had to be wired shut. <strong>Through plastic su
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June 2026
Wacey Schalla Carried Out of Arena After Scary Wreck in Nashville
... <strong>Wacey Schalla</strong>, an up and coming star in both the bareback riding and bull riding was involved in a scary wreck in the bull riding at the Mu
Disco Party is the one to draw in the bareback
Disco Party out of Calgary Stampede keeps marking riders into the 90s.
Disco Party marked three riders into the 90s
Calgary Stampede's bareback horse went to the 90s three straight times this winter, under Tilden Hooper, Wacey Schalla, and Rocker Steiner.
May 2026
Riley Webb's 6.5 at Houston was the fastest tie-down of the year
Webb roped and tied in 6.5 seconds at RodeoHouston for $65,000, the quickest calf-roping run of 2026.
Noah Lee has been the most consistent bull rider of the winter
Lee marked 93 on Pete Carr's Smokey Joe and stacked three more rides at 91, the steadiest book in the bull riding.
Zeke Thurston has the high mark. The Wrights have the rest.
Thurston's 91.5 on Beutler & Son's Green Bay tops the saddle bronc season. Behind it, the Wright family stacked the board.
Two 3.2 runs at Rodeo Austin set the team roping pace
James Arviso and Rance Doyal, and Junior Nogueira and Kaleb Driggers, both stopped the clock at 3.2 in Austin.
Pro Kassie Mowry owns barrel racing, $41,520 to second
Kassie Mowry is $41,520 clear of Latricia Duke. The chase starts now.
San Angelo produced the two best bareback rides of the year
Keenan Hayes and Toby Deudney both marked 93 at the Cinch Chute-Out, the high bareback scores of 2026.
RodeoHouston was the big barrel payday, and Kassie Mowry won it
Mowry's 14.19 in Houston was worth $65,000, the richest barrel check of the winter. Hailey Kinsel and LaTricia Duke followed.
Jesse Brown's 3.1 leads a fast year in the bulldogging
Brown's run at the High Desert Stampede is the quickest steer wrestling time of 2026. Brighton Field Day was the fastest arena.
Chet Herren's 8.7 is the only sub-9 steer roping run of the year
Herren tied his steer in 8.7 seconds at the National Circuit Finals, the fastest of 2026. A wall of 9.1s sits behind him.
Pro Four riders, one barrel racing seat at the bottom of the cut
Inside and outside the NFR cut line with months of Cowboy Christmas left to run.
The breakaway clock stopped at 1.9 this winter
Grace Beth Sutton and Ashley Weber tied for the fastest breakaway run of the season at 1.9 seconds.
April 2026
Pro Stetson Wright Is Chasing a Triple Crown. He's Already $200,000 Ahead of the Field.
An 89 on Womanizer in Round 3 at Houston. A bull-riding title in San Antonio. The 2026 All-Around lead by $100,000 over Wacey Schalla. This is what a comeback looks like.
Pro Red Bluff Wraps, Clovis Opens Thursday: The California Run's Middle Weekend
Madison Camozzi pulled the barrel-racing win. Lefty Holman scored 87 on a Powder River horse. Stetson Wright still leads the All-Around by a hundred grand.
High School State Finals Open Next Month. The Road Ends in Lincoln, Nebraska, July 19.
NHSRA pulls 1,500 kids from 44 states and four foreign countries through the Sandhills Global Event Center this summer. The names in that arena are the names the PRCA will be booking five years from now.
College Stephenville to Casper: College Rodeo's Spring Regional Grinder Hits April
The CNFR is eight weeks out. Fort Hays opens its 60th annual this weekend. Tarleton already has a men's and women's team title from Fort Worth. The back door to the PRCA runs through these regional meets.
Stock Eleven in a Row: Frontier Rodeo Just Tied the All-Time PRCA Stock Contractor Record
Jerry Nelson's program in Freedom, Oklahoma has matched Harry Vold and Stace Smith. Nobody thought that was a record anyone would catch.
Gear Three South Texas Farmers Started a Rope Company in 1991. They Took a Decade to Turn a Profit. Now Trevor Brazile Designs for Them.
Cactus Ropes is how you build a rodeo-equipment brand that matters. The Future is the line Brazile spent a year testing before it shipped.
Music 80,203: Cody Johnson Just Broke a RodeoHouston Record George Strait Had Held for Six Years
A PRCA card-holder from Sebastopol, Texas closed the 2026 rodeo at NRG Stadium with the biggest concert-only crowd in the event's ninety-four-year history. And he's got a new album coming in June.
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