Ken Amorosano

Interview and photographs by Ken Amorosano. Alexis Bloomer has always been a multitasker. An overachiever by nature, her entry into authorship started at an early age and was not a fluke. Today, she’s as prolific an author and writer as she is an on-air personality—whose knack for telling a good story branches across a variety...

When Debbe Dunning was asked to come up with a concept for a new show by Patrick Gottsch, owner of RFD-TV and The Cowboy Channel, during a chance meeting at a golf tournament, the idea was almost instant. A fan of dude ranch vacations with recent week-long visits to Arizona’s White Stallion Ranch and Wyoming’s...

The rain came down in Wickenburg, but that didn’t stop a parade of determined women from previewing the gentle and classy array of horses they worked so diligently to make ready. Cowgirl Cadillacs, billed as a one-of-a-kind horse sale with gentle, classy, and well-broke horses for women, offered exclusively by women, lived up to its...

Photos and story by Ken Amorosano Art of the Cowgirl, a three-day gathering that celebrates cowgirl artisans and their contributions to the Western lifestyle and culture, initiated another “first” when it hosted the World’s Greatest Horsewoman competition, held this past January at Corona Ranch & Rodeo Grounds in Phoenix, Arizona. Structured similarly to the American...

In 2006, Desert Caballeros Western Museum embraced a revolutionary idea: Cowgirl Up!, an annual exhibition showcasing the brightest contemporary female artists working in the Western genre. In 2020, they’re taking Cowgirl Up! to a whole new level with a virtual art exhibition and sale. In the male-dominated world of Western art, Cowgirl Up! turned the...

On a frigid winter afternoon outside Rawlins, Wyoming, Amberley Snyder’s life changed in an instant. It was chance distraction that caused her pickup truck to fade across lanes and when the young rodeo prospect over-corrected to get back into her lane, her truck careened off the highway and began a violent roll. She was ejected...

January 10th marked 10 years since the accident that paralyzed barrel racer Amberley Snyder. That one moment changed her life; Snyder is not only an amazing athlete, but also a motivational speaker and an inspiration to people all over the world. Amberley’s recovery from the accident is well-documented and remarkable. In just a matter of...

On the third Wednesday of July, and for the past 94 years, the wild Chincoteague Ponies of Assateague Island, whose ancestry on these shores dates back to the late 1700s, take an annual swim across the Assateague Channel to the town of Chincoteague.  Here, for one week, they are admired by tens of thousands of...

The girls have it in Las Vegas when it comes to breakaway roping.  Two major events are planned for women wanting to test their mettle against the best breakaway ropers in the world and a chance to qualify for big money in RFD-TV’s The American next year. Rope for the Crown will take place at...