Western News

The 2022 Wrangler National Finals Breakaway Roping will take place at the South Point Arena in Las Vegas, Nov. 29-30. With a record-setting amount of professional rodeos including Breakaway Roping during the 2022 season, the stakes and payouts were higher than ever- and the finals will be no exception. The Top 15 breakaway ropers will compete for...

Durango Boots has named Josie Conner, Martha Angelone, Cheyanne Guillory and Hunter Koch to the Team Durango roster. With these new additions, Team Durango now includes 19 professional athletes who will represent the brand at various events throughout the year. “We are excited to add these new members to the Team Durango family,” said Erin...

Smarty announced in fall of 2022 that it has acquired Heel-O-Matic Training Systems from Pro Equine Group. Both brands are leading manufacturers of training systems for ropers and all operations, including manufacturing and order fulfillment, will be based in Smarty’s state-of-the-art campus in Mount Pleasant, Texas.  Loyal Heel-O-Matic customers can expect the same equipment they’ve...

(Courtesy of PRCA) The Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) is proud to announce a five-year contract extension with Montana Silversmiths as the official Silversmith of the PRCA. “For more than 20 years, the PRCA has partnered with Montana Silversmiths to provide buckles of the highest quality to our athletes,” said Steve Rempelos, Chief Marketing Officer, PRCA....

PBR (Professional Bull Riders) has announced a special day of Western sports and fundraising, headlined by the PBR Ouncie Mitchell Memorial Bull Riding, a marquee Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour event at Cowtown Coliseum on Nov. 19 in Fort Worth supporting A’nyla Allen, the 4-year-old daughter of PBR Bull Rider Ouncie Mitchell, who passed away in September. The...

We all know the saying that champions are made in the off-season, but whoever said that didn’t know they were talking about keeping horses in shape in freezing temps and trying to practice in the brutal snow. While the temps are falling, you can still be practicing! This article goes out to all our cold-weather...

The sport of rodeo is steeped in tradition. Unlike other mainstream sports, rodeo isn’t just about the love of competing or the lustrous trophies, it’s about honoring heritage. Each rodeo athlete—whether they’re a bull rider, steer wrestler, or breakaway roper—uses skills that cowboys and cowgirls have honed for decades. And rodeo athletes aren’t done as...

Saturday, October 29th, the Texas Trail of Fame will honor nine individuals who have made significant contributions into the creation and/or preservation of the American West and will unveil 24-inch bronze stars along the sidewalks of the Fort Worth Stockyards. Notable inductees include Sam Elliot, Robert Duvall and the Texas Rangers, to name a few. ...