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The 2024 Women’s Rodeo World Championship (WRWC) is quickly approaching, and fans and competitors alike have already marked May 13-19, 2024, down as the world’s richest women’s rodeo with a $750,000 payout. This all women’s event will feature professionals and challengers competing in Team Roping (heading and heeling), Breakaway Roping, and Barrel Racing. If you’re...

Did someone say déjà vu? The 54th annual International Finals Rodeo (IFR) breakaway roping standings are looking quite familiar. Just a year ago, a few thousand dollars was the difference between Maelee Wade and the 2022 International Professional Rodeo Association (IPRA) Champion, Kyla Matthews. While it was not without a fight, Matthews accomplished her goal...

While we’re doing our best collectively thawing out from the winter freeze, this week brought an exhilarating rodeo experience to Petco Park in San Diego, California, attracting top contestants from across the nation. The rodeo consisted of three overall performances as the third performance featured eight of the top money earners from the initial two...

On January 6, the Fabulous Lazy E Arena was home to the World Champions Rodeo Alliance (WCRA) CEAT Division Youth (DY) Showcase, which highlighted 8 of the brightest stars in youth rodeo and paid out $55,000.  With each event champion taking home no less than $1,900, this event provided an exclusive opportunity for youth athletes...

As the 2024 IFR (International Finals Rodeo) got underway, Julie Plourde (Chicoutimi, QU) locked in her first IPRA Barrel Racing World Title along with Hudson Bolton (Milan, Tennessee), both winning Round 1, while top two-ranked Tanner Phipps (Dalton, Georgia) and Joshua Cragar’s (Columbia, Tennessee) both converted to further intensify the heated world title battle. Quinton Lunsford (McCune, KS) made the first...

Competitors and fans alike are gearing up for an exciting and record-setting 2024 rodeo season. With the Women’s Rodeo World Championship (WRWC) just months away, the revolutionary all-female event is turning heads. With a $750,000, payout, this event is the richest women’s rodeo to date. Taking place May 13-19, this exciting event will begin in...

Cowgirl entrepreneurs attending the inaugural “Lead the Herd” two-day workshop at the 2024 Art of the Cowgirl in Queen Creek, Arizona, will now receive business and marketing information at no cost due to generous underwriters. The workshops, held Friday, January 19, and Saturday, January 20, celebrate the women who create Western lifestyle businesses and engage...

The Grand Entry Gala in Fort Worth, Texas is a time for you to grab your dancing boots and cowboy hat to kick off the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo with the Junior League of Fort Worth! Robin Greenhaw, JLFW President, said leading up to the event, “The Junior League of Fort Worth is...