women's history month

Every little girl who runs the barrel pattern has a dream of riding her horse down the alley of the Thomas and Mack Center at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. This dream only comes true for a select few, and Dona Kay Rule is a household name among those young girls and women. Long before...

The first impression one gets when meeting Sherry Cervi is that she’s pleasant, personable and conversationally engaging.  The second is that she’s very tall.  The statuesque blonde is not only a striking fixture in her well-appointed ranch home in the sprawling farming community of Marana, Arizona; she’s also a towering icon for girls and women across the...

Courtesy of WPRA Lisa Lockhart became just the second WPRA member to cross the $3 million mark in career earnings. Congratulations, Lisa! Lockhart who will be making her 16th consecutive appearance at the Wrangler NFR achieved this milestone during a rodeo she is very familiar with, the Badlands Circuit Finals Rodeo in Minot, N.D. At the end...

Let’s take a trip down memory lane to what might still be the greatest barrel racing run of all time:  From the red pants to the broken bridle, this run is a thrill! The 1985 National Finals Rodeo wasn’t the only time professional barrel racer, Charmayne James, and her legendary horse, Scamper, made rodeo history...

Photos by Rebecca Cornelius Lari Dee Guy is a legendary female roper in the likes of rodeo great Wanda Harper Bush.  She is, and has always been, a trailblazing force for women in the world of roping.  Now with the explosive expansion of breakaway roping on the professional rodeo scene, she is smack-dab in the...

Caitlin Gooch’s passion for the Western lifestyle began during her childhood on her family’s horse farm.  Growing up surrounded by horses, she had always dreamed of becoming a veterinarian, but her focus shifted when she got to college and decided she wanted to help people instead.  Upon graduating with a B.S. in Sociology, she found...

One of the best woman heelers, Whitney DeSalvo looks to continue to write her name in team roping history books at this year’s Bob Feist Invitational. The number 8 heeler will rope with Arkansas young gun Logan Graham for a piece of the historic $650,000 payout. DeSalvo wrote her name in the record books in...

As a proud fifth generation cow-calf producer, Kelli Payne is no stranger to the world of agriculture. She took advantage of opportunities in high school and college to travel and experience different facets of the agriculture industry. Internships in Ohio and Montana allowed Kelli to see firsthand the differences in agriculture in other parts of the country...