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PBR Unleash The Beast –Madison Square Garden
Sage Kimzey vs Blue Duck for 90.60 points in Rd 1. Photo courtesy of the PBR and Bull Stock Media Day One The bull riders took over the Big Apple as PBR Unleash The Beast rolled into Madison Square Garden for Unleash The Beast – PBR Monster Energy Buck Off at the Garden presented by Ariat. Sage Kimzey rode supreme on opening night in front of a sold out crowd, taking the Round One win with the second highest score of the 2026 PBR Unleash The Beast season with his 90.60 point

Megan Nicole Larson
2 days ago


PBR Unleash The Beast- Boston, MA
Daylon Swearingen with an 87.70 point ride for the Rd 1 win on Hector. Photo courtesy of Bull Stock Media and the PBR. The bull riders took over TD Garden January 2nd and 3rd as PBR Unleash The Beast rolled into Boston, Massachusetts. Daylon Swearingen dominated in Round One with an 87.70 point ride on Hector ( LH Cattle/Buentello Bucking Bulls) on the eleventh out of the night. “I love coming to Boston; love coming to the east coast where I’m from," Swearington said on his

Megan Nicole Larson
5 days ago


The Wrangler NFBR RD 5-10
Munsell being presented her award for National Finals Breakaway Roping World Champion Musell riding out of the arena after her 2.0 sec run knowing she just won the world championship title. If there's one thing you can say about Taylor Munsell, she is not willing to go down quietly without a fight. Munsell made it known she had come to Cowtown to leave with the world champion title in the opening round on day two of the National Finals Breakaway Roping by tying for first in

Megan Nicole Larson
Dec 24, 2025


The Wrangler NFBR
The Wrangler NFBR kicked off Monday in the historic Cowtown Coliseum in Fort Worth, Texas to a sold out crowd. On opening day, the cowgirls competed in the first five rounds. The second five rounds will be held tonight with a world champion and an average champion crowned. Hali Williams absolutely dominated, taking first in three rounds. She started off strong with first in the opening round with her 2.1 second run to pocket $6,197. She also took first in the third round with

Megan Nicole Larson
Dec 23, 2025
Round 10 of The WNFR
The bareback riding got the final round of The 2025 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo kicked off with a bang with the first three rides all in the upper 80's. An emotional Rocker Steiner finally took home his first 2025 World Championship thanks to his second place ride with his flashy 90.75 points on Disco Party (Calgary Stampede). Kade Sonnier took first place in Round 10 with his fantastic spurring for an 90.75 point ride on the Bareback Horse of the Year Lunatic Heaven (Broo

Megan Nicole Larson
Dec 13, 2025
Round 9 of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo
Well Round 9 of The WNFR lived up to it's nickname of 'Freaky Friday' with some wild and unusual moments and some shakeups in the world standings. Starting with the bareback riding, Jayco Roper was back in the lineup tonight and in the money with his 84.5 point ride on Risky Business (Rafter S Rodeo Company). His form was a bit tighter on the left then normal but otherwise his injury does not seem to be limiting him much. Absolutely beautiful 86.75 point bronc ride by Cooper

Megan Nicole Larson
Dec 12, 2025
Round 8 of The National Finals Rodeo
The eliminators were out tonight for the bareback riding and this was a tough pen of horses. Jess Pope had a beauty of an 88.25 point bronc ride on Deep Springs (Four Star Rodeo) to take first. Great ride by Sam Petersen on a powerful, droppy horse called Wild N Out (Dakota Pro Rodeo). He who took second with 87.25 points. Dean Thompson had great handling with his aggressive ride on a Winning Rose (C5 Rodeo). That horse had a lot of back and forth and directions changes but

Megan Nicole Larson
Dec 12, 2025
Round 7 of The Wrangler National Finals Rodeo
Tonight there was another great horse that took his final bucks in the Thomas and Mack as 215-Full Baggage from Frontier Rodeo was retired from rodeo. This 23 year old horse has been selected as a WNFR horse nineteen times, has won PRCA Bareback Horse of the Year twice, Reserve PRCA Bareback Horse of the Year three times, Bareback Horse of the National Finals Rodeo three times, and six times bareback riders have won the round on him. He was matched up tonight with Waylon Bour

Megan Nicole Larson
Dec 11, 2025
Round 6 of The Wrangler National Finals Rodeo
Kade Sonnier had an incredible 88 point ride on a very powerful bronc for first in the bareback riding on Land of Fancy (Sankey Pro Rodeo & Phenom Genetics). Cooper Cooke took second with an explosive 87.75 point ride on Wild Thang (Cervi Championship Rodeo) with lots of big jumps to the right. Wacey Schalla took third with his 87.25 point ride on Native Lights (Dakota Rodeo). Great spurring and opening up by Schalla on that ride. Rocker Steiner's first horse Record Flight (P

Megan Nicole Larson
Dec 9, 2025
Round 5 of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo
Rocker Steiner couldn't have asked for a better birthday gift than taking first in the bareback with a dazzling 89 point ride on a snappy little bronc called Lunatic Heaven (Brookman Rodeo). Sam Peterson had a good mark out and a smooth ride to take second with his 88.75 point ride on Resistol's Secrets Out (Pete Carr Pro Rodeo). Wacey Schalla had a spectacular 88 point ride on Halo's Iron Hide (Legand Rodeo Stock LLC) for third. You may have noticed that Jacek Frost had tape

Megan Nicole Larson
Dec 8, 2025
Round 4 of The Wrangler NFR
Things were heating up in the Thomas & Mack tonight as several athletes worked hard to get things going and make qualified rides and runs. Wacey Schalla's rigging was snapped by his horse and he had to borrow one from another rider, but that might have been his lucky charm for the night as he made a fantastic 87.25 point ride for first on No Whiskey's Redlicious Meats (Beutler & Sons Rodeo). Kade Sonnier had a pretty 86.75 point bronc ride for second on Lewandowski's Shoutin'

Megan Nicole Larson
Dec 7, 2025
Round Three of The Wrangler NFR
It was a pen full of droppy buckers tonight that made for some fun big rides. Waylon Bourgeois had an incredible 88.75 point ride on Priefert's Dusty Rose (Pete Carr Pro Rodeo) to take first in the bareback riding. Sam Petersen had an aggressive 87.25 point ride on powerful bucker called Winning Rose (C5 Rodeo) for second. Rocker Steiner got bucked off Hooey Rocks (Championship Pro Rodeo) right at the 8 second mark but walked away with an 87 for third. Wacey Schalla had a tex

Megan Nicole Larson
Dec 6, 2025
Round 2 of The Wrangler NFR
Round 2 kept the excitement going...well for those who could see it. Once again the Cowboy Channel was plagued by streaming and technical issues leaving many paid subscribers in the dark. Rodeo fans were not happy that a "server error" prevented them them from watching the live feed on the app and unable to streaming the live broadcast online. Several fans took to the Cowboy Channel's social media accounts at the beginning of the perf to leave negative comments and ratings. O

Megan Nicole Larson
Dec 5, 2025
Cooks Rodeo Days
The Cooks Rodeo Days was held October 24-25 at the Cooks Garage in Lubbock, Texas. All-around cowboy went to Slade Wood who pocketed a check for $2,102 by entering the team roping and steer roping. He also placed first in the first round of the team roping with partner Jayden Cisneros for their 4.2 second run to net him an another $1,883 and sixth in the first round of the tie-down roping for his 13.3 run to earn another $218. In the roughstock event, Luke Thrash took first i

Megan Nicole Larson
Dec 5, 2025
Round One of The Wrangler NFR
Welcome back to the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo Stetson Wright! Stetson absolutely dominated in Round One, winning both the saddle bronc riding with his 90 point ride on 403 Renegade and in the bull riding with his 89.75 point ride on Big Shasta (Powder River Rodeo). Round One started off with a bang with an absolutely incredible 88.5 point ride by Cooper Cooke on Far Harbor (Hampton Pro Rodeo). This horse threw everything from drops to direction changes at Cooke who perfe

Megan Nicole Larson
Dec 4, 2025
Mountain States Circuit Finals
The Mountain States Circuit Finals was held October 24-25th at the MAC Equipment Inc. Arena in Loveland, Colorado. The Cervi Brothers, Summit Pro Rodeo, Rocky Mountain Rodeo, Kirsten Vold Rodeo Company, and Burch Rodeo provided the stock. Sandy Forbes and Colt Hamaker were the pickup men and Zachary Devol and Conner Rowley kept the bull riders safe. Donny Proffit took first in the first round of the bareback riding with his smooth 84 point ride on Riata Man (Summit Pro Rodeo

Megan Nicole Larson
Dec 4, 2025
Manatee Pro Rodeo
The Manatee Pro Rodeo was held October 24-25th at the Manatee Fairgrounds in Palmetto, Florida. All-around cowboy went to Augustus Maraman who earned $756 by competing in the tie-down roping and steer wrestling. Clayton Culligan took first in the steer wrestling for his 3.8 second run to earn $1,062. Keven Daniel & Parker Carbajal took first in the team roping for their 5.3 second run to take home $1,022 each. Connor Brumley took first in the saddle bronc riding with his 79 p

Megan Nicole Larson
Dec 4, 2025
12th Annual Arcadia Fall Rodeo
The 12th Annual Arcadia Fall Rodeo was held October 18-19th at the Mosaic Arena in Arcadia, Florida. Juan Alcazar took home a check for $2,849 by competing in the steer wrestling and team roping. He also took eighth in the steer wrestling for his 7.5 second run to earn another $179 and took first in team roping paired with heeler Clayton Culligan for their 5.1 second run for an additional $2,670. Taylor Broussard took first in the bareback riding for his 83.5 point ride on Bu

Megan Nicole Larson
Dec 4, 2025
Columbia River Circuit Finals
The Columbia River Circuit Finals was held October 16-18th at the First Interstate Bank Center in Redmond, Oregon. Jett Stewart earned himself a check for $5,848 for all-around cowboy by competing in the team roping and steer roping. He also took first in the second round of the team roping paired with Sam Saunders for their 4.1 second run to take home an another $2,458, fourth in the third round for their 5.6 second run for $615, and third in the average for 22.0 seconds on

Megan Nicole Larson
Dec 4, 2025


C5 Rodeo Announces Virgil's Retirement After the 2025 NFR
You cannot talk about great bucking horses without mentioning Virgil F13 from the C5 Rodeo Company. This beautiful bucker was born in 2008 in North Dakota but has spend a majority of his life in Alberta, Canada. In 2013, Virgil first made his presence known to the pro rodeo world with strong buck off rate of 25% in the bareback, an average stock score of 44.65, and average score of 82.33 from 3 qualified PRCA rides. By 2016, Virgil was coming into his stride as a good bucking

Megan Nicole Larson
Dec 4, 2025
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