Leslie Smalygo competes in barrel racing during the 2025 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo at NRG Stadium. Leslie Smalygo knows her horse like a mother knows her child. The professional barrel racer ...

The Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo has hosted countless rodeo events, but for some in the John Justin Arena on Monday, it was their first rodeo. "Is that your favorite," Anna Rodgers asked her young ...

Rodeos are well-known for those eight dangerous seconds where riders hold on for dear life while a very mean bull tries to throw the rider to the ground. While bull riding is one of the biggest draws ...

CHEYENNE – Fresh off a win at the Calgary Stampede, Skiatook, Oklahoma native Leslie Smalygo posted a time of 17.09 seconds to win the barrel racing qualifying round at the 128th anniversary Cheyenne ...

It appeared the barrel racing world title might be a runaway after the first three days of the National Finals Rodeo. Hailey Kinsel entered NFR with the lead in the overall standings and got off to a ...

Barrel racing at Cheyenne Frontier Days has long been an adventure in contestants’ eyes. The composition of the ground itself created difficult footing for horses, while the third barrel being out in ...

GOSHEN — Mixed in with the rush of powerful animals was the grace of the rodeo afternoon atmosphere on Friday at the Elkhart County 4-H Fair. Cowboys hats and a variety of colored jeans packed the ...

When she's not in the barn tending to her horses on her 27-acre ranch in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, Mary Burger can be found scurrying around the yard, washing windows, cutting the grass or trimming the ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. BILLINGS — When the going gets tough, rodeo contestants turn to their inner cowboy or cowgirl.