Rodeo season is a long ride
I'm often asked "when's rodeo season" or "what's the status of rodeo season."
I've learned to say that we're always in rodeo season though there are rare times that rodeo activities are less intense.
When a person opts to participate at the top level of rodeos and horse shows, there will be little or no rest. For example, the first Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association events were in the first week of January and the National Finals Rodeo ends Dec. 9. The season for Professional Bull Riders' top series began Nov. 18 and ends Nov. 5. The National Cutting Horse Association circuit also goes year round.
And some competitors also have children on the high school or collegiate circuits from September through June.
For example, Texas High School Rodeo Association Region III (the North Texas area) concluded its regular season last weekend at Cowtown Coliseum, and the top competitors will advance to the Texas High School Rodeo Finals in June in Abilene. This weekend, Tarleton State will compete in the Howard College Rodeo in Big Spring, closing the regular season for the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association Southwest Region. Top competitors will advance to the College National Finals Rodeo in June in Casper, Wyo.
Unlike most other college athletes, college rodeo competitors can compete on both the collegiate and pro levels. For example, Texas Tech bareback riding star Ryan Gray excelled at the 2005 College National Finals in Wyoming and the PRCA's 2005 Wrangler ProRodeo Winter Tour Finale in Reno, Nev., during the same week. The Reno rodeo helped Gray earn his first bareback berth in the NFR.
Rodeo and horse show circuits are different than mainstream sports such as football. Actual NFL competition runs from early September to late January or early February.
Briefly
Dylan Branson of Burleson won the boy's all-around and Shelby Smith of Stephenville won the girl's all-around at the Texas High School Rodeo Association Region III Finals last weekend.
Guilherme Marchi of Decatur earned $17,550, finishing second at the PBR's Built Ford Tough Series tour stop Friday and Saturday in Chicago.
Fox Sports plans to broadcast the PBR's Oct. 29 World Finals performance from Las Vegas. It's among three shows that the network has scheduled.
Tarleton State's men finished second in the team race at Tarleton's annual rodeo in Stephenville.
Trevor Brazile of Decatur and Rich Skelton of Llano tied for first in team roping with Nelson Linares and Travis Woodard at the PRCA Wrangler ProRodeo Winter Tour stop last week in Red Bluff, Calif.
I've learned to say that we're always in rodeo season though there are rare times that rodeo activities are less intense.
When a person opts to participate at the top level of rodeos and horse shows, there will be little or no rest. For example, the first Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association events were in the first week of January and the National Finals Rodeo ends Dec. 9. The season for Professional Bull Riders' top series began Nov. 18 and ends Nov. 5. The National Cutting Horse Association circuit also goes year round.
And some competitors also have children on the high school or collegiate circuits from September through June.
For example, Texas High School Rodeo Association Region III (the North Texas area) concluded its regular season last weekend at Cowtown Coliseum, and the top competitors will advance to the Texas High School Rodeo Finals in June in Abilene. This weekend, Tarleton State will compete in the Howard College Rodeo in Big Spring, closing the regular season for the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association Southwest Region. Top competitors will advance to the College National Finals Rodeo in June in Casper, Wyo.
Unlike most other college athletes, college rodeo competitors can compete on both the collegiate and pro levels. For example, Texas Tech bareback riding star Ryan Gray excelled at the 2005 College National Finals in Wyoming and the PRCA's 2005 Wrangler ProRodeo Winter Tour Finale in Reno, Nev., during the same week. The Reno rodeo helped Gray earn his first bareback berth in the NFR.
Rodeo and horse show circuits are different than mainstream sports such as football. Actual NFL competition runs from early September to late January or early February.
Briefly
Dylan Branson of Burleson won the boy's all-around and Shelby Smith of Stephenville won the girl's all-around at the Texas High School Rodeo Association Region III Finals last weekend.
Guilherme Marchi of Decatur earned $17,550, finishing second at the PBR's Built Ford Tough Series tour stop Friday and Saturday in Chicago.
Fox Sports plans to broadcast the PBR's Oct. 29 World Finals performance from Las Vegas. It's among three shows that the network has scheduled.
Tarleton State's men finished second in the team race at Tarleton's annual rodeo in Stephenville.
Trevor Brazile of Decatur and Rich Skelton of Llano tied for first in team roping with Nelson Linares and Travis Woodard at the PRCA Wrangler ProRodeo Winter Tour stop last week in Red Bluff, Calif.
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