The guitar that Jackie “JJ” Hampton won at last year’s Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo’s Super Series 1 sits displayed in her real estate office. “It is one of the coolest things I have ever won, I ...

Macy Auclair had just taken first place in the first night of what the Canadian Finals Rodeo announcer called “the fastest event in rodeo.” Even by those standards, her ride had been quick. Ms.

ST. PAUL, Ore. (KATU) — History is being made this year at the St. Paul Rodeo. For the first ever, women's "breakaway roping" will be one of the events featured. KATU News spoke with one of the ...

Melody Hale has been coming to the St. Paul Rodeo for decades. Despite being a competitive roper with 30 years of experience, her trips from her home in Tenino, Washington, to the big rodeo in the ...

Jackie Crawford of Stephenville competes in break-away roping during the Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo in Wyoming in July. Crawford is able to compete in Cheyenne and other high-profile rodeos since ...

When the Calgary Stampede’s program is tweaked, it’s news. After all, the last time the landmark rodeo introduced a new competition was nearly 50 years ago when ladies’ barrel racing was added. The ...

A woman's role in rodeo is not limited to being a fan, flag girl or Miss Rodeo pageant contestant. Women were prominent in settling the West, and they're among the fiercest competitors in the National ...

Martha Angelone looks around at competitors up to double her age and always has the same thought: Why weren't they allowed earlier? The sport of breakaway roping was added within the last two years to ...

While the War Bonnet Round Up may be Idaho’s Oldest Rodeo, this year it will feature one of the newest up-and-coming events in the rodeo world: Women’s Breakaway Roping. It is similar to men’s ...