Cowboy-Saver Detracting Mean Bucking Bulls From Fallen Cowboys At Renowned Roberts Family-Tradition Flint Hills Rodeo In Strong City
“It takes cow sense to be a bullfighter.” While the statement might seem a bit of pun on words, that’s the way it is, according to one of the most up-and-coming professionals in the business.
Going Strong At 29, Quarter Horse Mare ‘Rio’ Takes Several Families, Generations To Rodeo Honors
Great horses just keep going and going and going. “Rio is a horse of a lifetime. She’s absolutely the perfect horse if there ever was one,” exclaimed Leah Tenpenny Wilson of Reading. “I rode and won at rodeos on Rio when I was in junior high, and now our six-year-old daughter Laynie is riding Rio, […]
Heartland Therapeutic Riding Improves Lives Of People With Disabilities
“The beauty and magic of the partnership between a horse and its rider have been celebrated as a symbol of dynamic unity; and emotional connection that helps heal and energize.” One can only completely understand and comprehend that statement when seeing the magic truly come to life at Heartland Therapeutic Riding, Inc., 9655 Antioch, Stilwell, […]
Paola High School Senior All-Around Champion Cowgirl Crowned ‘Iron Woman’
“It was awesome, so cool. But, very nerve racking. It came down to team roping, the last event, and I hadn’t team roped since I was a freshman. I had to borrow my brother’s horse and even his rope, but it all came together.” She is the Iron Woman Champion.
Championship Bull Riding Perfect Kickoff For More Western Action-Entertainment At K-State Rodeo
Purple power exploded at Weber Arena. Six bucking chutes gleamed in Kansas State University colors, there were notable tinges of purple in the large crowd as the lights went out, the country-rock music intensified, smoke rolled, the Manhattan High School Drum Corps gave a drum-roll, and the Championship Bull Riding was underway
Illinois Cowgirl Comes To Kansas To Become Vet, And Stars As Barrel Racer On K-State Rodeo Team
Match that ‘just right’ horse with proven one of the very best college-age cowgirls in the world, and it’s a team to be reckoned wherever the competition arises. “I’ve had several top horses, and have some good horses, but Pepper is sure one of the best. I’m really getting with her now. It always takes […]
Rodeo Queens Big Ambassadors For America’s Most Traditional Sport
“The queen is one of the most important people at the rodeo.” That’s not a direct quote, but maybe it could be. Yet, there are still a sizeable number who’d argue the statement grudgingly that rodeo is a man and beast competition, cowboys, horses, bulls, and cowgirls in the barrel race.
St. George Cowgirl Passionate About Others Learning Benefits Of Horses
“No hour of life is wasted that is spent in the saddle.” It’s an often repeated quotation originally credited to Winston Churchill. Diane Haffener at the D-Bar Arena near St. George often restates the remark true to heart, believes, and most obviously lives it. “Horses are my life,” Haffener stated emphatically. Born and raised in […]
Kansas Agriculture Leader’s Lifetime Goal Is To Help Develop Others
“Horses can change children.” Al Davis of Manhattan proudly quoted his grandpa’s philosophy from nearly four decades ago on the small family farm in Pennsylvania. Never forgetting that statement and relating it often, Davis is “children, horses, Extension 4-H, agriculture leadership,” and a whole lot more. Appropriate quick synopsis of the always-smiling, most-congenial, never-knew-a-stranger cowboy, […]
Childhood Cowboy Video Star Now Professional Kansas Cowboy Moves Up To Third Best Team Roping Heeler In The World At National Finals Rodeo
“Rope ’im. Jump down and rope ’im.” That was the sideline advice. Then: “I got ’im. Heel ’im.” A second loop thrown, and: “I got ’im.” Lariats were stretched tight, as the steel steer roping dummy came off the ground, while standers-by applauded.