The handle you put on a steer is dictated by the types of steers
youre roping. Whether steers are fresh or roped out makes a big difference.
There are three basic stages in the career of a roping steer, and the fresh ones
are the hardest to handle. The medium ones, that have had 10 or 15 runs... | read
Young Guns Blasingame and Borrego Win in Redding
If you’re only vaguely aware of team ropers Ty Blasingame and J.W.
Borrego, don’t fault yourself. These two youngsters (25 and 26 years old,
respectively) haven’t taken the rodeo world by storm. While both their families
have ranching and rodeo roots, they’re not... | read
In the rodeo and roping industry, you have the winter rodeos,
which consist of rodeos like Odessa (Texas), Denver, San Antonio, Houston,
Austin, San Angelo (Texas) and Tucson (Ariz.). Then there are the major ropings,
like the George Strait and the Wildfire. Those events set the pace and the... | read
2006 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo Saddle Bronc Winner
At almost every rodeo he entered in 2006, Chad Ferley heard the same
thing. The rodeo announcer, trying to stir the fans, would slowly reach a crescendo
with, "Now… riding… world... | read
