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Rodeo: Timed Events
from the pages of Rodeo
Sherrylynn Johnson and Snoopy
Sherrylynn Johnson's run to the 2007 Wrangler National Finals
Rodeo (she'd last been there in 2000) was filled with peaks and valleys,
metaphorically.
In the winter of 2007 her good horse got injured and, beginning in
March, she found herself leasing the renowned View This Jet out of... | read »
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Rodeo: Timed Events
from the pages of Rodeo
Finals Week - College Cowboys Make the Grade
The College National Finals Rodeo provided the perfect arena.
The two grew up less than 100 miles from each other and started
roping before they were teenagers, but hadn't roped in a rodeo together in a
couple years, until the week leading up to the CNFR. Ten days later, they rode
out of... | read »
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Rodeo: Timed Events
from the pages of Rodeo
Brittany Hofstetter and Paco
In December 2005, Brittany (Bennett) Hofstetter was in Las Vegas
campaigning to become Miss Rodeo America. She never dreamed she'd be back in the
City of Lights just two years later with her barrel horse.
The former Miss Rodeo New Mexico wrapped up her pageantry career
as third runner-up to... | read »
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Rodeo: Timed Events
from the pages of Rodeo
Maegan Reichert and Marvin
Maegan Reichert takes the term "multi-tasking" to a new level.
The young Texan (she turns 22 on July 2) from Mount Pleasant
nearly won Rookie of the Year honors in 2005 and went to her first Wrangler
National Finals Rodeo just two years later--all while going to college
fulltime.
The... | read »
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Rodeo: Timed Events
from the pages of Rodeo
He's Back
Editor's Note: We found
out about 10-Time Wrangler National Finals Rodeo qualifier Daniel Green's return
to full-time competition with Cody Cowden. Below is the conversation.
SWR: I
just got word that after four years of rodeo retirement you've decided to come
back to full-time... | read »
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Rodeo: Timed Events
from the pages of Rodeo
Hot Stuff
Memorial Day was made a national holiday to honor the men and
women who have perished in the service of the United States Armed Forces.
While most Americans spend the weekend at barbecues, the roping
community migrates to Saginaw, Texas, on the three days prior to Memorial Day to
remember... | read »
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Rodeo: Timed Events
from the pages of Rodeo
Brittany Pozzi-Pharr and Stitch
Take a quick glance at Brittany Pozzi-Pharr's resume of just five
years and you'll skim through Rookie of the Year, Four-Time NFR Qualifier,
Single Season Earnings Record Holder, back-to-back NFR Average Champion and
Defending World Champion.
Still, little is known about the 24-year-old... | read »
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Rodeo: Timed Events
from the pages of Rodeo
Joe B Launches Comeback
You can't stop someone who never stops.
And good luck with this guy, because Joe Beaver jumps out of bed
every day trotting toward the next round of challenges. Job One right now is a
career comeback of big-league proportions.
After sitting out the entire 2007 rodeo season following hip... | read »
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Rodeo: Timed Events
from the pages of Rodeo
the Inside Scoop with Jake Corkill
SWR :
Tell me how you got
started roping professionally?
Jade : I've roped
my whole life; I grew up on a ranch. All I've ever wanted to do was rope. In
2005, I was at the Junior Worlds and that's when Allen Bach got me hooked up
with Matt Tyler.
I had always planned on trying to... | read »
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Rodeo: Timed Events
from the pages of Rodeo
Booger Barter's Big-Top Show is Back
Friends will approach him and say, "Hey, didn't you used to be
Booger Barter?" There are laughs all around.
After producing some of the most innovative team ropings--awarding
$8.5 million in cash, 277 pickup trucks, 102 horse trailers, 1,344 trophy
saddles, 2,036 buckles and $664,000 in... | read »
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