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 ...

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 ...

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.

The HOT Fair and Rodeo brings racing, roping and riding to the heart of Texas this month, but for several Central Texas women, these events are year-round passions. Rodeo events such as tie-down ...

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 ...

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 ...

Team roping, also known as heading and heeling, is a horse event that features a steer and two mounted riders. The first roper is referred to as the “header,” the person who ropes the front of the ...

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 ...

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Bareback Riding: Joe Gunderson, Agar. Tie-Down Roping: Chris Neal, Muldrow, Okla. Saddle Bronc Riding: Chuck ...

With a quick nod, Adam Gray’s world blurs into motion. A 250-pound calf shoots out of a metal gate with Gray and his horse, Tux, close on its heels. When Tux thrusts forward with his back legs, Gray ...

Taryn Sippel of Pierpont competed in the inaugural women’s breakaway roping event at the Cheyenne Frontier Days last month and competes in Aberdeen tonight. Sippel said it was a big deal competing in ...