Participants show lambs during the Junior Market Lamb Show at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo in 2024. Haisley Layne, a fifth grader from Freestone County near Waco, is among the hundreds of ...

For decades, the Vold brands have been stamped on some of the best bucking horses in rodeo. Now, as Kirsten Vold prepares to close the gates on Vold Rodeo Co. after the 2025 National Finals Rodeo, she ...

National Champion sorts horses for a rodeo on his Appendix Quarter Horse from Canada named “Creole” on Aug. 28, 2025, in Buffalo. Horses that bucked in the previous rodeo were put back out to pasture ...

It was fixin’ to be a real nice weekend. The Beutler family had just concluded a brutal stretch of rodeos, bringing their prized stock all across the country to buck off the best bronc and bareback ...

When the lights come up at the Thomas & Mack Center and the gate clangs open, the crowd sees eight seconds of controlled chaos. But behind every wild ride at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo lies ...

Rodeos in Texas are adrenalin-pumping, high-energy events that blend excitement and entertainment. For the Champion family, they are something much more — a source of income and a way of life. For ...