Women competed at the first indoor rodeo event at the Fort Worth, Texas, Coliseum in 1918. By 1920, they were participating in rodeos as relay racers, rough stock riders and trick riders. In 1928, one ...

The sport of rodeo started as a male-dominated sport. The broncs, the bulls, the horses, and the ropes all belonged to the men. Despite discrimination in the arena, women were still very involved, ...

But the teenager notes that despite her impressive record at such a young age, many people won't have ever seen a rodeo rider like her. “There are a lot of kids that don't even know that Black cowboys ...

Rodeos are well-known for those eight dangerous seconds where riders hold on for dear life while a very mean bull tries to throw the rider to the ground. While bull riding is one of the biggest draws ...

Women bull riders take center stage in the new series "Not Her First Rodeo." The upcoming series follows the Elite Lady Bull Riders, an all-women's bull riding association aiming to pave the way for ...

CHEYENNE — How do you define a cowgirl in Wyoming? First, you have to look back to their beginning, when cowgirls really started showing their tough buckskin in the rodeo world. Wyoming cowgirls have ...

PHOENIX — This year’s Prescott rodeo festival will celebrate the legacy of women who have contributed to the sport throughout its history. The World’s Oldest Rodeo, hosted by Prescott Frontier Days, ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) -- This year the Women's Professional Rodeo Association (WPRA) is celebrating 75 years of women in rodeo. One special rider from southern Colorado, Erin Johnson, has ...

FORT WORTH, Texas — Fort Worth and Cowtown Coliseum will make Western sports history when the Women’s Rodeo World Championship comes to the Fort Worth Stockyards in May. The all-women’s rodeo will ...

For PBR CEO Sean Gleason, a lightbulb moment was the 2021 Women’s Rodeo World Championship. He brought the event to CBS Television Network. But would anyone watch? The broadcast drew 2.4 million ...

FRESNO, Texas (KTRK) -- The countdown to the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo is on, and the trail-riders are making their way to town. On Tuesday, we caught up with the Southwestern Trailriders ...