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The American Rodeo
The American Rodeo, or simply The American, is an annual rodeo held since 2014 in Arlington, Texas. It accepts competitors from across the world who partake in qualifier events. The event features the eight standard events in professional rodeo. Both amateur competitors and professionals may qualify in the competition. The competition begins with preliminary rounds in January. The top competitors then proceed to the semifinals and eventually the "Contender Round" finals. The champions of each event at The American win a trophy belt buckle, trophy saddle, and a minimum of $100,000. In 2022, the total purse surpassed $3 million. History The American premiered in 2014 as the brainchild of Randy Bernard, the then-CEO of Rural Media Group. He had previously served as the CEO of the Professional Bull Riders (PBR) from 1995 to 2010 and IndyCar from 2010 to 2012. From 2014 through 2018, the American was unsanctioned. From 2019 through 2021, it was sanctioned by the Professional Rodeo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arlington, Texas
Arlington is a city in Tarrant County, Texas, Tarrant County, Texas, United States. It is part of the Mid-Cities region of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan statistical area, and is a principal city of the metropolis and region. The city had a population of 394,266 in 2020, making it the second-largest city in the county after Fort Worth, Texas, Fort Worth and the third-largest city in the metropolitan area, after Dallas and Fort Worth. Arlington is the List of United States cities by population, 50th-most populous city in the United States, the List of cities in Texas by population, seventh-most populous city in the state of Texas, and the largest city in the state that is not a county seat. Arlington is home to the University of Texas at Arlington, a major urban research university, the Arlington Assembly plant used by General Motors, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region IV, Texas Health Resources, Mensa International, and D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steer Wrestling
Steer wrestling, also known as bulldogging, is a rodeo event in which a horse-mounted rider chases a steer, drops from the horse to the steer, then wrestles the steer to the ground by grabbing its horns and pulling it off-balance so that it falls to the ground. The event carries a high risk of injury to the cowboy. Some concerns from the animal-rights community express that the competition may include practices that constitute cruelty to animals, but the injury rate to animals is less than 0.05%. A later PRCA survey of 60,971 animal performances at 198 rodeo performances and 73 sections of "slack" indicated 27 animals were injured, again around 0.05%. Origins The origins of steer wrestling or "bulldogging" date back to Ancient Greece in bull-fighting events known as ''taurokathápsia'' (ταυροκαθάψια), where bull fighters on horseback would chase a bull and jump on it, grasping its horns before wrestling it to the ground. In ''The Garland of Phillip'', Philippus of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
João Ricardo Vieira
João Ricardo Vieira da Silva (born July 28, 1984, in Itatinga, São Paulo, Brazil) is a Brazilian professional rodeo cowboy who specializes in bull riding. Since 2013, he has been a top contestant on the Professional Bull Riders (PBR) circuit, qualifying for the PBR World Finals every year since then. Since 2022, he has ridden for the Texas Rattlers during the PBR Team Series season. The Texas Rattlers won the 2023 PBR Team Series championship title. Career Vieira was the 2013 PBR Rookie of the Year. In March 2014, after winning the Built Ford Tough Series (BFTS) Iron Cowboy event at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, he attempted to ride PBR World Champion bull Bushwacker for a $1 million bounty, but was quickly bucked off. Vieira is featured in the Netflix six-part docuseries '' Fearless'' on Brazilian professional bull riders. He won the bull riding title at the 2016, 2019 and 2020 editions of The American Rodeo at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. In 2020, he won the Monster ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jess Lockwood (bull Rider)
Jess Lockwood (born September 28, 1997) is an American professional rodeo cowboy who specializes in bull riding. He competes in the Professional Bull Riders (PBR) circuit. He was the PBR Rookie of the Year in 2016. On November 5, 2017, he became the youngest PBR World Champion. He won his second PBR world championship on November 10, 2019; becoming the youngest bull rider to win two PBR world championships. In 2023, Lockwood was ranked No. 10 on the list of the top 30 bull riders in PBR history. Early life Jess Lockwood was born on September 28, 1997, in Volborg, Montana, to Ed and Angie Lockwood (née Schillinger). His father was a former Big Sky region champion bull rider and a professional saddle bronc rider. His mother was a long-time barrel racer. Lockwood was raised on his family's 12,000 acre ranch where they run about 400 head of cattle. As a small child, he would crawl on his father's back and be bucked around their living room for eight seconds. He would then ask h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisa Lockhart
Lisa Lockhart (born November 11, 1965) is an American professional rodeo cowgirl who specializes in barrel racing. In 2006, 2008, 2012, and 2013, she won the Canadian barrel racing championship at the Canadian Finals Rodeo (CFR). In 2014, 2016, and 2023, she won the Average at the National Finals Rodeo (NFR). Life Lockhart was born on November 11, 1965, in Wolf Point, Montana. She started riding at six years old with a pony. Her two sisters were key in drawing her into competition. Lockhart graduated from Montana State University. She then turned her amateur career into a professional one. Career Lockhart joined the Women's Professional Rodeo Association (WPRA) in 1993. In addition to being a three-time NFR Average Champion, she has the second most qualifications to the NFR with 18, with Charmayne James and Sherry Cervi tied for first with 19 each. She is in 8th place for most money won at an NFR with $151,731 in 2016. For WPRA Career Earnings Leaders through 2018, she is seco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hailey Kinsel
Hailey Kinsel (born October 3, 1994), is an American professional rodeo cowgirl who specializes in barrel racing and competes in the Women's Professional Rodeo Association (WPRA). She won the WPRA barrel-racing world championship in 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2022 at the National Finals Rodeo (NFR). She has also won the NFR Average title once in 2020. Kinsel and her horses have qualified for the NFR eight consecutive times in her years in professional rodeo from 2017 through 2024. She has been competing in rodeo since adolescence, winning awards through high school and college in both barrel racing and breakaway roping, as well as professional rodeo. Her horse, Sister, won the Barrel Racing Horse of the Year Award in 2018. Early life Hailey Kinsel was born on October 3, 1994. She grew up in Cotulla, Texas, with her parents Dan and Leslie Kinsel (née Walker). Her mother, who has an equestrian background, is a former Miss Rodeo Texas in 1980. Her parents own a commercial beef cattle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sage Kimzey
Sage Steele Kimzey (born August 26, 1994) is an American professional rodeo cowboy who specializes in bull riding. For most of his career, he competed in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA), winning seven bull riding world championships. He also competed in the now-defunct Championship Bull Riding (CBR) organization, where he won three world championships. In 2023, he began riding for the Carolina Cowboys during the Professional Bull Riders (PBR) Team Series season. Since 2024, he competes full-time in the PBR, and as of 2025, he rides for the Austin Gamblers. Early life Sage Steele Kimzey was born on August 26, 1994, in Strong City, Oklahoma. His father, Ted, was a PRCA barrelman who also worked at the National Finals Rodeo (NFR) in 1980 and 1987. His mother, Jennifer, is the CEO of Gold Buckle Realty. His older sister, Dusta, is a pharmacist, and his younger brother Trey followed in his footsteps by becoming a bull rider as well. His mother and siblings sideline ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaycee Feild
Kaycee Feild (born March 4, 1987) is an American former professional rodeo cowboy who specialized in bareback bronc riding and competed in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA). He is a son of PRCA World Champion all-around cowboy Lewis Feild. He has won six bareback riding world championships; the most of any PRCA bareback riders. He won them from 2011 to 2014, and again from 2020 to 2021. He is the first cowboy to win three consecutive bareback riding average titles at the National Finals Rodeo (NFR). In July 2024, Feild was inducted into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame. Early life Kaycee Feild was born on March 4, 1987, in Payson, Utah. He is the son of Lewis Feild, who was the world all-around rodeo champion three years in a row in the 1980s. As a child, Feild and his brother, Shadrach, often traveled with their father as he rode the rodeo circuit. At age 13, Kaycee began practicing riding bareback broncs. His goal was to become the best bareback rider in the w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ty Erickson
Ty Erickson (born August 11, 1990) is an American professional rodeo cowboy who specializes in steer wrestling. He competes in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) circuit. He is the 2011 PRCA Steer Wrestling Rookie of the Year and is the PRCA 2019 Steer Wrestling World Champion. Early life Ty Erickson was born on August 11, 1990, in Helena, Montana. His father, Sid, is a veterinarian and equine chiropractor, who has competed in team roping, and his mother, Janet Bignell Erickson, is a health enhancement coordinator and gym teacher. She is also a barrel racing trainer and competitor, and a former Miss College Rodeo. It was not until Erickson was a junior in Capital High School that he started competing in steer wrestling. In 2008 and 2009, he was the all-around champion in the National High School Rodeo Association (NHSRA). In 2010, in college, he was the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association (NIRA) Big Sky Region steer wrestling champion. He also did some t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richie Champion
Richmond "Richie" Champion (born December 16, 1992) is an American professional rodeo cowboy who specializes in bareback bronc riding and became the first bareback rider to earn $1 million at a single rodeo. Early life Richie Champion was born on December 16, 1992, in Orange County, California. Champion is the son of Greg, a hotel company executive, and Lori, a consultant who competed in show jumping while she was in college. The family moved between Texas, Arizona, Washington State, and Alaska when Champion was a child. When he was 10, Champion began taking lessons in Western riding. He showed much talent as a rider, prompting mounted shooting world champion Annie Bianco to invite him to train with her. Champion competed in mounted shooting before asking to train in roping. In junior high, Champion began bull riding. The Champion family moved to The Woodlands, Texas, during his junior year in high school. The following summer, a coach asked Champion if he had ever considered b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trevor Brazile
Trevor Brazile (born November 16, 1976) is a semi-retired American rodeo cowboy who competed in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) and partners with a cowboy named Miles Baker. He was inducted into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame in 2022. He holds the record for the most PRCA world championship titles with 26. He won his 26th title in 2020. He also holds the record for the most all-around cowboy world champion titles at 14, breaking the record of 7 titles held by Ty Murray; Murray's last earned was in 1998. In 2010, Brazile won his 8th all-around title, surpassing Murray's seven titles from 1998. Murray's titles were won all in roughstock events, as opposed to Brazile's timed-event wins, and he is still the youngest winner of the title. Brazile won the all-around world championship in 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2006 through 2015, and in 2018. He won the tie-down roping world championship in 2007, 2009 and 2010. He won the team roping world championship in 2010. He won the st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bull Riding
Bull riding is a rodeo sport that involves a rider getting on a bucking bull and attempting to stay mounted while the animal tries to bucking, buck off the rider. American bull riding has been called "the most dangerous eight seconds in sports." To receive a score, the rider must stay on top of the bull for eight seconds with the use of one hand gripped on a bull rope tied behind the bull's forelegs. Touching the bull or themselves with the free hand, or failing to reach the eight-second mark, results in a no-score ride. Depending on the bull riding organization and the contest, up to four judges might judge the rider and four judge the bull on their performance. For most organizations, a perfect score is 100 points. In general, most professional riders score in the neighborhood of the mid-70s to the high 80s. Outside of the United States, bull riding traditions with varying rules and histories also exist in Canada, Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Cos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
