• Calf Roping on Foot: The contestant stands in the roping box and when a calf is released, attempts to throw their loop over the calf’s head. Once the loop passes over the calf’s head, the contestant ...

At a Van Horn arena on a late-summer afternoon, speckled steers bawled in the chute as Jimmy Steve Martinez flight-checked his horse Yoshiki. Martinez, a 42-year-old team roper, takes his time with ...

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 ...

The sun careens off the black mountains above us, tires of the bigness of the Wyoming sky, and pools in the dirt of the riding arena at my horse’s feet. My horse is named Vern. His feet, along with ...

The Mandan Rodeo Committee has invested in a new Tarter roping chute for its 2021 event, which means that the Rodeo’s current chute is up for grabs.