Imagine backing your horse into the roping box on a warm July evening in Cheyenne, Wyo., just like rodeo cowboys have been doing for 122 years. You nod your head, ride hard to the calf, rope it and stop your horse right there in the iconic arena dirt. You hear the crowd go wild.
North Dakota State University’s Western and hunt seat equestrian teams ended their season this spring on a high note, with wins in national and zone competition.
When Isabella climbs on top of a horse, she's a completely different person.
BISMARCK – The North Dakota State Board of Animal Health is reminding horse owners to protect their horses from equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1).
Thousands of equine enthusiasts from all over the United States and Canada, gathered in Albany, Oregon March 20th through the 22nd, for the seventeenth annual Northwest Horse Fair and Expo, presented by Akins Trailer Sales. One hundred ninety horses, representing 31 equine breeds were on han…
Minot, N.D. – Five horses have won the PRCA’s Badlands Circuit’s Horse of the Year awards for 2015.
NDSU Equine Center will host the 12th annual Dakota 50/50 show and sale from October 29-31. This innovative group of breeders has created one of the most successful futurities in the upper midwest. Like most futurities, the colts sold at their annual auction are eligible to compete as 2 year…
RUPERT - Some local residents are losing hope that Patches’ abusers will be caught.A month has passed since the pet pony was tortured in the night and left standing — barely alive — on a canal bank outside Rupert.The aging Shetland, who belonged to Daniela and Hugo Lopez and their three youn…
OWYHEE COUNTY - U.S. Bureau of Land Management officials are in the process of moving nearly 300 wild horses after a 442-square-mile fire ravaged almost all viable forage.Flames from the fire along the Oregon-Idaho border not only killed 35 wild horses, but they also destroyed critical habit…
Custer, MT- Ranch rodeo in Custer, Mont. celebrates competition derived from working on the range June 20, 2015.The 9th annual Custer Ranch Rodeo packs a ranch rodeo experience into Saturday at the Custer Arena, two miles north of the town of Custer.The day starts at 9 a.m. with a ranch hors…
OAKLEY• The all-around leaders in the 6th district, Minico senior Jaylee Stimpson and senior Derek Wadsworth from Kimberly, held fast to the top spots after a weekend in Oakley.Stimpson recorded three wins on Friday night in barrels, goats and poles. Wadsworth had a pair of wins on Friday wi…
HAILEY • There was a lead change in the girls all-around standings as Gooding senior, Bailey Gough, moved back into the top spot with a total of 275 points after gathering 55 points over the weekend.Gough had two wins in barrels, a win and second in poles, a third in goats, a sixth in breaka…
Buckdeer faced a career change.He was, by all measurements, a failure.A name change and career switch later, he’s back in the saddle again. At least, his owner, University of Wyoming junior Lindsay Zacco, is.The thoroughbred that finished dead last in his only race gave her the courage to pu…
SHOSHONE • Despite what could have been a dangerous mishap in poles on Friday night, Katelyn Perkins was able to stay calm and recover well enough to put together another solid performance enabling her to maintain the top position in the all-around standings.“The all-around is on your mind e…
FILER - After two weekends at the College of Southern Idaho and two in Filer at the Twin Falls County Fairgrounds in Shouse Arena, the 6th District high school rodeo will finally get a week off to give both the animals and contestants a much needed break.Rupert senior Jaylee Stimpson and Kim…
Vaccinations, deworming, nutrient and pasture management, and weed control are among the topics that will be covered in three workshops for horse owners in North Dakota in April.
MEDORA, ND: Theodore Roosevelt National Park and the North Dakota Badlands Horse Registry (NDBH) have signed a partnership agreement to facilitate transfer of excess feral horses from park lands in the South Unit to private ownership. The park maintains horses as an "historic demonstration h…
MEDORA, ND: Theodore Roosevelt National Park and the North Dakota Badlands Horse Registry (NDBH) have signed a partnership agreement to facilitate transfer of excess feral horses from park lands in the South Unit to private ownership. The park maintains horses as an "historic demonstration h…
McCrossan Boys Ranch is known across the region for its horse program that has troubled youth working with one-ton draft horses.Now the ranch’s work will be featured for a national audience on the cable television show “Gentle Giants.”The feature will air on RFD-TV at 4 p.m. Sunday, March 8,…
TWIN FALLS- Cowboys and cowgirls from a dozen Idaho, Utah, and Colorado colleges and universities will gather for the College of Southern Idaho’s biggest rodeo of the year tonight and Saturday.The 39th annual College of Southern Idaho Intercollegiate Rodeo will take place at 8 tonight and Sa…
Minneapolis - Polaris® Industries Inc. (NYSE: PII), the leading manufacturer of off-road vehicles and The Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) today announced a national partnership recognizing the industry-leading utility vehicle (UTV), Polaris RANGER, as the "Official UTV of the P…
North Dakota State University's Western equestrian team finished the regular competitive season at home by winning the high-point team award.
He came for oil but stayed for rodeo.
The Extreme Mustang Makeover is returning to Nampa, Idaho, July 24-25, 2015. This event, presented by the Mustang Heritage Foundation and the Bureau of Land Management Wild Horse and Burro Program, is currently seeking youth and adult trainers to participate in the 100-day wild horse trainin…
Neil and Laura Tangen have a message for the 50,000 guests to their trail ride operation in the heart of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
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