Kaycee Feild of Genola, Utah, defeats Jess Pope of Waverly, Kansas, by $16,921 to win the bareback riding world title Saturday at the NFR at the Thomas & Mack Center.
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Las Vegas Events president Pat Christenson discussed myriad topics about Las Vegas and the NFR, including long-term viability at the Thomas & Mack Center.
Stetson Wright, a 22-year-old from Milford, Utah, breaks the single-season earnings record at the National Finals Rodeo at the Thomas & Mack Center.
Doug Champion, brother of NFR regular Richmond Champion, provides hands-on therapy to top cowboys such as two-time world all-around champion Stetson Wright.
The Wright and Etbauer families have produced 13 world championships at the NFR. The Wrights are dominating this year’s saddle bronc riding at the Thomas & Mack Center.
Ty Harris takes grandmother’s final wish to heart and charges from 47th in the standings to another berth in the National Finals Rodeo.
Bret and Darla Franks’ youngest son, Cole, made his NFR debut Thursday at the Thomas & Mack Center. The 20-year-old tied for third in bareback riding and won $13,716.
J.B. Mauney was briefly knocked unconscious and suffered facial lacerations after being bucked off a bull during the second go-round of the NFR on Friday night.
Craig at Midnight, a former PRCA and NFR horse of the year who weighed 1,700 pounds, died in June. He reminded rodeo enthusiasts of Bodacious, the legendary bucking bull.
Former PBR champion J.B. Mauney, one of three cowboys to ride the legendary bull Bushwacker, suffered facial lacerations in a scary incident Friday at the National Finals Rodeo.
With big paydays on the line for each performance and a veritable pot of gold available for those who ride and rope the best, everything is up for grabs at the NFR.
COVID restrictions forced last year’s NFR to switch to Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, but the season-ending event is back at the Thomas & Mack Center for a 10-day run.
Tuff Hedeman brings his bull riding tour to South Point nearly 26 years since leaving the MGM on a gurney with his face shattered.