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Junior NFR
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The YETI Junior NFR will host more than 700 contestants within the Wrangler Rodeo Arena over the 10 days in December. Celebrating its 10th Anniversary, this premier event takes place in the heart of Las Vegas, where each contestant competes at the Las Vegas Convention Center. These young athletes will vie for more than $1 million in combined cash and prize payouts as they chase a coveted Montana Silversmiths championship buckle. It’s Rodeo's Next Up—the Junior NFR.  For more information about qualifiers or to contact us, click here.
 
 
 

Building a Champion: Riley Webb’s Rise from Junior NFR to Gold Buckles

In 2014, Riley Webb made his first trip to Las Vegas to compete at the inaugural Junior National Finals Rodeo. “The first year it was the Roy Cooper Junior Invitational and I think I was 11 years old at the time,” Webb recalled. “I competed (at the Junior NFR) every year until I was 18 […]

Brody Dent Competed Against the Big Boys This Summer

At the Central Wyoming Fair and PRCA Rodeo in mid-June in Casper, Wyoming, the 18- year-old bareback rider from Bend, Oregon, proved he belonged. Dent finished fourth in the first round and seventh in the average to win his first checks on the pro rodeo circuit. “It feels awesome,” he said at the time. “Now […]

‘Best Birthday Ever’ for Grant

LAS VEGAS – Paisley Grant listened to her mother, and it paid off with a world championship. The Eddyville, Oregon, barrel racer capped a memorable week at the Junior World Finals on Saturday with a 13.830-second run to win the average in the Kelly Kaminski Run for Vegas senior barrel racing with a three-run time […]

On Top of the World

Steer wrestler Tad Williams and #10.5 team ropers Wayce McGill and Trey White won Junior World Finals championships Saturday.

Hill Dazzles in Pole Bending

LAS VEGAS – Four years ago, Kashlee Hill was learning how to walk again. Friday, the 10-year-old from Evanston, Wyoming, was tearing through the pole bending course in the Kelly Kaminski Run for Vegas at the YETI Junior World Finals. Hill and her horse Dazzle had a 19.43-second run – the fastest run of the […]

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