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December 4-13, 2025

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Hawkeye State Cowboys Making Noise In Vegas

Cash Blanchard is proving to be a quick learner. One year after getting on a bronc for the first time the 14-year-old from Fort Madison, Iowa, is leading the senior bareback riding at the YETI Junior National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas. Blanchard and fellow Iowa cowboy Blaine Cornelison tied for the first-round win Thursday […]

Bentley Morris ‘Does His Job,’ Wins Tie-Down

LAS VEGAS – Consistency paid off for Bentley Morris on Friday. The 12-year-old from Pea Ridge, Arkansas, was the only competitor with three runs under 16 seconds to win the 12-and-under tie-down roping title at the YETI Junior National Finals Rodeo. “I just had to do my job and let everything fall into place,” Morris […]

Carlee Martinez Ropes A Title

Monday, Carlee Martinez was home in George West, Texas, more than 1,100 miles from Las Vegas. Less than 72 hours later, Martinez was the 19-and-under breakaway roping champ at the YETI Junior National Finals Rodeo in Vegas. “With everything going on we weren’t sure we would be able to be here, so this is such […]

The YETI Junior National Finals Rodeo is Turning 10!

To celebrate, more than 700 of the country’s best young cowboys and cowgirls (ages 8-19) will be in Las Vegas to compete for the Montana Silversmiths Championship Buckles. The contestants also get to compete in a larger venue than in years past. This year’s Junior NFR, which is still adjacent to the Las Vegas Convention […]

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 […]

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