Nice to meet you

Ty Woods, meet Michael Calmelat. Michael Calmelat, this is Ty Woods. Introductions were definitely necessary as the two team ropers had never met each other before making their first run in the 17 & Under Open division Thursday at the Wrangler Rodeo Arena. Two days and five runs later the 15-year-old Woods and the 10-year-old […]

Best of the barrel racers

What a difference a year made for Kelsey Caldwell. At last year’s Junior National Finals Rodeo, Caldwell and her horse Shine On A Dime finished in the middle of the pack in senior barrel racing. Saturday at the Wrangler Rodeo Arena, the two won a world championship. “The Junior NFR last year was the first […]

Championship field is set for timed events

The 2018 Junior National Finals Rodeo comes to a close Saturday, with timed event finals at the Wrangler Rodeo Arena. Action begins at 9 a.m. with the championship go-round in junior barrel racing. Aspen Autry from Kim, Colorado, leads the average with a two-run time of 28.112 seconds. Autry won the first go with a […]

Barrel racers of the future

Savannah Roberts was hard to miss during the junior barrel racing competition at this year’s Junior National Finals Rodeo. Roberts, an 11-year-old sixth grader from Colorado Springs, Colorado, wore pants adorned with unicorns during her first run Wednesday. For her second run Friday she sported pants with doughnuts on them. “My idol is Fallon Taylor,” […]

17 & Under #10 Division Champs

Team ropers Caden Tinsley and Tate Thompson picked a good time to have their best run of the 17 & Under #10 division at the Junior National Finals Rodeo. In the short go-round Thursday at the Wrangler Rodeo Arena, the Texas cowboys – Tinsley is from Midland and Thompson is from Amarillo – roped their […]