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ABOUT THE JUNIOR NFR


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. 

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Oregon’s Cline is stealing the show

LAS VEGAS – Teagan Cline is making the KK Run for Vegas at the YETI Junior National Finals Rodeo her personal playground. The 10-year-old from Roseburg, Oregon, and her horses have dominated the field in both the 17-and-under pole bending and the junior barrel racing through the first two rounds. Cline enters Saturday’s short go-round […]

Zvonar’s Houdini has ‘the biggest heart ever’

LAS VEGAS – For a barrel racer, River Zvonar is a pretty good pole bender. Zvonar finished fourth in the first round of the KK Run for Vegas Pole Bending with a 20.470-second run and followed that with a 20.621 Thursday to take the lead in the average at the YETI Junior National Finals Rodeo. […]

Wyoming team ropers WIN a world title

LAS VEGAS – Consistency paid off for team ropers Ryder Kerr and Case Kerr at the YETI Junior National Finals Rodeo. The 18-year-old twins from Afton, Wyoming, won the #10.5 division as the only ones among 22 teams that caught all five head. They didn’t finish higher than fourth in any of the first four […]

Steer wrestler Tad Williams finds his footing in second round

LAS VEGAS – Tad Williams picked up where he left off at the YETI Junior World Finals. After a broken barrier in the first round Tuesday, the Coalville, Utah, steer wrestler tied for the second-round win in the Ote Berry Junior Steer Wrestling World Championships with a 3.5-second run. “I got the barrier on that […]

Kash Loyd wins 8th bareback world title

LAS VEGAS – Kash Loyd left no doubt. The Cleburne, Texas, bareback rider won his record eighth world title Monday at the YETI Junior National Finals Rodeo and did so in convincing fashion. Loyd finished with 243.5 points on three head to finish 10 points clear of Canada’s Eylam Podolak. “I was eight years old […]

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