Women competed at the first indoor rodeo event at the Fort Worth, Texas, Coliseum in 1918. By 1920, they were participating in rodeos as relay racers, rough stock riders and trick riders. In 1928, one ...

The sport of rodeo started as a male-dominated sport. The broncs, the bulls, the horses, and the ropes all belonged to the men. Despite discrimination in the arena, women were still very involved, ...

It was another great week in professional rodeo, with events coast-to-coast. Some athletes spent a little extra time in Florida, where there were multiple rodeos over the weekend. One of the great ...

PHOENIX — This year’s Prescott rodeo festival will celebrate the legacy of women who have contributed to the sport throughout its history. The World’s Oldest Rodeo, hosted by Prescott Frontier Days, ...

Rodeos are well-known for those eight dangerous seconds where riders hold on for dear life while a very mean bull tries to throw the rider to the ground. While bull riding is one of the biggest draws ...

CHEYENNE — How do you define a cowgirl in Wyoming? First, you have to look back to their beginning, when cowgirls really started showing their tough buckskin in the rodeo world. Wyoming cowgirls have ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) -- This year the Women's Professional Rodeo Association (WPRA) is celebrating 75 years of women in rodeo. One special rider from southern Colorado, Erin Johnson, has ...

CALGARY, Alberta — Sophia Bunney launched the first time she tried ranch bronc riding, landing “quite a ways away from the horse.” “I’m very stubborn and I don’t like being defeated,” said the 18-year ...

Women bull riders take center stage in the new series "Not Her First Rodeo." The upcoming series follows the Elite Lady Bull Riders, an all-women's bull riding association aiming to pave the way for ...

GLADEWATER, Texas (KLTV) - With the completion of an East Texas rodeo event, spectators got a chance to see something a little unusual in rodeo support personnel. A couple of rodeo ‘cowgirls’ are ...

Historically men have dominated the competitions at rodeos around the world. Now, a group of girls and women throughout Northern Colorado are aiming to expand their footprint in the sport. Barrel ...