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4 days ago | 
nptelegraph.com | Ruth Nicolaus
Deb Cox was awarded the 2025 Trail Boss Award Saturday during the Buffalo Bill Rodeo. Listen now and subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | RSS Feed | SoundStack | All Of Our Podcasts The Mullen woman has competed in barrel racing and trained horses for the past six decades. She is a member of the Women’s Pro Rodeo Association and regional associations, including the Nebraska Pro Rodeo Association, the Kansas Pro Rodeo Association, and the Mid-States Rodeo Association.
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4 days ago | 
hometownsource.com | Ruth Nicolaus
A sister trio will barrel race at the Hamel Rodeo next month. Kendra, Ashley and Kaylee Wolff will compete in the novice barrel racing on July 13. Copyright © 2024 at Sun Newspapers/ APG Media of East Central Minnesota. Digital dissemination of this content without prior written consent is a violation of federal law and may be subject to legal action.
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5 days ago | 
nptelegraph.com | Ruth Nicolaus
It’s the last rodeo for bullfighter Zach Call. The Seneca native retired from professional bullfighting after the Buffalo Bill Rodeo in North Platte Saturday. Call, who is 32 years old, got his start in rodeo as a youngster. In college, first at Dodge City (Kan.) Community College, then at Panhandle State University in Goodwell, Oklahoma, he rode bulls. But he didn’t find a lot of success at it. “I knew I wasn’t ever going to be good enough at it to go real far,” he said.
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5 days ago | 
lexch.com | Ruth Nicolaus
The Buffalo Bill Rodeo in North Platte is always in mid-June and always the same time as the College National Finals Rodeo, held in Casper, Wyoming, where the top college rodeo athletes from across the nation congregate to compete for college titles. But two college students won themselves first place finishes in North Platte instead of competing at the College National Finals.
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6 days ago | 
nptelegraph.com | Ruth Nicolaus
The Buffalo Bill Rodeo in North Platte is always in mid-June and always the same time as the College National Finals Rodeo, held in Casper, Wyoming, where the top college rodeo athletes from across the nation congregate to compete for college titles. But two college students won themselves first place finishes in North Platte instead of competing at the College National Finals.
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1 week ago | 
nptelegraph.com | Ruth Nicolaus
The barrel racing lead changed hands during the third night of the Buffalo Bill Rodeo in North Platte. Andrea Busby, Brock, Texas, turned the pattern in 17.52 seconds to best the number two run by nine-tenths of a second, made by Amy Jo Reisdorfer, Cheyenne, Wyo. during the first performance. Busby, the number three ranked cowgirl in the Women’s Pro Rodeo Association world standings, was aboard a new horse purchased a few weeks ago.
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1 week ago | 
nptelegraph.com | Ruth Nicolaus
Rocker Steiner is looking to earn himself a second Buffalo Bill Rodeo buckle. The Weatherford, Texas bareback rider, the 2024 Buffalo Bill Rodeo bareback riding champ, took the lead in his event during the second night of the rodeo on June 19. On his way to North Platte, however, he questioned his decision to compete in North Platte on the Beutler and Son Rodeo horse named Dodge Avenger. When he vetted the horse, what he heard wasn’t what he wanted to hear.
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1 week ago | 
agupdate.com | Ruth Nicolaus
The Paso Fino is a breed of horse known for its beauty and its smooth ride. A smaller, more fine-boned horse, the Paso has a long mane and tail and a four-beat gait, which makes it look like the rider is gliding. Paso lover Chuck Hauser, who lives in Minnesota, has owned Paso Finos for the past 25 years, and adores them. He had ridden horses for much of his young adult life, and when he decided to get back into them, he researched the Paso and discovered it offered a smooth ride.
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1 week ago | 
nptelegraph.com | Ruth Nicolaus
A Colorado cowboy is in the steer wrestling lead after the first night of the Buffalo Bill Rodeo in North Platte. Tait Kvistad, Hudson, Colorado, had a time of 4.2 seconds during slack on June 18 to win the first round. The 42-year-old cowboy had done his homework on the steer, asking other steer wrestlers how the animal would run. Tagged No. 110, Kvistad knew the steer might “slip a horn,” when the steer’s left horn slips across the steer wrestler’s belt line and the steer gets away.
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1 week ago | 
nptelegraph.com | Ruth Nicolaus
When Tanner Drueke was a little boy, he rummaged through his dad’s old rodeo gear bag, finding the remnants of Bart Drueke’s bull riding career. And that was just more fuel for the Sutherland man’s love of rodeo. Now Drueke, age 21, is competing professionally in the PRCA and will ride at the Buffalo Bill Rodeo in North Platte on Friday. He also competes in regional associations like the Nebraska State Rodeo Association and the Mid-States Rodeo Association.
