WEST LAFAYETTE — Benton Central freshman Zoe Bush recalled the rush she felt attending her first rodeo as a 3-year-old, watching her cousins Carlie Pickett and Grace Pickett barrel race on American ...

Within an industry, it can be easy to forget how many individuals work behind the scenes towards an end result of breaking records, making history, and evolution. In the equine industry, we often see ...

Leslie Smalygo competes in barrel racing during the 2025 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo at NRG Stadium. Leslie Smalygo knows her horse like a mother knows her child. The professional barrel racer ...

Tonya Brewer squared her body, kept her eyes locked on her next target and slowed her galloping palomino, Jolene, with a “whoa” around the first barrel. Fellow competitors whooped and hollered from ...