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 ...

The Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo has hosted countless rodeo events, but for some in the John Justin Arena on Monday, it was their first rodeo. "Is that your favorite," Anna Rodgers asked her young ...

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 ...

If Sunday’s competition at the National Western Stock Show Rodeo is an indication of what is to come in the barrel racing, ...

Lisa Lockhart isn’t a numbers person. But every once in a while, something forces the veteran barrel racer to contemplate the digits that define her career. Ahead of the 2025 Wrangler National Finals ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Learning has never been an issue for Tayla Moeykens. The friendly barrel racer was class ...