Unless you have been around rodeos, hearing the term stock contractor might make you raise an eyebrow. Perhaps, you might be thinking what does that entail? A stock contractor plays a crucial role in every rodeo you’ll see or get to experience today. These are some of the hardest working people you will come across in...
They are smart, kind, generous, caring, hard-working, beautiful travelers who always pack their Wrangler Jeans, Justin Boots, sport a shiny Greeley Hat Works hat, are not afraid to get dirty, and typically they can be spotted at a rodeo. Who are these beautiful ladies? We know them as our rodeo royalty or rodeo queens! Why do...
We are rapidly approaching the season for our PRCA regional circuit finals that kick off in September! Our cowboys and cowgirls have been working hard trying to win as many rodeos as they can, attend their required number of rodeos per PRCA rules, and earn their chance to qualify to compete at their regional circuit finals...
The competition is steep, and the bucks are high at the RAM National Circuit Finals Rodeo in Kissimmee! Circuit champions come from all across the US and Mexico vying for their chance at a piece of the $1 million purse and a national champion title. For 25-year-old bareback rider Mason Clements, hailing from the PRCA Wilderness...
So what is a rodeo? Where did this sport come from? And what makes it so significant to our culture and history here in Osceola County? Rodeo as we know it didn’t exist until the 1800s, but its roots in North America are traced back to the Spanish settling in California and becoming ranchers. The word “rodeo”...
Every year, the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) co-sanctions about 600 rodeos on the continent, in 40 states as well as four Canadian Provinces and three Mexican states. As a membership-driven organization, the PRCA works to ensure that every event they sanction is managed with fairness, competence, and the livestock are cared for to the highest...
The saying often goes, “Behind every great man, stands a great woman.” Well, just like that ol’ saying, we know that behind every rodeo stands a wonderful group of volunteers, staff, committees, and community partners; an extremely hard-working bunch! We’d like to sincerely thank each of our national and local sponsors for supporting our 2018 RAM National...
Whoa, hold your horses, Kissimmee! Wasn’t that a hurly-burly of a week at the RAM National Circuit Finals Rodeo? We kicked it all off with our annual Cattle Drive thanks to our partners Spirit of the Swamp and the City of Kissimmee, followed by our annual Stock Contractors Luncheon thanks to Bell Roper Law, our champions...
If you ask any contestant who has competed at the RAM National Circuit Finals Rodeo what separates this national rodeo from other local rodeos, many of them will say the quality of the competing livestock. At the RAM NCFR, you can expect to see the baddest bulls and the highest kickin’ and best buckin’ horses in...
The countdown is on as we're less than a month away from the return of the RAM National Circuit Finals Rodeo. Will you be there to see who will win bragging rights and their share of more than $1 million in cash and prizes? We’d like to introduce you to each of your Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association...