Ranch, Rodeo, And Random News Outlet

2016 World Finals Event Winner Looks to Punctuate Historic Career with 2020 World Championship Ryan Dirteater an eleven-time PBR World Finals qualifier and 2016 World Finals event winner, has announced that he will retire from professional bull riding at the conclusion of the 2020 season. With the goal of capturing his career-first PBR World Championship in 2020, Dirteater’s accomplished career of more than 14 years will come to a conclusion on Nov. 4-8 in Las Vegas at the end of the 2020 PBR Unleash The Beast World Finals inside T-Mobile Arena.  “I always have said I would ride until I am 30. and I will be 31 in April,” Dirteater explained. “It’s been great. I love the sport. It is why I am doing it right now. I just love being home. I love my cattle. I love my family. I love my friends. I feel like I have accomplished a lot of my goals, but I haven’t accomplished the No. 1 goal I always went for, which is to win the world. “This is going to be my twelfth time to ...

    CHRB to face lawsuit over Justify's drug positive  A lawsuit is expected to be filed against the California Horse Racing Board next week by owner Mick Ruis seeking the disqualification of Triple Crown winner Justify from the 2018 Santa Anita Derby (G1) for a failed post-race drug test.  According to tweets from Eclipse Award-winning journalist Jeremy Balan of BetAmerica , the suit will allege the CHRB failed to follow its “statutory duty” when it did not seek penalties after Justify tested positive for scopolamine. Under the rules in place at the time, a failed test for the substance would have required disqualification and the redistribution of purse money. Such an outcome would have resulted in runner-up Bolt d’Oro, who is owned by Ruis, being declared the winner.  Mick Ruis The document, which Balan reported will be filed Monday, goes on to read: “This lawsuit is about the CHRB cover-up which violated its mandatory statutory duty to follo...

FAN EXPO Dallas Announces John Cleese Will Join Biggest Comic Event of the Year FAN EXPO DALLAS   the largest comic, sci-fi, horror, anime and gaming event in Texas has announced the addition of John Cleese to the growing celebrity line-up for March 27-29, 2020 event at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Dallas . Cleese is famous for being a founding member of the famed Monty Python comedy troupe, the ensemble responsible for the surreal and groundbreaking sketch comedy series “Monty Python’s Flying Circus.” The group followed up on the show’s success with films such as “Monty Python’s Life of Brian” and “Monty Python and the Holy Grail.”  Cleese is also known for roles in series such as “Fawlty Towers,” and for films like “A Fish Called Wanda” and “Fierce Creatures” (he wrote the screenplay for both movies), “Time Bandits,” “Silverado,” and appearances in famed British franchises as James Bond and Harry Potter. Cleese is the recipient of th...

WCRA WINTER TIMED EVENT SEMI-FINALS PAYS OUT MORE THAN $394,000 TO ATHLETES IN THREE DAYS -- Nine athletes from each discipline advance to Royal City Roundup-- More than $394,000 was paid out to timed-event athletes this week as the World Champions Rodeo Alliance  (WCRA) concluded its Winter Timed Event Semi-Finals at the Lazy E Arena. The three-day event hosted 320 cowboys and cowgirls from around the globe and advanced 54 timed-event athletes to the Royal City Roundup, a one-day,  $1 Million Major Rodeo, which will be held February 28 at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri. The event began with 64 athletes seeded in the preliminary round, with 24 advancing to the progressive round where they met eight contestants seeded from the WCRA Leaderboard. The final round consisted of 16 total athletes (eight from the leaderboard and eight from the progressive round), with the top eight times in the round and the number one from the WCRA Leaderboard in each disci...

Rodeo fans of all ages looking  for that perfect getaway but not to far. You'd be surprised  how much you can see without leaving the state of Texas. No matter where you call home in Texas you are just an hour or two from your next annual  rodeo destination. When taking the family your best deals are the stock show and rodeo  combinations. Spend the weekend or spend the week,  here are few spots to mark on your calendar :   Ft. Worth Stock Show & Rodeo             Ft. Worth, Texas      January 17 - Feb. 8, 2020         www.fwssr.com San Angelo Stock Show & Rodeo          San Angelo, Texas    January 30 - Feb. 16, 2020    www.sanangelorodeo.com    Professional Bull Riders             Global Cup           Arlington, Texas    ...