Ranch, Rodeo, And Random News Outlet

  Defendant sold more than $40,000 worth of stolen livestock Media RElease July 30 2021 Jay Lee Parker, 44, was found guilty of two counts of theft of leased or rented property valued at $25,000 or more July 27.  He was convicted of selling 83 head of cattle from a victim who resides in Texas at auction markets in Wister, Oklahoma, and Waldron, Arkansas. Parker was sentenced to serve 12 years in the Arkansas Department of Corrections.  Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association Special Ranger Bart Perrier, who investigated the case with Arkansas Department of Agriculture Chief Special Agent Billy Black and Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association Special Rangers Kenny Wadsworth and John Cummings, said Parker entered into a one-year agreement in November 2017 to care for 433 heavy-bred cattle.  The cattle belong to a Texas family who lost their cattle lease and were seeking adequate pasture to winter the...

 * * MEDIA RELEASE * * WCRA ANNOUNCES MID-DECEMBER $360,000 MAJOR EVENT IN HISTORIC COWTOWN COLISEUM TO CLOSEOUT 2021 TRIPLE CROWN OF RODEO - -Event Set To Air on CBS Television Network and Paramount+ Premium on Christmas Day -- WCRA (World Champions Rodeo Alliance) today announced that the final leg of the 2021 Triple Crown of Rodeo (TCR) will culminate at the historic Cowtown Coliseum in Fort Worth, Texas December 15-18. The WCRA “Cowtown Christmas Championship Rodeo” will air on the CBS Television Network on Saturday, Dec. 25 (2:00 PM, ET) and stream live on Paramount+ Premium. The event will have no entry fees and will payout more than $360,000 with $40,000 guaranteed per discipline.    “Bringing a WCRA Major to one of the most historic rodeo districts has been a bucket-list item since our inception,” said WCRA President, Bobby Mote. “For the first time ever, America will be able to wake up Christmas morning to world-class rodeo as Western sports will now join the hol...

* * MEDIA RELEASE * * PBR and Pluto TV Forge New Territory Streaming Hundreds of Hours of Live Western Sports and Events -  For Free Pluto TV Will Now Be the Exclusive Home of PBR’s RidePass and One of PBR’s Largest Brand Partners     Pluto TV , the leading free streaming television service, and PBR, the world’s premier bull riding organization, today announced a new multifaceted partnership that will kick off by bringing PBR’s signature streaming service   RidePass , and its stable of live events, talent and fans, to an all-new arena. Beginning July 20th, 2021, PBR RidePass will stream exclusively on Pluto TV, as both a linear channel and on-demand featuring hundreds of hours of live professional bull riding, rodeo, other western sporting events, and more. Additionally, Pluto TV will market its service to PBR fans, becoming one of the sport’s largest partners.   As the leading destination for fans of bull-riding and western sports content, the launch of PB...