Cheyenne Frontier Days is one of the few rodeos during the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association's season to offer a separate event for up-and-coming athletes.

Ballinger joined contestants around the world in Wyoming. Riders from Mexico, Guatemala, New Zealand, and Australia all sought the $70,000 first-place prize. All told, there was $300,000 in belt ...

Unlike saddle bronco riding, a rodeo mainstay, ranch bronc uses a regular western saddle — not a specialized one — and riders hang on with two hands instead of one.

In other words, the teenager was hooked on a sport that pits women against bucking horses for eight seconds. “I always kind of wanted to hop on a bronc,” Bunney told the Canadian Press.

Women are making strides in ranch bronc riding, a challenging rodeo event traditionally dominated by men.

Bucking events have been traditionally been the domain of men at rodeos. But Alberta women are bucking tradition and blazing their own trail in ranch bronc riding, a sport that pits women against ...

“I’m very stubborn, and I don’t like being defeated,” said the 18-year-old from Cessford, Alberta. In other words, the teenager was hooked on a sport that pits women against bucking horses ...

Bucking events have been traditionally been the domain of men at rodeos. But Alberta women are bucking tradition and blazing their own trail in ranch bronc riding, a sport that pits women against ...