Organizers say they're looking forward to having an event for families to enjoy as cowboys and cowgirls compete in the IPRA sanctioned rodeo.

She said it takes three years to become a registered saddle fitter and seven before a person can apply to become a master — if a board of the fitter’s peers approves. The society has about 300 ...

Another tough trick was to go under the neck of a running horse, she said. If the rider gets too low, it can trip a horse. After 26 years of trick riding, Pat quit to get married and raise a family.

By age 5, she was riding solo on family horse Rex under the watchful eye of mother Vera North, a free-spirited and respected equestrienne who trained trick and dance horses for Wild West shows in ...

She was proficient at shooting, rope spinning, trick riding, whip popping, horse training and showing, juggling and balancing on a rolling globe, knife throwing, roman riding, bronc riding and relay ...

When he was 16, he followed his horse-riding sister, Amanda, to "Dixie Stampede" and learned the basics of trick riding. He saw "Cavalia" in 2004, walked backstage and said he wanted to work in ...

Scientists have identified the oldest directly dated saddle, shown here from the top, at an ancient cemetery in western China. Radiocarbon measurements indicate that the find, which displays ...