Julie Mankin, Author at The Breakaway Roping Journal

Julie Mankin

Julie Mankin is a former newspaper editor and Wyoming-based freelance writer whose work has appeared in Western Horseman, American Cowboy, The Team Roping Journal and more. As a breakaway roper, she finished within the top five in the nation at the College National Finals Rodeo and a Colorado Professional Rodeo Association championship.

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Before the Breakaway Boom: 10 People Who Helped Build the Sport

Bailey Bates was the star of the 2025 San Angelo Stock Show & Rodeo from the jump, marking two 1.9-second runs and capping it off with another 1.9-second sizzler in the short go, all aboard her horse Rocket.

Do You Believe in Miracles?

A Season Gone Sideways, and the Faith That Sent Bailey Bates to Her First NFBR

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Women in Rodeo Month

Women's Rodeo Celebrates 75 Years

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Erin Johnson’s Chico Stands Out

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Conner Goes Dutch

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Beaten by a Barrel Horse

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Backing Baybe in a Corner

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WCRA Young Guns vs Superstars: MaryBeth Beam Set to Rope Against Champions in Fort Worth

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WCRA WRWC

Navajo Champ Bailey Bates Leads Challenger Field into South Point for 2021 WRWC

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NFBR in the works for Las Vegas

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