Author: Julie Mankin

Erin Johnson’s Chico Stands Out
Erin Johnson’s Chico Stands Out
Erin Johnson’s palomino horse hasn’t only earned a world championship for her – he was also trained from...
Conner Goes Dutch
Conner Goes Dutch
18-year-old Josie Conner *unofficially* punched her ticket to her first-ever NFR aboard her thirteen-year-old...
Macy Fuller Young Beaten By A Barrel Horse
Beaten by a Barrel Horse
Boomer dominates long scores
Backing Baybe Bullet In A Corner
Backing Baybe in a Corner
NFBR qualifier Joey Williams’ 11-year-old brown mare, Baybe Bullet, is one of the best breakaway horses...
Dummy Up
Dummy Up
Don’t underestimate the importance of the dummy when you’re practicing for the fastest sport in rodeo....
Young Guns Vs Superstars: Beam Set To Rope Against Champions In Fort Worth
Young Guns vs Superstars: Beam Set to Rope Against Champions in Fort Worth
MaryBeth Beam set to compete at the WCRA Rodeo's Cowtown Christmas major in Fort Worth on Dec. 15–18.
Martha Angelone Breakaway Roping
NFBR 2021 Insights
Finals champ to be decided on 10 calves across town from NFR.
Auto Draft
Navajo Champ Bailey Bates Leads Challenger Field into South Point
Bailey Bates leads the Women's Rodeo World Championship Challenger leaderboard.
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NFBR in the works for Las Vegas
Details are still in the works for the second annual National Finals of Breakaway Roping.
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Star Power in Family Ties
The family ties of those filling the roping boxes at the Women's Rodeo World Championships.
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Why Breakaway Ropers Can't Buddy with PRCA Counterparts
The PRCA's PROCOM system wasn't built to include breakaway ... but it will be.
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Where Do We Go From Here?
Perspectives on the future from WCRA, WPRA and PRCA voices.
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Elite of the Elite: Only Three College Breakaway Ropers Have Won It All TWICE
Only three college breakaway ropers—Sabrina Pike, Jean (Fuchs) Poythress and Lari Dee Guy—have won it...
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Fuller wins $12K, Charlie 1 Horse All-Girl Breakaway
Former national collegiate breakaway champion Macy Fuller of Morristown, Arizona, drew the best calf...
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Breakaway Benefactors: The 10 Unsung Heroes
Breakaway has become wildly popular with producers, but not because people #ropelikeagirl. Here are 10...
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