Grit, determination, and a lucky charm for good measure. Barrel racer Taci Bettis had a tough start to her NFR week, but she's turning it around night-by-night in Las Vegas. 

The four-time world champion should be able to ride the hide off any bucking horse out there but, as he said in a social media post earlier today, "rodeo is a humbling sport". Kaycee Feild has drawn Frontier Rodeo's Showstomper for round eight of the 2018 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, and he know he's in for a battle. 

We’re five performances down at the 2018 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, so we decided to count down our five favorite moments from the first half of the Super Bowl of rodeo.

Twenty-three world titles, 22 years in the professional rodeo game, but the number Trevor Brazile is focusing on now is four. The King of the Cowboys announced that he will be slowing down in 2019 to spend more time with the four members of his family: his wife Shada and kids Treston (11), Style (8) and Swayzi (3).

Trevor Brazile, Sage Kimzey, Zeke Thurston.

We’ve compiled a list of the competitors who have become icons in the sport of rodeo. Not only did they win world titles, but their names will go down in history as some of the greatest of all time. 

Eight categories, three days, one impressive showing of junior tie-down and breakaway ropers. The Cody Ohl World Jr Calf Roping Championships is coming to Sweetwater, Texas, this weekend and will showcase some of the best junior ropers around as they compete in the six-time world champion’s namesake event.

The Canadian Western Agribition in Regina, Saskatchewan brings a unique opportunity to the table for competitors trying to get a jump-start on the 2019 rodeo season. Win big here, and your spring season is already off to a good start with the $12,500 added in each event. 

She's closing in on 10 all-around state and world titles, and she's only 15 years old.

For the first time in multiple decades, the Canadian Finals Rodeo arena had a new finger on the trigger of a long-lensed camera. The name “Mike Copeman” has been synonymous with the rodeo photography profession for years, but this year it was Billie-Jean Duff – now close friend to Copeman – that entered the arena.