Shad Mayfield became just the third Black world champion in pro rodeo when he won tie-down roping last year. He’s one of three African Americans competing in that event this year.
National Finals Rodeo
Saddle bronc rider Kolby Wanchuk joined Amber Dixon for Live at 4:45 from Day 6 of the 2021 National Finals Rodeo.
Eight-time Wrangler National Finals Rodeo qualifier, Derrick Begay, significantly scaled back his schedule in 2019 and 2020, but he’s not ready to retire.
Flint Rasmussen’s show, once an afterthought, is now on a very big stage with higher production value and much larger TV distribution
The pageantry of the NFR is a key component of what makes this event the annual spectacle that it is. And there’s nothing that exudes that pageantry more than the NFR Flag Girls.
The Golden Circle of Champions honors children who have fought or are fighting cancer and other life-threatening diseases. The kids hail from rodeo communities across the country and here in Las Vegas.
The 5th go-round of NFR 2021 took place Monday night at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.
Here are the 5th go-round results from the National Finals Rodeo at the Thomas & Mack in Las Vegas.
Creek Young is 21 and the Resistol Rookie of the Year, having qualified for his first National Finals Rodeo at Thomas Mack Center.
Ty Harris joined Amber Dixon for Live at 4:45 from Day 5 of the 2021 National Finals Rodeo.
Sam Abweh has been a vendor at The Cowboy Channel Cowboy Christmas for decades. His business, Samsville Gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico, has had a booth at the Las Vegas Convention Center every year since 1997.
Don’t sleep on the more than 20 NFR viewing parties that take place at hotel-casinos all around Las Vegas. It can get pretty raucous during the rodeo, and even more so once the go-rounds end and the party really begins.
Get some rodeo competitors away from the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo’s competitive and electric environment, let them have a little one-on-one time with some special kids, and big impressions happen.
The 4th go-round of NFR 2021 took place Sunday night at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.
Here are the 4th go-round results from the National Finals Rodeo at the Thomas & Mack in Las Vegas.




