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Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, the Glossary

The Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) is the largest rodeo organization in the world.^[1]

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Rodeo competition series
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Alice Greenough Orr

Alice Greenough Orr (March 17, 1902 – August 20, 1995), was an internationally known rodeo performer and rodeo organizer who was inducted into the Rodeo Hall of Fame, the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame, and the Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame.

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All-Around

The All-Around is an award given to a rodeo competitor who is most successful in two or more events.

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American Broadcasting Company

The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network that serves as the flagship property of the Disney Entertainment division of the Walt Disney Company.

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American Bucking Bull

American Bucking Bull, Inc. (ABBI) is an organization dedicated to the registration of bucking bulls and establishing the American Bucking Bull as a documented breed of cattle. Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association and American Bucking Bull are rodeo competition series, rodeo in the United States, rodeo organizations and sports in Las Vegas.

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Arlington, Texas

Arlington is a city in Tarrant County, Texas, United States.

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Australian Professional Rodeo Association

The Australian Professional Rodeo Association (APRA) is the national governing body for professional rodeo in Australia. Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association and Australian Professional Rodeo Association are rodeo competition series and rodeo organizations.

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Barrel racing

Barrel racing is a rodeo event in which a horse and rider attempt to run a cloverleaf pattern around preset barrels in the fastest time.

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Boston Garden

The Boston Garden was an arena in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Breakaway roping

Breakaway roping is a variation of calf roping where a calf is roped, but not thrown and tied.

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Bronc riding

Bronc riding, either bareback bronc or saddle bronc competition, is a rodeo event that involves a rodeo participant riding a bucking horse (sometimes called a bronc or bronco) that attempts to throw or buck off the rider.

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Bull Riders Only

Bull Riders Only, Inc. Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association and Bull Riders Only are rodeo competition series, rodeo in the United States, rodeo organizations and sports in Las Vegas.

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Bull riding

Bull riding is a rodeo sport that involves a rider getting on a bucking bull and attempting to stay mounted while the animal tries to buck off the rider.

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Bull Riding Hall of Fame

The Bull Riding Hall of Fame, located at Cowtown Coliseum in the Fort Worth Stockyards in Fort Worth, Texas, United States, is a hall of fame for the sport of bull riding.

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Calf roping

Calf roping, also known as tie-down roping, is a rodeo event that features a calf and a rider mounted on a horse.

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California Rodeo Salinas

Salinas is a major stop on the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) circuit.

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Canada

Canada is a country in North America.

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Canadian Professional Rodeo Association

The Canadian Professional Rodeo Association (CPRA) is the governing body of professional rodeo in Canada. Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association and Canadian Professional Rodeo Association are rodeo competition series and rodeo organizations.

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CBS Sports Network

CBS Sports Network (a.k.a. CBSSN) is an American digital cable and satellite television network owned by the CBS Entertainment Group unit of Paramount Global.

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Championship Bull Riding

Championship Bull Riding, Inc. Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association and Championship Bull Riding are rodeo competition series, rodeo organizations and sports in Las Vegas.

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Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum

The Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum is located in Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States. Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association and Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum are rodeo in the United States.

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Colorado Springs, Colorado

Colorado Springs is a city in and the county seat of El Paso County, Colorado, United States.

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Corriente

The Corriente is an American breed of small cattle, used principally for rodeo events.

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COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December 2019.

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Cowtown Coliseum

Cowtown Coliseum is a 3,418-seat arena in Fort Worth, Texas, United States, that hosts weekly rodeos.

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Dallas

Dallas is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the most populous metropolitan area in Texas and the fourth-most populous metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 million people.

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Ellensburg Rodeo

The Ellensburg Rodeo opens every Labor Day weekend along with the Kittitas County Fair in Ellensburg, Washington.

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Ellensburg, Washington

Ellensburg is a city in and the county seat of Kittitas County, Washington, United States.

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ESPN

ESPN (an abbreviation of its original name, the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by The Walt Disney Company (80% and operational control) and Hearst Communications (20%) through the joint venture ESPN Inc. The company was founded in 1979 by Bill Rasmussen, Scott Rasmussen and Ed Eagan.

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Federación Mexicana de Rodeo

La Federación Mexicana de Rodeo (FMR) or the Mexican Rodeo Federation is the governing body of professional American rodeo in Mexico. Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association and Federación Mexicana de Rodeo are rodeo competition series and rodeo organizations.

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Fort Worth, Texas

Fort Worth is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Tarrant County, covering nearly into Denton, Johnson, Parker, and Wise counties.

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Fox Sports Networks

Fox Sports Networks (FSN), formerly known as Fox Sports Net, was the collective name for a group of regional sports channels in the United States.

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Globe Life Field

Globe Life Field is a retractable roof stadium in Arlington, Texas, United States.

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Great American Family

Great American Family is an American cable television network.

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Greeley, Colorado

Greeley is the home rule municipality city that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Weld County, Colorado, United States.

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Guthrie, Oklahoma

Guthrie is a city and county seat in Logan County, Oklahoma, United States, and a part of the Oklahoma City Metroplex.

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Gymkhana (equestrian)

Gymkhana is an equestrian event consisting of speed pattern racing and timed games for riders on horses.

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Indiana

Indiana is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

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Indianapolis

Indianapolis, colloquially known as Indy, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Indiana and the seat of Marion County.

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International Professional Rodeo Association

The International Professional Rodeo Association (IPRA) is the second-largest American rodeo organization in the world. Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association and International Professional Rodeo Association are rodeo organizations.

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Kissimmee, Florida

Kissimmee is the largest city and county seat of Osceola County, Florida, United States.

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Las Vegas

Las Vegas, often known as Sin City or simply Vegas, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and the seat of Clark County.

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Las Vegas Valley

The Las Vegas Valley is a major metropolitan area in the southern part of the U.S. state of Nevada, and the second largest in the Southwestern United States.

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List of Professional Bull Riders Champions

This List of Professional Bull Riders Champions provides lists of all the year-end champions of the Professional Bull Riders, Inc. Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association and list of Professional Bull Riders Champions are rodeo competition series, rodeo in the United States, rodeo organizations and sports in Las Vegas.

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List of Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association Champions

This List of Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association Champions contains champions and awards in the sport of professional rodeo. Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association and List of Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association Champions are rodeo competition series, rodeo in the United States, rodeo organizations and sports in Las Vegas.

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List of ProRodeo Hall of Fame inductees

The Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) created the ProRodeo Hall of Fame and Museum of the American Cowboy to recognize extraordinary athletes, both human and animal, in the sport of rodeo.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California.

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MAVTV

MAVTV (originally known as Maverick Television) is an American cable and satellite television channel owned by the automotive lubricant company Lucas Oil, a ubiquitous presence in the motorsports world, which mainly airs programming focused around motorsports and programming for automotive enthusiasts.

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Mexico

Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America.

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Midwestern United States

The Midwestern United States, also referred to as the Midwest or the American Midwest, is one of four census regions of the United States Census Bureau.

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Miss Rodeo America

Miss Rodeo America is an annual pageant to select the official spokesperson for the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association.

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Mulvane, Kansas

Mulvane is a city in Sedgwick and Sumner counties in the U.S. state of Kansas.

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National Finals Rodeo

The National Finals Rodeo (NFR) is the premier championship rodeo of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA).

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National Finals Steer Roping

The National Finals Steer Roping (NFSR), organized by the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA), is the premier championship steer roping event in the United States.

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NBCSN

NBCSN (also known as NBC Sports Network) was an American sports television channel owned by the NBC Sports Group division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast.

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Nephi, Utah

Nephi is a city in Juab County, Utah, United States.

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Nevada

Nevada is a landlocked state in the Western region of the United States.

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NFR Open

The NFR Open is an annual championship rodeo event of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) held annually in the United States.

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Oklahoma

Oklahoma (Choctaw: Oklahumma) is a state in the South Central region of the United States.

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Oklahoma City

Oklahoma City, officially the City of Oklahoma City, and often shortened to OKC, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Oklahoma.

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Outdoor Channel

Outdoor Channel is an American pay television channel focused on the outdoors, offering programming that includes hunting, fishing, western lifestyle, off-road motorsports and adventure.

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Pendleton Round-Up

The Pendleton Round-Up is a major annual rodeo in the northwestern United States, at Pendleton in northeastern Oregon.

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Pendleton, Oregon

Pendleton is a city in and the county seat of Umatilla County, Oregon, United States.

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Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo

The Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo is a rodeo that takes place in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States every July.

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Pocatello, Idaho

Pocatello is the county seat and largest city of Bannock County, with a small portion on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation in neighboring Power County, containing the city's airport.

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Professional Bull Riders

The Professional Bull Riders, Inc. (PBR) is an international professional bull riding organization headquartered in Pueblo, Colorado, United States. Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association and professional Bull Riders are rodeo competition series, rodeo in the United States, rodeo organizations and sports in Las Vegas.

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ProRodeo Hall of Fame

The ProRodeo Hall of Fame and Museum of the American Cowboy was opened in August 1979 as a museum designed to "preserve the legacy of the cowboy contests, the heritage and culture of those original competitions, and the champions of the past, present and future." It is located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and only inducts Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association and Women's Professional Rodeo Association members. Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association and ProRodeo Hall of Fame are rodeo competition series, rodeo in the United States and rodeo organizations.

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Puyallup, Washington

Puyallup is a city in Pierce County, Washington, United States, located about 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Tacoma and 35 miles (56 km) south of Seattle. It had a population of 42,973 at the 2020 census. The city's name comes from the Puyallup Tribe of Native Americans and means "the generous people." Puyallup is home to the Washington State Fair, the state's largest fair.

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Rapid City, South Dakota

Rapid City is a city in South Dakota, United States, and the county seat of Pennington County.

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Reno, Nevada

Reno is a city in the northwest section of the U.S. state of Nevada, along the Nevada–California border.

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Rodeo

Rodeo is a competitive equestrian sport that arose out of the working practices of cattle herding in Spain and Mexico, expanding throughout the Americas and to other nations.

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Rodeo clown

A rodeo clown, bullfighter or rodeo protection athlete, is a rodeo performer who works in bull riding competitions.

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Salinas, California

Salinas (Spanish for "Salt Flats") is a city in the U.S. state of California and the seat of government of Monterey County.

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Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Sioux Falls is the most populous city in the U.S. state of South Dakota and the 121st-most populous city in the United States.

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South Dakota

South Dakota (Sioux: Dakȟóta itókaga) is a landlocked state in the North Central region of the United States.

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South Point Hotel, Casino & Spa

South Point Hotel, Casino & Spa (formerly South Coast) is a resort located along Las Vegas Boulevard in Enterprise, Nevada, south of the Las Vegas Strip.

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Southeastern United States

The Southeastern United States, also referred to as the American Southeast, the Southeast, or the South, is a geographical region of the United States located in the eastern portion of the Southern United States and the southern portion of the Eastern United States.

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Steer roping

Steer roping, also known as steer tripping or steer jerking, is a rodeo event that features a steer and one mounted cowboy.

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Steer wrestling

Steer wrestling, also known as bulldogging, is a rodeo event in which a horse-mounted rider chases a steer, drops from the horse to the steer, then wrestles the steer to the ground by grabbing its horns and pulling it off-balance so that it falls to the ground.

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Surcingle

A surcingle is a strap made of leather or leather-like synthetic materials such as nylon or neoprene, sometimes with elastic, that fastens around the horse's girth.

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Team roping

Team roping also known as heading and heeling is a rodeo event that features a steer (typically a Corriente) and two mounted riders.

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The Cowboy Channel

The Cowboy Channel (formerly FamilyNet) is an American cable television network in over 42 million cable and satellite homes, which carries Western and rodeo sports.

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The Nashville Network

The Nashville Network, usually referred to as TNN, was an American country music-oriented cable television network.

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Thomas & Mack Center

The Thomas & Mack Center is a multi-purpose arena located on the campus of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in Paradise, Nevada.

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Torrington, Wyoming

Torrington is a city in and the county seat of Goshen County, Wyoming, United States.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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Waco, Texas

Waco is a city in and the county seat of McLennan County, Texas, United States.

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Washington State Fair

The Washington State Fair, formerly the Puyallup Fair, is the largest single attraction held annually in the U.S. state of Washington.

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Women's Professional Rodeo Association

The Women's Professional Rodeo Association (WPRA) is one of the largest rodeo sanctioning bodies in the world and is open exclusively to women eighteen years of age and older. Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association and Women's Professional Rodeo Association are rodeo organizations.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_Rodeo_Cowboys_Association

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See also

Rodeo competition series

Rodeo in the United States

Rodeo organizations

Sports in Las Vegas

References