The dust has settled from the 2023 NFR and this year five athletes – Keenan Hayes, Zeke Thurston, Riley Webb, Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi and Ky Hamilton – set single season earnings records. You can see the full Top 15 in each event below. BAREBACK RIDING 1....
As the payout continues to rise, the NFR Average becomes a more critical piece of the Gold Buckle race with each passing year. In 2023, winners at the NFR cashed in nearly $80,000. BAREBACK RIDING In all three roughstock events, the NFR Average winner was also the...
From left to right: Laurie Marzetta, Mike Marzetta, Dr. Chris Peterson – son of the late Dr. Keith D. Peterson. This year’s recipient of the Keith Peterson Lifetime Achievement Award goes to Mike Marzetta of Hoglund’s Work and Western Wear in Great Falls, Montana. The...
Inside the chutes, it was quite a weekend for the hometown cowboy. Jesse Kruse captured the win with 235 points on three head, bringing home the title with an 83-point trip on J Bar J’s Stacked Deck. He earned $9,455 in the three-day span. The saddle bronc rider...
