If you look back as little as 4 years ago breakaway roping was just another rodeo event that girls could only compete in up until college and in certain amateur rodeo associations. Most girls would hang up their breakaway ropes after college and go on to team rope for big money in the World Series or if they wanted to make a run at the NFR, barrel racing. Many girls that were all-around hands in both high school and college felt more comfortable with a rope in their hand than on the back of a barrel horse and therefore they were forced to put their NFR dreams to rest. Though the WPRA has allow ..read more

In honor of Canadian Ag Day (February 15), I thought that I would share with you a paper that I wrote back in 2019 while attending Gillette College. #CdnAgDay The Importance of Animal Agriculture Animal agriculture and agriculture as a whole are a very big part of today's society, and it has been for several years. Many things would be different if we were to put an end to agriculture production. "Sufficient food supply for all humans was, is, and will remain one of the main priorities for mankind." (Szucs). Research proves that the earth would not be able to sustain an entire vegan society as ..read more

She came down to the round corral and asked "what's that you're doing?" He said, "I'm showing Nugget here this new fangdangled schoolin'" I read it in the pages of this cowboy publication. How to give your horse a dose of this here higher education. So she sat down on the wagon and silently she snickered. And Nugget watched her through the fence then gave a gentle nicker. See Nugget was her favorite horse, the one she'd rode for years. And she understood very well what went on between his ears. He was a little cinchy so she would pull it up real slow. And when it came to scary stuff, he'd ofte ..read more

As many of you know running a ranch in the winter can be challenging at the best of times, keeping water thawed, animals fed, and equipment up and running, and the challenge of that only multiples when it's 40 below with this recent "deep freeze" that's run through Canada and the US... I've been on the fence about talking about this because no one likes a complainer but I figured there would be many that relate and maybe get a chuckle or two at my expense. Part I: Now I've always been independent as hell with everything if I think I can do it on my own without asking for help and squashing my ..read more

The title says it all, sorry not sorry... this blog will be a place of free unfiltered speech, daily thoughts, REAL LIFE, with a lot of rodeo and western lifestyle related content as well as educational and inspirational interviews and write ups. My name is Fallyn i'm a ranchers daughter, rodeo athlete, and entrepreneur with lots on the go. I live in the small rural community of Pink Mountain, BC on my family's cattle ranch. My father is a 3rd generation rancher and former World Champion Bull Rider, my mother grew up in the big city of Calgary, AB and is a former Calgary Stampede Queen, so you ..read more