For most of the crowd, he is simply the man in the barrel. When a bull turns and a rider hits the dirt, attention shifts to the brightly dressed figure positioned at the center of the arena inside an ...

Dalton Morris was born and raised in Odessa, Missouri. His father and grandfather were both trick riders in rodeos, doing stunts like jumping on and off a galloping horse and climbing under its belly.

SILOAM SPRINGS -- New this year to the Siloam Springs Rodeo is contract act Allan Dessel of Paulina, Iowa. Not to be confused with a bullfighter, Dessel is a barrelman, he said. Barrelmen and ...

Back home, Meyers would dress up in clown attire and play rodeo in his yard. Since his family raised goats, he'd be a "goatfighter." Meyers took part in rodeos that weren't based in his yard, too.

DENVER — From the time he was in fifth grade, Richie Harris aspired to be a rodeo clown. “Ever since that day, I said, ‘This is what I want to be,’” he said. Coloradoan Richie Harris (pink shirt) has ...