The Chute Bosses

Your Chute Bosses are back with a preview of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo and who the top contenders are for RAM Top Gun Award. Zeke Thurston, last year’s winner has his eyes on the prize yet again in 2023. “Eight Questions With…” features 2022 PRCA World Champion Steer Roper J. Tom Fisher. The Texas has a few surprise answers up his sleeve. Our ProRodeo Hall of Fame Spotlight shines bright on the historic Pendleton Round-Up and the impact it has on the rodeo community. Tanner and Tracy interview 2022 PRCA World Champion Bareback Rider, Jess Pope, who has his sights set on adding another gold buckle this time around in Las Vegas. 

Your Chute Bosses are back with a recap of the NFSR in Mulvane, Kansas where it was a family affair.

Cole Patterson left the Sunflower State for the second time with a shiny, new gold buckle and the title World Champion, while his dad Rocky captured the average title.

Now that the NFSR is in the books, all eyes are focused on the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo presented by Teton Ridge.

“Eight Questions With…” features the man who runs the big show, the NFR General Manager, Allen Rheinheimer. We guarantee you will be surprised by some of his answers. 

Our ProRodeo Hall of Fame Spotlight shines bright on rodeo star-turned-country singer, Chris LeDoux. 

After a red-hot, record-breaking rookie season, will Keenan Hayes become the first rookie to ever win a world title in bareback riding?

Tanner and Tracy interview Lane Frost’s nephew, Stetson Frost, who owns the Lane Frost Brand and works to preserve Lane’s memory and legacy for future generations.

2016 PRCA World Champion and 14x NFR Qualifier Tyson Durfey is the featured interview guest on this episode of The Chute Bosses.

As the National Finals Steer Roping prepares to kick off in Mulvane, Kan., we take a look back at the history of the event and how it came to find its home at the Kansas Star.

In the Short Round, Tracy and Tanner recap the Canadian Finals Rodeo and look at the performances by PRCA athletes like Zeke Thurston, Haven Meged and Scott Guenthner who walked away champions.

Our Viewer Question has to do with the criteria needed to qualify for the all-around title, and we have “Eight Questions With…” 1990 PRCA World Champion Tie-Down Roper and 8x NFR qualifier Troy Pruitt.

In this information-packed episode of The Chute Bosses, Tracy and Tanner talk about the buzz surrounding the retirement of 6x world champion bareback rider Kaycee Feild. A first-class competitor in the arena and a class act overall, Feild makes the decision to step away from the rodeo world. Find out what his immediate post-rodeo plans are. 

The Hall of Fame Spotlight shines bright on 11x NFR qualifier Jerome Robinson whose influence in rodeo extended far beyond bull riding. 

Only 10 cowboys have won the illustrious Triple Crown of Rodeo. Could Stetson Wright become number 11 this year?

And rodeo meets the raceway. NASCAR was rocking in Phoenix for the NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship at Phoenix Raceway. Your Chute Bosses were there with Rocker Steiner. Listen to their interview with Rocker and NASCAR Xfinity Driver, Parker Retzlaff.

With the NFSR fast approaching, your Chute Bosses Tracy and Tanner break down the qualifiers. Cole Patterson once again finds himself in a familiar position.

The Playoff Series Rodeos presented by Pendleton Whisky are announced. There are 62 rodeos in nine months, with even more money on the line this rodeo season.

PRCA Board Member Josh Edwards makes his first appearance at the NFR as a pickup man this December and during this episode of the Chute Bosses, he goes on the record in “Eight Questions With…”.

We answer a viewer question about additional activities in Las Vegas ahead of the start of competition and our interview features the Wizard of Oz, Hall of Fame shortstop Ozzie Smith and his ties to the western world.

The Chute Bosses are back with your weekly ration of rodeo chatter.

In this episode Tracy and Tanner give some much-deserved ProRodeo Props to Josh Frost, as he clinches his fourth Linderman Award. Find out why this award is so important to this top-notch bull rider.

The Chute Bosses get you up to date with all the additional contract personnel chosen to work the 2023 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo.

PRCA Board Chairman Jacobs Crawley gives some insightful answers in “Eight Questions With…”

He was a movie star and a legendary team-roping heeler. We shine the ProRodeo Hall of Fame Spotlight on Clay O’Brien Cooper.

Find out what current World Champion Bareback Rider Jess Pope has in common with Kaycee Feild and Bruce Ford.

Then, four-time National Hot Rod Association World Champion Steve Torrence tells Tanner and Tracy about his ties to the western world.

2008 World Champion tie-down roper and 11-time NFR qualifier Stran Smith talks about his rodeo career and the current landscape of tie-down roping. Shawn Davis is in the ProRodeo Hall of Fame Spotlight and ProRodeo Director of Rodeo Administration Steve Knowles is in the hot seat in “Eight Questions With…”. Tanner and Tracy talk about the dual professional sports career of Hall of Famer Walt Garrison, who recently passed away.

The Cinch Playoffs wrapped up in Sioux Falls and proved pivotal for Mason Clements who won the bareback riding event. The win catapulted him into the top 15, sealing his fourth NFR qualification and his first since 2020. Mason receives our ProRodeo Props in this episode. 

Tuf Cooper has never had to battle for an NFR berth quite so hard as he did this year. Tracy and Tanner interview the four-time world champ about his late-season, marathon push to make his 15th NFR. 

Zeke Thurston is in the hot seat in “Eight questions With…”

Fresh off the success of the inaugural Cinch Playoffs Governor’s Cup in Sioux Falls, Tracy and Tanner recap the event. Country music star Tanya Tucker joins the Chute Bosses to talk about her latest song and video project “When the Rodeo is Over (Where Do the Cowboys Go?)”. It’s her tribute to Hall of Famer and rodeo legend Larry Mahan.
We have “Eight Questions With…” 3X World Champion Bareback Rider Tim O’Connell. 
And Chute Bosses correspondent Buck joins us with the Rodeo Word of the Day.

Stetson Wright joins your Chute Bosses Tanner and Tracy to talk about his stellar rodeo season that got off to a slow start but lead to him breaking the All-Around and Bull Riding Regular Season Earnings Records. We feature “Eight Questions With…” Randy Corley, highlight the contract personnel selected for the NFR and NFSR and touch on the retirement of the JB Mauney.