Ron Burke

From a young age, Missy Jean was a self-proclaimed “horse-crazy” girl. Her family was not in the business of horses, but that didn’t stop her from finding her calling at a neighbor’s home. Watching, learning, […]

Horses are hindgut fermenters that rely on large populations of beneficial microbes to digest their forage-based diets. The hindgut includes the colon and cecum, which house the diverse microbiota responsible for fermenting fiber to produce […]

A cowgirl from day one, pro breakaway roper Beau Peterson is no stranger to hard work. The Council Grove, Kansas, superstar spent her childhood helping her parents ranch and run cattle in the Flint Hills […]

Young calf roper and steer wrestler Zack Jongbloed has experienced the highs and lows of rodeo throughout the years—but his faith in SUCCEED hasn’t wavered. A graduate of McNeese State University with a degree in […]

Canada native Shelby Boisjoli has made a big splash in professional rodeo since crossing the border. The tools her family instilled in her about making it in the horse industry have carried her far. With […]

Miles City, Montana, is far from being rodeo country. But it’s where world champion calf roper Haven Meged calls home. Growing up helping his dad at the sale barn, Haven was no stranger to hard […]