Comments that are submitted go into a queue to be moderated and may take several hours to be reviewed. Billingsgazette.com encourages readers to engage in civil conversation with their neighbors. Tie-down roping - Justin Viles, Cody, Wyo. Team roping - Matt Robertson, Augusta-John Robertson, Roberts, 5. Junior barrel racing - Becky Toavs, Stevensville, 17. Junior breakaway roping - Josh Halko, Bozeman, 3. All comments on bilingsgazette.com hidden. Tell us what you thought of this story....

Extended hours and additional classes will offer competitors from across Michigan and the nation a chance to participate. Thinking about adopting a horse? A special area reserved for rescue organizations and their representatives will show you what it takes to bring one home. A special VIP package will include gate admission, dinner, a meet and greet session with the stars plus ring side seating. Horse racing was included in the very first Kalamazoo Fair dating back to 1846 and continues...

Dean Williams was a long-time track announcer and racing secretary through the state of Nebraska. It's great honor to be recognized here in the state like this. Want to comment on this article? Register on our forums and post your thoughts. He later moved to Columbus and became a successful trainer for 20 years before he became an outrider. It's a thrill to win races and just to ride horses. He was seriously injured at age four and forced to retire to stud. That time stood as the track...

Since the meet included five fewer days of live racing than the 2006 spring season, daily averages in wagering and attendance are used for year-over-year comparisons. Average daily on-track wagering, which includes wagering by on-track customers on Churchill Downs live races and simulcast races imported by the track, was $1. Our entire team is very pleased with the on-track results from Churchill Downs 2007 Spring Meet, Sexton continued, especially the growing popularity of our Friday...

Corvallis bronc rider Josh Reynolds made a swing through his old stomping grounds a profitable one last weekend. Clean sweep: Corvallis saddle bronc rider Josh Reynolds wins weekend rodeos in Polson, Drummond By the Missoulian. Reynolds won the saddle bronc competition at both the Mission Mountain and Drummond PRCA rodeos. He turned around and spurred Blue Jacket to a score of 85 on Sunday in Drummond. Dillon bulldogger Jabe Anderson also had a good weekend. Scott Owens of Toston finished...

GOLDENDALE -- Swiveling to and fro, the large steel jaws of a loader rips tires from a massive pile and drops them into a screeching shredder spitting out 4-inch chunks. Local and state officials have long worried about the potential for an enormous toxic fire or the chance that all the rubber was a breeding ground for mosquitoes and rats. But now a Michigan-based recycling company, Entech inc., has began clearing tires under a $870,000 state contract that will see half the pile removed....

has, for years, been trying to frighten people away from consuming meat, milk and eggs -- but its recent testimony before a congressional committee reached a new low when the HSUS president, Wayne Pacelle, made the unsupported claim that pigs could be harboring the infamous and deadly British mad cow disease. has, for years, been trying to frighten people away from consuming meat, milk and eggs -- but its recent testimony before a congressional committee reached a new low when the HSUS...

Chelsea participates in all five of the rodeo cowgirl's events including break-away roping, pole bending, goat tying, barrel racing and team roping as a header. To earn this title, contestants must finish in the top 20 after two go-rounds of intense competition before advancing to Saturday night's final championship performance. For more information visit the NHSRA's web site daily for complete results at www.nhsra.org, For ticket information and reservations call 217-782-1979. Vernon, and...