PRORODEO Sports News - Sept. 9, 2026

Madison MacDonald-Thomas performs during the Xtreme Bulls at the Ellensburg Rodeo in Ellensburg, Wash. PRCA photo by Lara St. Jacques

going nuts, and they’re awe some. It’s awesome to be part of it.”

contestants. “It didn’t happen overnight,” Boettcher said. “But over the last five years this tour has gone from Wood stown-Pilesgrove, N.J., on the East Coast to Salinas, Calif., to Palmer, Alaska, to the Seminole Tribe’s res ervation in Brighton, Fla. We’ve got interest in Hawaii, in Canada, and I

talk to Australians all the time about what the next venture is there.” If the first two decades of the Xtreme Bulls Tour are any indication, the growth of the series is just getting started.

Boettcher said the tour’s success and growth were no small feat and required input and collaboration from PRORODEO committees, stock contractors, contract personnel and

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