Brittany Miller is 24 years old and has nodded for hundreds of bucking horses. She wakes up every morning dreaming of them and working out how to up her game. She wants one thing, to be the best and in certain circles, she already is.
Ranch bronc riding isnβt what everybody thinks of when they picture bronc riding at PRCA rodeos. It doesnβt look like that and isnβt supposed to. Though rules in every association that has ranch broncs can vary, here are two standards:
Horses are ridden in unmodified, working Western saddles. The same gear you day work, trail ride or pony horses in is what youβll bump up on the ranch bronc you draw.
Riders arenβt disqualified for using two hands. In fact, some attach tightly coiled lariat ropes or piece of rein or cord run through the saddleβs gullet (called a night) to grip with the hand that isnβt holding the hack rein. Same goes for saddle horns, theyβre fair game.
If fame means everybody knows your name, Brittany Millerβs name is one of the most recognized when talk turns to ranch bronc riding. Sheβs pretty but doesnβt know or care much about it. She has a trademark hat, long blond hair and beside her saddle, the leather she loves the most is a vest she bought at a pawn shop in some town she was passing through.
Brittany and all the women who ever thought about trying their luck and skill against a horse whoβs profession it is to land all comers in the dirt caught a huge break when the Texas Bronc Riderβs Association included a womenβs ranch bronc riding at their first finals. RIDE TV picked up on the rare breed of cowgirlβs appeal and launched a reality series about them called Cowgirls. The slick Western publication Cowgirls fell in right behind them in sponsorship and coverage. The bucking horse communityβs non-profit support organization, Bronc Riding Nation was right there with those media outlets making sure the legacy of the great lady bronc riderβs in rodeoβs history was known to be alive and well.
Miller sits at the top of the leader board in the TBRA and Cowgirl Series.
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