Dressed in felt hats, pink boots and checkered plaid shirts, 15 five- and six-year-olds sat tight-lipped as they eyed their competition Tuesday evening. They squeezed side-by-side into a horse-drawn ...

Brooklyn Bailey, 6, pledged to stay on her sheep for 1,000 minutes, while 5-year-old Zachariah Ryan countered with infinity. “It’s about grip and effort,” Chip Harvey, 5, said of his strategy for ...

Mutton Busting is one of the highlights each day at the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo.

SANTA FE, N.M. — It’s 30 seconds before his big rodeo ride, and Julian Apodaca looks like he wants to disappear under the wide brim of his white cowboy hat. He’s staring down at his boots, tugging at ...