The Luke Branquinho Show

Ty Harris joins Luke Branquinho to talk about his rodeo career, the evolution of the sport, and what's ahead as he prepares for the National Finals Rodeo. From the mental side of competing and the costs of rodeoing to weighing in on the one-head versus two-head short round debate, Ty isn't afraid to share his perspective. He also takes us behind the scenes of Let's Freaking Rodeo and shares unforgettable stories about rodeo legends, including Super Looper and the Creole twins. Plus, Ty discusses preparing the calves for the NFR, his partnership with his horse Peso, and what it takes to put on the best possible show for rodeo fans. ━━━━━━━━━━ ★ 📧 Get in touch: [email protected] 🌐 Website: www.thelukebranquinhoshow.com Follow us on: ➤ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lukebranquinhoshow/ ➤ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thelukebranquinhoshow ━━━━━━━━━━ ★ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Riley Duvall joins Luke Branquinho to talk about his family’s legendary steer wrestling legacy, growing up around rodeo legends, and the lessons that shaped his career. Riley shares how winning the Calgary Stampede helped turn his season around and what it took to qualify for his fifth National Finals Rodeo. Plus, he discusses creating more opportunities for timed-event cowboys, the changes coming to the NFR steer wrestling cattle, and returning to Las Vegas with his family to compete on rodeo’s biggest stage. ━━━━━━━━━━ ★ 📧 Get in touch: [email protected] 🌐 Website: www.thelukebranquinhoshow.com Follow us on: ➤ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lukebranquinhoshow/ ➤ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thelukebranquinhoshow ━━━━━━━━━━ ★ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hailey Kinsel joins Luke Branquinho to talk about her big win at the Calgary Stampede, building a competitive team of horses beyond Sister, and the lessons learned along the way. Hailey also shares the heart behind her annual youth barrel race, why creating a fun and positive environment for young competitors matters, and how she's helping grow the next generation of rodeo athletes. Plus, she sets the record straight on fake AI-generated social media accounts spreading misinformation about her life. ━━━━━━━━━━ ★ 📧 Get in touch: [email protected] 🌐 Website: www.thelukebranquinhoshow.com Follow us on: ➤ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lukebranquinhoshow/ ➤ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thelukebranquinhoshow ━━━━━━━━━━ ★ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Eight-time NFR qualifier Will Lummus joins Luke Branquinho to talk about his career in professional rodeo, the evolution of the sport, and the next generation of rodeo athletes. From crossing the $2 million career earnings mark to winning the 2021 NFR average, Will reflects on the milestones that have shaped his career and why building a life beyond rodeo is just as important as succeeding inside the arena. Now serving as a college rodeo coach at Northwest Mississippi Community College, he's helping young athletes develop their skills, pursue their education, and prepare for life after competition. Will also opens up about one of the most personal chapters of his life: his and his wife Jenna's long journey with infertility and their decision to pursue IVF. He shares how faith, prayer, and learning to trust God's timing have shaped their journey as they look toward the future. It's an honest conversation about rodeo, family, faith, and learning that sometimes the biggest moments in life happen when you let go and trust the process. In this episode: Will's journey to becoming an eight-time NFR qualifier Crossing the $2 million career earnings milestone How professional and college rodeo continue to grow Why education and career planning should be part of a rodeo athlete's plan Coaching the next generation at Northwest Mississippi Community College Competing in the Cinch Timed Event Championship Will and Jenna's fertility journey, IVF, and the importance of faith Favorite rodeos, career highlights, and what's next ━━━━━━━━━━ ★ 📧 Get in touch: [email protected] 🌐 Website: www.thelukebranquinhoshow.com Follow us on: ➤ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lukebranquinhoshow/ ➤ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thelukebranquinhoshow ━━━━━━━━━━ ★ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of The Luke Branquinho Show, Luke sits down with Quincy Eldridge, founder and designer of Rodeo Quincy, to talk about her journey from college rodeo competitor to one of the biggest names in Western fashion. Quincy shares how she started by hand-painting her own horse tack before launching Rodeo Quincy after college — with no real business plan, just a passion for rodeo, fashion and the Western lifestyle. She opens up about starting as a one-woman operation, packing orders out of her dad’s office and eventually growing the brand into a major presence at the NFR, with four booths in Las Vegas. The conversation also dives into Quincy’s incredible rodeo family history, including the legendary Marvel bronc riding family and the next generation carrying that legacy forward. Luke and Quincy discuss the pressure and risk that come with chasing a dream, the importance of not worrying about what other people think, balancing motherhood and business, and how faith has helped keep Quincy grounded throughout her journey. Quincy also gives an update on her husband, PRCA steer wrestler Dakota Eldridge, and reveals why he decided to hit the rodeo road for another year after suffering a shattered metatarsal just days before the NFR. Plus, Quincy answers Luke’s rapid-fire questions and shares the story behind her biggest inspiration: her late mother, Sally Marvel. In this episode: The beginnings of Rodeo Quincy From hand-painted tack to four NFR booths Quincy’s legendary rodeo family Building a Western fashion brand from the ground up Taking risks and following your dreams Balancing motherhood, marriage and business The importance of faith and staying grounded Dakota Eldridge’s decision to rodeo another year Quincy’s biggest inspiration, her mom Sally Marvel A little Luke Branquinho wedding-story chaos ━━━━━━━━━━ ★ 📧 Get in touch: [email protected] 🌐 Website: www.thelukebranquinhoshow.com Follow us on: ➤ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lukebranquinhoshow/ ➤ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thelukebranquinhoshow ━━━━━━━━━━ ★ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Katelyn Scott joins The Luke Branquinho Show after a 2025 season that put her name on the barrel racing map in a big way. From a Caldwell win that helped set her season in motion to making the NFR and placing in six of 10 rounds, Katelyn takes us behind the scenes of a career year — including the tough decisions, sacrifices and perspective that helped get her there. Katelyn talks about her horse Peanut, including the decision to turn out of Cody and head to Calgary, the confidence-building run that followed, and the incredible NFR moment when Peanut went down at the first barrel but got back up and finished the pattern. She also shares what it meant to carry on her family's rodeo legacy. Her great-aunt Margaret Owens Montgomery was the first president of the Girls Rodeo Association in 1948 and a world champion, making Katelyn's journey to the NFR part of a much larger family history in rodeo. Plus, Katelyn opens up about the people who have helped guide her career, learning how to lose gracefully, finding perspective when things don't go your way, and what people often misunderstand about her away from the arena. **In this episode:** * Caitlin's breakout 2025 season * The Caldwell and San Bernardino wins * Making the decision to turn out of Cody * The bond between Caitlin and Peanut * Making the NFR and placing in six rounds * Peanut's unforgettable fall in Round 7 * Caitlin's family's rodeo legacy * Her great-aunt Margaret Owens Montgomery's history * The importance of having people in your corner * Learning how to lose gracefully * Finding perspective through the highs and lows of rodeo * What people get wrong about Caitlin ━━━━━━━━━━ ★ 📧 Get in touch: [email protected] 🌐 Website: www.thelukebranquinhoshow.com Follow us on: ➤ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lukebranquinhoshow/ ➤ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thelukebranquinhoshow ━━━━━━━━━━ ★ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dolly Parton was more than a country music legend—she was a songwriter, entertainer, philanthropist, and an inspiration to generations of people around the world. On this special episode of The Luke Branquinho Show, Luke remembers Dolly’s incredible legacy with Cody Johnson and songwriter Shane Minor, who both share personal stories and memories of the icon. Cody Johnson reflects on performing with Dolly, the impact she had on him as an artist, and why her willingness to give back continues to inspire his own charitable work. He also shares an inside look at the COJO Championship’s annual charity gala and the organizations benefiting from this year’s event. Then, Shane Minor joins Luke to talk about Dolly as a songwriter and storyteller. Shane shares the incredible story of Dolly riding the Long Island train and personally introducing herself to passengers while promoting “9 to 5,” along with a memorable piece of advice Dolly gave him early in his career. From her songwriting and worldwide influence to her generosity, encouragement, and commitment to helping others, this episode celebrates the woman behind the legend—and the legacy she left behind. In this episode: Cody Johnson’s memories of working with Dolly Parton The story behind Cody’s “Take Me Home, Country Roads” collaboration with Dolly Dolly’s impact beyond country music How Cody is carrying on her example of giving back The COJO Championship charity gala and its 2026 beneficiaries Shane Minor’s personal experiences with Dolly The story of Dolly riding the Long Island train to promote “9 to 5” Dolly’s advice to Shane about handling criticism What made Dolly such a legendary songwriter The lasting legacy Dolly left through her music and philanthropy ━━━━━━━━━━ ★ 📧 Get in touch: [email protected] 🌐 Website: www.thelukebranquinhoshow.com Follow us on: ➤ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lukebranquinhoshow/ ➤ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thelukebranquinhoshow ━━━━━━━━━━ ★ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on The Luke Branquinho Show, Luke sits down with Stetson Wright following one of the most talked-about comeback seasons in professional rodeo. After a serious injury, Wright returned to the sport and captured two gold buckles at the 2025 National Finals Rodeo, winning the PRCA Bull Riding World Championship and the PRCA All-Around World Championship. His momentum has continued into 2026 with standout performances at Denver and Fort Worth, reaffirming his place at the top of the sport. The season was made even more historic alongside his family. Statler Wright claimed his first gold buckle as Saddle Bronc Riding World Champion, Ryder Wright finished as Reserve World Champion, and the brothers went 1-2-3 in the final Saddle Bronc world standings. One moment at the NFR became one of the most debated calls of the year. In Round 6 of saddle bronc riding, Wright appeared to complete a clean ride, only for it to be ruled a no-score on a controversial mark-out call. Despite instant replay, the decision stood and sparked widespread debate across the rodeo world. ━━━━━━━━━━ ★ 📧 Get in touch: ⁠[email protected]⁠ 🌐 Website: ⁠www.thelukebranquinhoshow.com⁠ Follow us on: ➤⁠ Instagram⁠ ➤ ⁠TikTok⁠ ━━━━━━━━━━ ★ Thanks for listening! We appreciate you tuning in and supporting The Luke Branquinho Show. Be sure to like, subscribe, and drop a comment. It helps us keep sharing the grit, glory, and genuine camaraderie that make rodeo and the Western way of life so special. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on The Luke Branquinho Show, Luke sits down with Barry Berg, General Manager of Cactus Ropes, for a more in-depth conversation following last week’s episode. Barry shares the craftsmanship, innovation, and grit behind one of the most trusted rope brands in rodeo. With more than 34 years in business, Cactus Ropes has earned its reputation through consistency, hands-on craftsmanship, and a deep understanding of what ropers need at every level. The company ships over 1,000 ropes a day, maintaining the same attention to detail that helped build the brand from the ground up. Barry walks through the stories behind iconic ropes like the Bad Boy, Magnet, Hypnotic, Amigo, Kool Cat, Thriller, and Swagger, how a devastating factory fire in 2004 reshaped the operation, and what it truly takes to develop what they call the “perfect rope.” He also reflects on a major turning point in 2009, when Trevor Brazile joined the Cactus Ropes team, a partnership that helped elevate the brand and solidify its place at the highest level of professional rodeo. Blending history, innovation, and real-world experience, this episode offers an inside look at the work and mindset behind ropes trusted by champions and everyday ropers alike. ━━━━━━━━━━ ★📧 Get in touch: [email protected] 🌐 Website: www.thelukebranquinhoshow.com Follow us on: ➤ Instagram ➤ TikTok ━━━━━━━━━━ ★ Thanks for watching! We appreciate you tuning in and supporting The Luke Branquinho Show. Be sure to like, subscribe, and drop a comment. It helps us keep sharing the grit, glory, and genuine camaraderie that make rodeo and the Western way of life so special. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Luke welcomes 2012 PRCA World Champion Bull Rider Cody Teel, Callie Adams, Director of Events at Montana Silversmiths, and Barry Berg of Cactus Ropes for a look at the craftsmanship, people, and perspectives that shape the Western world. Cody reflects on the bittersweet side of stepping away from competition — the pride in what he accomplished and the challenge of watching the sport’s biggest event from the sidelines. He talks about that familiar “December fever” the NFR brings every year, why it pulls every cowboy right back into the excitement, and why that fire often fades by spring. Callie shares insight into the artistry and legacy behind Montana Silversmiths’ nightly round buckles and world champion buckles, while Barry breaks down what goes into building the ropes trusted by top hands across the sport at Cactus Ropes. Together, they highlight the craftsmanship and culture driving the athletes and makers who keep rodeo moving forward. ━━━━━━━━━━ ★ 📧 Get in touch: [email protected] 🌐 Website: www.thelukebranquinhoshow.com Follow us on: ➤ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lukebranquinhoshow/ ➤ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thelukebranquinhoshow ━━━━━━━━━━ ★ Thanks for listening! We appreciate you tuning in and supporting The Luke Branquinho Show. Be sure to like, subscribe, and drop a comment — it helps us keep sharing the grit, glory, and genuine camaraderie that make rodeo and the Western way of life so special. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices