Between the 90-point rides and the tight barrel turns you see during a rodeo, you may wonder how these rodeo athletes got started. Like other sports, you don't wake up one day and enter a professional rodeo. Professional rodeos are earned after a lot of traveled miles, money spent, and hard work in and outside [...]

The Silver Spurs Riding Club knows a thing or two about the rodeo world, but we’re aware that not everyone is educated on the ins and outs of the sport. Through the years of producing the largest rodeo East of the Mississippi, we’ve received a myriad of questions about our stock, events, and rodeo culture. […]

After celebrating 75 years of rodeo action, community involvement, and volunteerism, the Silver Spurs Riding Club reflects back on their landmark years. The Silver Spurs Rodeo is put on bi-annually by a group of 400+ volunteers, and while their love for the sport of rodeo is strong, their love for the Silver Spurs Rodeo is [...]

Our organization’s foundation was made with three principles: family values, charitable giving, and community service. Generations of the Silver Spurs Riding Club members work year-round to make an impact in the production of our rodeos and in turn, make an impact in our community. With more than 400 volunteers in the Silver Spurs Riding Club, [...]

For the past 75 years, the Silver Spurs Riding Club members and volunteers have worked year-round to make an impact in the community by hosting action-packed rodeos. The organization puts on several events a year with the help of more than 400 volunteers. Each year, the Board of Directors carefully honors two men in the [...]

While most people who sit inside of the Silver Spurs Arena have their eyes on the event, for many of the Silver Spurs Riding Club volunteers, the arena represents a time capsule full of hilarious rodeo clown jokes, action-packed halftime acts, and “leave-you-on-the edge-of-your-seat” rides. As of 2019, the Silver Spurs Rodeo celebrates 75 years [...]

Cattle ranching has significantly aided the development of Osceola County, and with that growth, the Silver Spurs Rodeo, a rodeo we all love, was born. Though you may think you must be a rancher to be a member of the Silver Spurs Riding Club, things such as family values, charitable giving, and community service drew [...]

The Silver Spurs Rodeo is one of the most well-known rodeos in Florida, and our February rodeo wrapped up last month. The 142nd Silver Spurs Rodeo took place Friday, February 15th through Sunday, February 17th, and featured rodeo's seven traditional events: bull riding, saddle bronc riding, tie-down roping, steer wrestling, bareback riding, barrel racing, and [...]

While some people may think bull riders are just people who lost a bet, the truth is, these guys aren’t unlucky. This is their way of life. While the origin of the cowboy has them on the backs of wild broncs, the modern cowboy has traded in the saddle (or riggn’ if he was into bareback bronc […]

Christmas is right around the corner and while everyone loves to break out the ugly sweaters and bake cookies, many people experience stress when it comes to finding the ultimate holiday gift. Shopping for the perfect present during a time when everyone seems to already have everything can make gift-giving extremely challenging. So why not […]