The Road to The American – What it takes to become a champion with Madison Outhier

Maddie Outhier is cowgirl tough. This 16-year-old cowgirl won $100,000 at the 2019 RFD-TV’s The American while battling a “bug” and competing against some of the biggest names in the breakaway industry. RFD-TV’s The American is known as “the world’s richest weekend in Western Sports”. In 2019 The American featured women’s breakaway roping for the first time in the event's history since its start in 2014.

Listen up as Maddie shares with us how she prepared for an event as big as the American. Maddie also shares with us her practice routines, her family’s history in rodeo, and what she thinks when she backs into the box.


For more information about the American check it out at: https://www.americanrodeo.com/story/35253227/about-the-american