20 | College National Finals Rodeo JUNE 2024
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VOLD PRO RODEO COMPANY
Shea
Fournier,
CNFR
2022,
MCNSU
Jerrys
Delight
T
he youngest of six children, Kirsten
started taking over Vold Rodeo Company
when she was just 25 years-old and, since
that time, has managed to build on the legacy
her Canadian-born father began nearly
six decades ago. It may seem like a natural
progression, but Kirsten didn't always see
herself living on the rodeo trail.
"I was going to be a lawyer and drive a sports
car and live in L.A.," she said in a 2009
interview.
After graduating from University of Southern
Colorado in 1996 with a BA in Communications,
Kirsten decided to put her degree to work with
a job in sports marketing and promotion.
Even though her job involved promoting and
marketing the sport she so loved, Kirsten
felt that her professional destiny was as yet
unfulfilled and decided to move back to her
father's ranch.
Kirsten now spends more than 200 days each
year on the rodeo trail and oversees what is
undeniably one of the leading rodeo stock
companies in the industry today. A genuine
love of animals is the driving force for Vold,
who runs approximately 200 head of bucking
horses for her rodeo company on the family
owned ranch south of Pueblo, CO. According
to Kirsten, her greatest personal achievement
is Painted Valley, a breeding stud who was
selected to six Wrangler National Finals
Rodeos, was voted best Saddle Bronc Horse
of the WNFR in 2009 and in 2010 Painted
Valley was named PRCA Saddle Horse of the
Year.
"If you ask me the number one reason why I
do what I do, it's because of the animals," she
beams. "I love working with animals."
Vold is now considered a trusted veteran in the
industry and her family's company sets the
standard by which all others are measured.
Whether at the rodeo or the ranch, Kirsten's
horses are her life and she is committed to
breeding and raising champions. In 2015
Kirsten Vold was the recipient of the "Tad
Lucas Memorial Award" and was inducted
into the Rodeo Hall of Fame.
