Carlee Otero knew she was headed to the NFR before she could spell it, right down to a kindergarten note about running barrels and singing the national anthem. She traces the road from three-day family jackpots in Northwest Oklahoma to filling her permit, finding a horse named Dylan, and making h...

Stevi Hillman and Carlee Otero sit down at Carlee's Texas place to talk motherhood, faith, sponsorships, and how much the rodeo trail has changed. An honest conversation between two friends who have built careers and families at the same time.

Carlee Otero and Stevi Hillman trade the stories behind their best horses, the ones that made the finals happen and the ones that nearly made them quit. A candid look at grit, heart, and knowing which horse is worth the wait.

Stevi Hillman and Carlee Otero talk trainers versus competitors, why making a horse and winning on it is such a rare combination, and the people who deserve credit long before a horse ever reaches the barrels. An honest look at knowing your lane and respecting the ones who built the foundation.

Stevi Hillman and Carlee Otero break down their love for Dash to Fame horses, the grit, the confidence, and the wrecks that come with them, and why they will do whatever a horse needs to win rather than retrain it at that level. They get candid about the outside-rein habits they got hashed on for...

Stevi Hillman and Carlee Otero open up about the support system behind their careers and the roles that keep a rig running down the road. An honest look at marriage, partnership, and knowing whose job is whose.

Ty Hillman and Michael Otero flip the script and talk about life as the husbands behind Stevi and Carlee, from changing diapers to keeping a barn full of horses rolling. An honest, funny look at partnership, fatherhood, and making it all work on the road.

Michael Otero has built a reputation for filming Carlee's runs from horseback with a baby in one arm, and in this episode he and Ty Hillman break down how he actually pulls it off. Otero walks through his zoom-in, zoom-out method run by run, while Hillman marvels that people standing flat-footed ...

Ty Hillman and Michael Otero open up about faith, perspective, and the real challenge of building a career and a marriage in the same truck. An honest conversation about keeping rodeo in its place and keeping the spark alive.

Michael Otero breaks down the entry strategy behind Carlee's season and why the barrel racing comes before his own roping. A candid, funny look at how a support team actually plans a run at the finals.

Ty Hillman and Michael Otero get honest about what it takes to be the right support system. Having the right people around you matters, and both men have learned what that looks like in real time. They talk about how the husband role shifts into a business partnership on the road, how faith keeps...

The whole group weighs in on one of rodeo's favorite questions. The short answer: sometimes the horses are crazy too. When you're competing at the top of the game, everything has to go according to plan. The horses are high maintenance, the margins are razor thin, and when something goes sideways...

The group looks back at how much the sport has changed. Carlee remembers when it wasn't on TV, everything traveled by word of mouth, and the same few horses showed up in the top five every time. Now there are horses and competitors nobody has heard of that can come out of nowhere and beat the fie...

Finding a good horse has gotten a lot harder. With social media and television, nothing stays hidden for long, and the days of lucking into something nobody knew about are mostly gone. But even then, you never really know what you have until you load them up and hit the road. A rodeo horse has to...

The answer is yes, but the real question is what you are willing to sacrifice to get there. For Carlee, Stevi, Ty, and Michael there are things that are simply off the table: family, faith, and financial stability. Everything else is fair game. Carlee is clear that she wants to make the NFR and w...

Carlee had wanted to make the NFR since she was a little girl and she did it. But life changed, her family dynamic shifted, and being present for her kids became the priority. God put her rodeo goals on hold for a season and she leaned into it, getting into real estate and raising her family. Whe...

Carlee opens up about how much she has always admired Stevi and Ty, specifically the positivity they bring to the industry and Stevi's ability to jockey and train the way she does. Stevi returns the praise and talks about her love of riding different kinds of horses and the challenge of making ea...

The group tackles social media and what it means to use it well in this industry. It can be a powerful tool for spreading positivity and supporting sponsors, but it comes with real downsides too, including the inaccurate expectations it can create. All four agree that face to face interaction and...

Stevi Hillman introduces herself and her four month old son Tate Leo Hillman and opens up about how motherhood has brought a new richness and purpose to life on the road. Ty has stepped into fatherhood seamlessly and she doesn't let that go unnoticed. She talks about coming into rodeo without gro...