Black Cowgirl,11, Shines at the First Televised Black Rodeo

Kortnee Solomon,11, wrangled cows as she competed in the first Black rodeo that was televised. At 5, she started participating in the Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo, the U.S.’s oldest black-owned rodeo enterprise. Moreover, she derives from a family full of Black cowboys and cowgirls.

What’s more, she is from Texas. Her family has been apart of the horse business for years. Kanesha Jackson, her mother, is a very popular rodeo champion. Her father, Cory Solomon, is a professional tie-down roper. Stephanie Haynes, her grandmother, is an invitational champion. Additionally, she sits on the Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo board. Sedgwick Haynes, her late grandfather was the general manager of the rodeo.

Solomon discussed how she loves the sport and prepares. ” Before I run, I like to be by myself and to think about what I am going to do in that run.”

Kortnee Solomon was involved in a mostly male-dominated, adult sport.