Just hours after arriving at a sweltering Texas ranch, 14 cowboys lock horns in the first of many grueling challenges. Along with two expert judges, host Trace Adkins evaluates their performances and decides which cowboy will be the first to go home.
The thirteen remaining cowboys lock horns in a grueling series of challenges that include barrel racing, calf roping, and colt starting. With the help of expert judges, country music icon Trace Adkins decides which cowboy will be eliminated next.
A six-stage relay race tests the horsemanship skills of the remaining twelve cowboys and determines who will be sent packing. In an unexpected twist, country music icon Trace Adkins and his expert judges decide to eliminate two more cowboys.
In addition to showing off their roping and riding skills, the ten remaining cowboys must demonstrate their business acumen by estimating the value of livestock. With the help of expert judges, host Trace Adkins decides who will be sent packing.
Eight remaining cowboys demonstrate their skills as they snatch flags off of running steers and corral a herd of cattle into three separate pens. With the help of expert judges, country music icon Trace Adkins decides which cowboy will be sent home.
Half of the fourteen original cowboys remain, and they must work even harder to impress host Trace Adkins and his expert judges. When a challenge goes awry, two yearlings escape through the fence, and Trace is forced to send another cowboy packing.
Anything goes as the six remaining cowboys face off in a wild horse race over rough terrain. Though tempers flare, they must work together to find stray cattle using a simple map. When the dust settles, host Trace Adkins sends another cowboy home.
Host Trace Adkins tests the cattle IQ of the remaining five cowboys with a trivia roping challenge. Then he evaluates their communication skills as they work together to remove two rogue bulls from the herd. In the end, another cowboy is sent home.
In a test of horsemanship, the four remaining cowboys race to rope and load two steers without help. Then they each ride a green horse through a challenging obstacle course. Host Trace Adkins and his two expert judges decide which cowboy goes home.
Only three cowboys remain. They outrode, outperformed, and outfoxed some of the best cowboys in the nation. At sundown, host Trace Adkins and his expert judges will determine which one of them will win a $50,000 herd and lifetime of bragging rights.