Korbin Rice grew up in Hobbs, New Mexico, roping calves with his brother. By his freshman year of high school, they’d switched to team roping full time.
By his senior year, he’d made up his mind to rodeo for a living, even though nobody in his family had ever done it.
His rookie year, he and Caleb Hendrix drove everywhere. One horse apiece, never got on a plane. He figured out the entering as he went, and eventually landed at Chad Masters’ place in Lipan and the rest was history. From Masters came Papa Rock, the sorrel that Rice owes most of his big wins to over these last few years.
