Stock Contractor: Broken Heart Rodeo Company

Broken heart rodeo company

It all started about 30 years ago when Broken Heart Rodeo Company put on its first Bull Wars in Morgan, Utah. With little knowledge or experience but with high hopes, a very successful rodeo career began.

Residing in West Haven, Ben and Jennifer German are the proud parents of three children, as well as sons in-law and grandchildren, who work the rodeos. German makes his living from rodeo while Jennifer has been a pharmacy technician for nearly 20 years.

Broken Heart has several hundred head of bucking horses and bulls as well as stock trailers, a semi-truck and a trailer rig, and it has dozens of rodeos lined up each year across the Mountain West. Broken Heart Rodeo has gone from the newest stock contractor in Utah to arguably one of the best.

Over the last 30 years, German has produced an enviable resume of success. In the past 20 years, his stock has won 79-of-88 Top Stock Awards in the Intermountain Professional Rodeo Association (IMPRA) and the Rocky Mountain Professional Rodeo Association (RMPRA).

German has also been named “Stock Contractor of the Year” for many years in both associations. He has sent stock to the National Finals Rodeo, Wilderness Circuit Finals and Nevada State High School Finals and is the stock contractor at the Utah State High School Finals.

Broken Heart takes great pride in its livestock and always continues to purchase new animals to improve the company’s string. German has a “Born to Buck” program that allows him to raise genetically superior bucking horses. He plans to continue to raise some of the best and then buy the rest to complete his champion caliber collection of bucking horses and bulls. German’s bulls have been named “Bull of the Year” since 2003.

In the spring of 2008, Broken Heart Rodeo teamed up with Circle J Rodeo to start the new Rocky Mountain Professional Rodeo Association. It has been a very successful 13 years, with many more to come.

The German family would like to thank everyone, from sponsors to chute help, for making their rodeos possible. Now, after 30 years of experience managing bucking stock and rodeo production, the Broken Heart rodeos are the place to be to expect something exceptional.