Kortnee Solomon

Kortnee Solomon will be 13 in October 2022. At the age of 11, she was already a pro on the rodeo trail having won many championships. She began competing at the Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo, the oldest Black-owned rodeo circuit in the United States, at the age of 5. Kortnee is the daughter of 11-time Invitational Champion, Kanesha Jackson. Kortnee grew up in a rodeo family. She braids her own horses and she and her mother feed, groom, train, and ride together regularly. They have a powerful bond. Her grandmother, Stephanie Haynes, is an 18-time Invitational Champion and sits on the Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo Board of Directors.