Patricia Rodeo…Not our first…!!!

Patricia Rodeo…well what can I say…the much anticipated event lived up to expectations yet again. This year we arrived with a much better camera…I hope you appreciate the results. ( Last year I downloaded some of the pictures from other photographers. This year they are all taken my personal blog photographer…Scott..😁)

There are going to be a lot of pictures in this post…and a lot of sequences….I hope it adequately conveys the event…!!

All of the pictures are clickable if you wish a clearer view…opening the first picture in a sequence will allow you to scroll through an entire sequence…and it is worth the time and effort…..(IMHO) .!!!!

It is a three day event over the Labour Day Weekend with all kinds of shenanigans going on from Bulls under the Bulbs on the Friday night to Cow Pie bingo on the Sunday. There is Chariot racing, Chuck Wagons, Bull Riding, Steer Riding and the craziest of all crazy,,,,the Wild Horse Race.

Friday.

The Friday evening kicks off with the Chariot and Chuck wagon races.

Next pic is the girl that won the chariots overall. Super picture don’t you think..!!

For your dose of cuteness, they run the Mini Chuck Wagons in between the Chariot and the Chuck Wagon events with kids as young as 3 years old driving mini horses.

Boy oh boy those little legs can run…!!!

Chuck Wagons.

We have no pictures of the Bulls on Friday night because despite the set up with the lights there was just not enough for decent pictures with what we have. The most impressive part of the bull riding are the rodeo clown, the bull fighters and the pick up guys. (bull fighters being part of the team that protect the riders, not Matadors..!!)

Saturday is the big day of events.

Kicking off with heat 1 of 4 of the Wild Horse race. ( the definition of crazy..!!)

Six teams, 6 chutes, six wild horses. Teams of three must catch their horse, saddle him, and put a rider on who then has to make it all the way around the track holding onto just the saddle. This year the Goodeagle team ( the guys in the turquoise shirts) made it round in the very first heat. Amazing.

Once they have lost the horse they are not allowed to catch him again.

…..and once they have that saddle on the only thing to hold onto is the saddle itself.

The Goodeagle team doing their thing……

The pick up guys were amazing. There were two regular guys and a young one in training this year…….it is quite the thing to watch them work.

Saddle Broncs.

And here is another great sequence of the pick-up guys.

Tie down roping.….

Steer riding.

This is the younger kids on smaller steers…….that look just as scary as the bulls to me..!!

Scott nabbed these great sequences of the bull fighters doing their thing.

There was one steer left in the chute…….so the rodeo clown guy volunteered to ride him. His face tells the whole story…!!!

Oh…and then there was mutton busting……last year, I don’t think any of the kids actually stayed on….this year there were quite a few……

I dont know if its a regular thing at rodeos……but here, they bring out the heavy horses to do the harrowing between events.

So all of that stuff was just Saturday morning…….the afternoon kicks off again with round 2 (of 4) of the wild horse race. more saddle broncs, steer riding and barrel racing.

Its hard to breathe while this event is on…there is just so much going on in the arena…….those guys sure know what they are doing…..!!!

Another nice sequence here as we get back to the saddle broncs.

Then some Barrel racing.

….and more steers…..

Then we are back to Chariots, mini Chucks and Chuck wagons to end the day. What a day…so much skill and so much fun.

It is incredible just how fast these races are and how tight these teams turn.

You might have noticed that most of our pictures of the Chariots and wagons focus on the O’Connor racing team. We met these guys last year….and its way easier to tell a story with a favourite team.

Sunday

Sunday kicks off with the heavy horses doing some precision work with the log pulling in the morning…..

Those big horses are amazingly dainty…….

Then the afternoon pace heats up a notch with heat 3 of the wild horse insanity.

Little Britches.

Little Britches is the Sunday fun……tiny little people on huge horses doing amazing things.

….and a little more mutton busting……

These little people have some serious grit…..

The keg race is like musical chairs on horses…..the following pictures shows the hilarity and good nature as one girl slid right off her horse onto the keg/bucket…it fell over and there she is still on the ground. She had to right it and sit back down on it before the other girl could get there….(she succeeded..!!)

In addition to the calf roping and pole bending for the little kids….

.there is the calf wrestling….teams of two have to rope and then wrestle a calf to the ground.

.there is the Wild Pony race…the junior version of the Wild Horse race…..the difference being that the kids just have to get onto the pony…not ride him anywhere. This next sequence is all the same kid….they make ’em tough out here…!!!!

…and a few more of those kids with the wild ponies……

As if you were not breathless enough after that….there is one more round of wild horses……

The night finishes with more chariots, mini chucks and Chuck wagon races…..

There were so many great shots this weekend…..we had an absolute blast. Can’t wait ’til next year…!!! 😁

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