Colorado

A quality rodeo is built on the backs of quality livestock
[Jul. 8, 2009] A six-year-old American Bucking Bull weighing 1,500 pounds, Jacob's Pet has only been ridden once in 17 tries over the course of last season and so far this season in Professional Bull Riders events. He's tossed 16 cowboys in an average of about four seconds each in those 17 trips.

3 Moffat County cowboys, cowgirls take home saddles at Little Britches Rodeo
[Jul. 6, 2009] Although there might have been more than 180 youths competing at the Moffat County Fairgrounds, Gabbi Steele was only concerned with one.Herself.
Steele, a Moffat County High School sophomore, said she was only thinking about her performance during the weekend’s Moffat County Little Britches Rodeo.

Cowboy recovering from horse kick at Snowmass Rodeo
[Jul. 4, 2009] SNOWMASS VILLAGE — A Greeley man was released from a Denver hospital Friday after being kicked in the mouth by a horse Wednesday at the Snowmass Rodeo.

Jared Roth, 21, underwent surgery for facial injuries and was scheduled to return to his hometown, said Chris Kelly, executive director of the Snowmass Western Heritage Association, which produces the rodeo.

“We don't have a lot of incidents like this,” Kelly said, “but rodeos can be a risky venture.”

Little Britches Rodeo comes to Moffat County
[Jul. 2, 2009] These are some of the toughest kids who come out here,” said Dave Fleming, president of the Moffat County Little Britches Rodeo Committee.

Dusty Tuckness/Kanin Asay Classic
[Jun. 30, 2009] The Cody Nite Rodeo hosted the Dusty Tuckness/Kanin Asay Classic on June 14th at the Stampede Grounds. The night featured a freestyle bullfight event and bull riding.

Mom: No fault in young bull rider's death in Longmont
[Jun. 30, 2009] The mother of a 12-year-old bull rider who was killed over the weekend said Monday her son died doing what he loved and that no one is to blame for his death.
Richard Wayde Hamar of Yuma died Sunday while he was competing in the Longmont Elks Little Britches Rodeo at the Boulder County Fairgrounds in Longmont. He was wearing a chest protector and a helmet. By Mike McPhee

12-year-Old Bull Rider Dies At Boulder County Rodeo
[Jun. 28, 2009] LONGMONT, Colo. -- A 12-year-old boy was taken to Longmont United Hospital, where he died, after being injured during a bull ride at the Boulder County Fairgrounds on Sunday morning. By Associated Press

Son takes after father in rodeo
[Jun. 22, 2009] GROVER — Fathers throughout the country spent Sunday with their children. Few were likely to find a more creative way to do so than Chris Glover.

Glover, a steer roper from Keenesburg, competed alongside his son, Cole, on Father's Day at the Earl Anderson Memorial rodeo in Grover. By Bobby Fernandez

Clown J.W. Winklepleck shines Friday night at Pro Rodeo Series
[Jun. 21, 2009] Steamboat Springs — They’re all different, but when you get down to the basics, every rodeo clown costume is very much the same.

Summer Pro Rodeo Series kicks off Friday
[Jun. 20, 2009] Steamboat Springs — Steamboat Springs Pro Rodeo Series board president John Shipley worked late into the night Tuesday, trying to figure out why the computer system he helped unplug last August wouldn’t work the same when he plugged it back in at the Brent Romick Rodeo Arena in downtown Steamboat Springs.

Cowboy up for rodeo
[Jun. 20, 2009] The Greeley Stampede, known as the world’s largest Fourth of July rodeo, is back to celebrate Colorado’s Western heritage and the nation’s independence.

Beaver Creek Rodeo series kicks up its heels Thursday in Avon
[Jun. 17, 2009] June 17, 2009 — The Beaver Creek Rodeo keeps the spirit of the Old West alive during the popular Thursday night outing in Avon. The eighth annual Beaver Creek Rodeo Series gets under way Thursday, June 18 at 5 p.m. and continues each Thursday night through Aug. 20.

Array of talent at Little Britches Rodeo
[Jun. 11, 2009] SOUTH FORK, CO - With a number of rodeos already under their belts this spring, the young cowboys and cowgirls in last weekend’s 3-day SLV Little Britches Rodeo already were feeling like seasoned veterans.

Professional Bull Riders - Tennessee Cowboy Takes First BFTS Event Win of Career
[May 18, 2009] Cody Nance not only takes his first ever BFTS event, but takes over the lead in the 2009 Daisy Rookie of the Year race. By Courtesy PBR