Arena Events
RANCH BRONC RIDING: “Ride as ride can” for eight seconds. A standard working saddle must be used, no P.R.C.A. rigging allowed. A regular bucking horse leather halter must be used. No hackamores or throat latches.
CALF DOCTORING: Mounted 4-man team. Cutter cuts numbered calf from herd prior to heading and heeling by any of the team members. There is a 4-loop limit. All incorrectly numbered calves must be returned to herd prior to roping. Non-ropers must dismount and remove ropes from calf to stop time. It is acceptable to have head and forefoot roped as long as calf is standing when heeled. Any team member may cross the line, but no more than one member can be in the herd at any given time. A calf must be running loose (may be trailing a rope) prior to being headed. Time will stop when the ropes are removed. A 30 second penalty will be assessed for the horse moving out (loping.) There is a 2.5-minute time limit.
TEAM BRANDING: Two ranches will compete at the same time. The 4-man teams consist of a roper, two flankers, a brander. Three herd holders will assist (and may cross the line). The roper cannot rope outside of the line and no single or double front leg catches are allowed (rope must be removed before continuing). No one may touch a calf until it is brought across the line (30 second penalty). When the calf is flat on its side and the rope is removed, the branding iron is removed from the bucket, the calf is branded on one side (30 second penalty for branding elsewhere) and the iron is returned to the bucket (time called). The winner is the fastest time on two calves. A thirty second penalty will be assessed for loping in the herd. There is a 2.5 minute time limit.
TEAM PENNING: A four-man team of riders approaches a line drawn across the arena some forty feet from the north end. Behind the line, numbered calves are waiting in a herd. Time begins when the first rider crosses the line. Without loping into the herd, the team has three minutes to cut the three head of calves bearing designated numbers, then move them across the line and, finally, pen them in the portable pens at the south end of the arena. No more than three calves may be penned. The team with the fastest time and most correctly numbered calves penned wins. A wrong numbered calf may enter the pen, but if time is called with the wrong numbered calf in pen, “no time” will be awarded.
WILD COW MILKING: (Leggings not required) A mounted four-man team consists of a roper, a milker and two muggers. The cow is released and pursued by all members. The cow’s head or horns must pass through the loop. The roper will have a two-loop limit and must dally with no intentional tripping. The cow must be standing to be milked and the rope must be completely off the cow before being flagged for time. The muggers will hold the cow while the cow is being milked. The roper can stay dallied while the cow is being milked. The milker then runs to the judge and gives him the bottle. If the milk will not pour, the team is disqualified. The fastest team wins. There is a 2.5 minute time limit.
*In all events, there will be only one rope per horse, and no transferring of rope from horse to horse. A lost rope in any event is a spent rope; teammates cannot pick it up for the roper. There will be a 15-second penalty for a rope left on an unmounted horse in a dangerous manner. (This will be Judge’s discretion)
Photos taken by: Cordelle Keller with C. Keller Photography & Design