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Bronc Rider Entry RanchRodeoPhotos.htm

4th Annual Harding County Ranch Rodeo

and Open Bronc Riding

July 24, 2010 –10:00 a.m.
Roy, NM at the Harding County Arena!

Come enjoy an action-packed afternoon

 Enjoy watching Bronc Riders and Teams compete for the HCRR Title!
Watch riders get on high-octane broncs
and fight to stay on for 8 seconds!

 Ranch Rodeo Limited to 15 teams - $600/team

Open Ranch Bronc Riding open to first 20 to enter - $150/man

Bronc Riding begins at 1 pm!

1st half of riders before rodeo,


2nd half of riders following rodeo

Rodeo events include:
Stray Gathering
Team Doctoring
Trailer Loading
Team Sorting
Team Branding!

Concessions stand provided.

To enter or for more information call: 575-641-0020 or 575-799-0700

There will be a dance at Wagon Mound Ranch Supply (owner, Bob Bachen) following the rodeo, in Solano, NM (which is approx 10 miles down the highway).  It will be a great Western Swing band, George Bullfrog and the Turquoise Trailers, beginning at 7 pm.  There will also be a chuck wagon catered meal cooked by Hawkins' Chuck Wagon.  You can do dinner and a dance or just one or the other, however you would like! Call 575-673-2489 for more info about the dinner and dance!

            Of course, as some of you know from last year, throw in your bedrolls and you can camp out at the fairgrounds, at our house, or in Solano at Bob's.  We want everyone to be safe and keep their families safe while enjoying all the fun in Harding County!  Plus, it's a long drive home for most of you that are participating and we want you to know we realize that and we don't expect you to drive here and back in one day!

            We are expecting to have the same great rodeo this year and as you and your team were such a big part of the Rodeo/Bronc Riding success last year, we want to give you first shot at getting back in the rodeo this year. 

Events emphasize ranch life
By Bob Morris, Sports Editor
  •  Mon, Jun 21, 2010
It’s a rodeo that emphasizes ranch life.
The fourth annual Harding County Ranch Rodeo will take place July 24 at the Harding County Fairgrounds in Roy. The event will start at 10 a.m.
The first ranch rodeo was organized by Steve and Jaree Elliott, but when they moved from Roy to the Clovis area, Stacie and Al Martinez of Roy took charge of the Roy event. Jaree Elliott said the Martinez family helps her family organize another ranch rodeo in Clovis, while the Elliotts continue to help Stacie and Al.
“It tends to be more of a family-oriented event,” Jaree Elliott said. “It’s more typical of what goes on at a ranch.”
Events include sorting, cow milking, branding, trailer loading and doctoring of animals. For example, the sorting event sees several different animals released into the arena, with teams required to sort them based on the breed of animal.
Each ranch rodeo team has four members, which Elliott said is about the equivalent of a typical ranch crew. She noted teams can have members young and old alike. She said the team members tend to be from the same family, thus young and old alike participate, performing the activities they would typically do on the ranch.
“During the branding event, we’ve had five- and six-year-olds doing the branding,” she said. “One of the ranch team members we had was in his late 70s or early 80s.”
Along with the ranch rodeo, there will be an open bronc riding event. The rodeo starts with a series of bronc riding, followed by the ranch rodeo itself, then a second section of bronc riding.
Admission is $5 for adults and $2 for children. This year’s Harding County Ranch Rodeo will have 15 teams, plus 20 riders in open bronc riding. While entries are full for the ranch rodeo, more entrants are sought for the bronc riding, for which the entry fee is $150. Along with the rodeo, there will be vendor booths available, as well as a concession stand provided by 4-H.
Cash prizes will be awarded for the top ranch rodeo teams and open bronc riders, plus belt buckles will be awarded to the first-place team and riders. There will also be awards for winners in individual ranch rodeo events.
Last year’s rodeo drew about 450 people. Elliott said there have been people who have made their way to Roy to see what it’s all about and “they tell us they’ll be back every year.”
Anyone who wishes to participate in the bronc riding, would like to set up a booth or simply wants more information about the event, may call Stacie Martinez at 641-0020 or 799-0555.

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