Cody Nite Rodeo • (Cody WY) Every night, June 1st to August 31st, you can see America's original sport - RODEO - in Cody, Wyoming. With over 55 years of performances, the Cody Nite Rodeo has earned Cody the title Rodeo Capital of the World. It's good family entertainment, and you get a look at the lifestyle of Old West Cowboys and Cowgirls. Even the kids can get in the action in the calf scramble.

Cody Stampede Rodeo - July 1-4 • (Cody WY) Top cowboys from across the continent come to Cody for the Stampede, one of rodeo's crown jewels that contestants often call "Cowboy Christmas." This is where they win the big purses, and ride the best stock. Many of these fine cowboys spend their summers in Cody, competing in the Cody Nite Rodeo and enjoying the lifestyle afforded by this great Western community.

Jackson Hole Rodeo • (Jackson Hole) Wednesday & Saturday at 8 p.m. Unlike the larger gatherings in other parts of the state, Jackson maintains it's local, "anyone who has the gumption can do it" attitude that makes it representative of both the community and the original intention of the sport. Noted for fine stock, young cowboys coming up through the ranks and people who just love it, it's a great choice for action-packed fun during summer nights in Jackson Hole.

Wild West Yellowstone Rodeo • (West Yellowstone Montana) Pull your hat down tight - get you ready to rodeo whether you are a first time spectator or a seasoned veteran competitor. Every Thursday, Friday and Saturday night throughout the summer you can find the West Yellowstone Rodeo Just south of town.

InterMountain Professional Rodeo Association • Information on many regional Rodeo's.

2011 ImPRA Rodeo Schedule

Overland Stage Stampede Green River WY –Pending Co-approval WYA June 10th- 8:00 PM June 11th- 8:00 PM June 11th – 8:00 AM SLACK Stock Contractor- 7 C Buckers Ranch Rodeo Local Secretary-Wade Durham 406/581-7223 EO – May 30, 2011 – 4:00 pm – 10:00 pm CB – May 31, 2011 – 5:00 pm – 10:00 pm Central Entry # - 208/226-5120 Faxed Entry # - 208/226-5400 Email Entry – centralentry@hotmail.com Enter once team roping Added Money SB, BB,Bulls $800.00 Added Money CR, SW, BK, BA-$600.00 Added Money TR- $1,200 a team Added Money 18/40 $133.00 CR, SW, TR Entry Fees: SB, BB- $67.00, Bulls $89.00, 18/40 $87.00, BK, SW, CR, TR, $87.00. BA $89.00

Jefferson Co. Stampede, Rigby ID June 10th- 7:30 PM June 11th- 7:30 PM June 10h – Slack after perf. Stock Contractor- P & P Rodeo Co. LLC Local Secretary- Suzanne Burns 208/390-6586 EO – May 30, 2011 – 4:00 pm – 10:00 pm CB – May 31, 2011 – 5:00 pm – 10:00 pm Central Entry # - 208/226-5120 Faxed Entry # - 208/226-5400 Email Entry – centralentry@hotmail.com Enter once team roping Added Money SB, BB,Bulls $300.00 Added Money CR, SW, BK, BA-$300.00 Added Money TR- $600.00 team No Added money in 18/40 events Entry Fees: SB, BB- $67.00, -Bulls $89.00,- 18/40,- BK , SW , CR, $67.00 -BA $69.00- TR, $67.00 EVERYONE PAYS AT GATE. Contestants will be reimbursed when you pay entry fees.

Eagle Fun Days Rodeo Eagle ID- ICA Prime/ co-approved / NPRA /IMPRA /PWRA June 9, 10, 11, - 7:30 Performance Slack After Perfs. Thursday, Friday Stock contractor: Superior Rodeo Co. Local Secretary: Orla Knight EO: Tuesday May 31, 10:00- 5:00 PM MDT CB: Wednesday June 1, 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM EVENTS: BB, SB, BR @ $1200, TR @ $1600 TOTAL, all others $800, NOVICE BB, SB, BR ENTRY FEE: BB, SB $117; BR $157; TR, CR, SW $127; WBR $82; BKR $97, NOVICE BB, SB, BR $37

Draw will be posted at; icarodeo@gmail.com prior to 6:00pm Tuesday. Entry # 208/366-2326; Fax 208/366-7967; email icarodeo@gmail.com Turn out # 208/366-2326 Notes: Mutton busting, calf and jr steer riding. Call 208/393-9448 for info. Buckles in each event.

Nyssa Oregon ICA, PRIME (ProWest, IMPRA ) FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 7:30 PM MDT SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 7:30 PM MDT Pre Rodeo Events @ 7:00 PM THURSDAY, JUNE 16 @ 7:00 PM MDT TR $300/SIDE; ALL OTHER EVENTS $400 EACH; STOCK SADDLE $400 BB, SB, SSB, BRK $82; BR $92; CR, SW $107; WBR $67; TR $92; NOVICE $37 KING CATTLE KARMA WARNER MONDAY, JUNE 6, 10 AM – 5 PM TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 8 PM – 9 PM The draw will be posted at icarodeo.com prior to 6pm Tuesday. For trades and other questions call: (208)366-2326; FAX 9208)366-7967; email icarodeo@gmail.com (208)459-1381

Woodchoppers Jamboree & Rodeo WRA Prime Encampment, WY June 18 & 19, 2010 WRA / NSRA Entry phone 719-486-0599 EO: 6/13, Noon – 6pm CB: 6/14, 2pm – 6pm Performance both days @ 1:30pm Slack 6/18 after 1st perf. Entry Fees: All events $75, BR $91 Added Money: $400; $800 TR, MTR Stock Contractor: Jerry Berentis

Mackey Rodeo Association Mackey ID June 18th – 2:00 Pm June 18th Slack after perf. Stock contractor P & P Rodeo Co. LLC Local Secretary: TBA EO – June 6, 2011 – 4:00 pm – 10:00 pm CB – June 7, 2011 – 5:00 pm – 10:00 pm Central Entry # - 208/226-5120 Faxed Entry # - 208/226-5400 Email Entry – centralentry@hotmail.com Enter once team roping Added money: BB, SB, Bulls- $500.00.- CR, BK, BA, SW-$250.00, TR $500.00 Team. Entry Fee: BB, SB $67.00, Bulls $89.00, CR, BK, SW, $67.00.- BA, $69.00.- TR $87.00. No 18/40 events. Perfs must be filled or no slack.

Gold Dust Rodeo, Idaho City ID

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ICA,PRIME (ProWest/IMPRA ) PERFS: FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 7:00 PM MDT SATURDAY, JUNE 25, 7:00 PM MDT Pre-Rodeo starts at 6:30

SLACK: FRIDAY, JUNE 24, AFTER PERF EVENTS: BB; BR; BKR $300; SB, CR, SW, WBR, TR/SIDE $200; RANCH BRONCS $200 ENTRY FEE: BB, SB, WBR, BKR, RANCH BRONCS $67; BR $77; CR, SW, TR $92 STOCK: SUPERIOR RODEO SECRETARY: ORLA KNIGHT ENTRIES OPEN: MONDAY, JUNE 13, 10 AM – 5 PM CALL BACK: TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 8 PM - 9 PM The draw will be posted at icarodeo.com prior to 6pm Tuesday. For trades and other questions call: ENTRY NUMBER: (208)366-2326; FAX (208)366-7967; EMAIL icarodeo@gmail.com TURNOUT NUMBER: (208)459-1381 NOTES:

MUTTON BUSTIN (LIMIT 6 PER PERF); JUNIOR BARRELS 7-11 YRS (LIMIT 6 PER PERF); TO ENTER LOCAL EVENTS CALL JUANITA @ 208-934-0939

Buhl Sagebrush Days

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ICA,PRIME (ProWest/IMPRA )

PERFS: SUNDAY, JULY 3, 7:30 PM MONDAY, JULY 4, 7:30 PM

SLACK: TBA EVENTS: ALL EVENTS $200, NOVICE EVENTS NO ADDED; RANCH BRONCS 10/NIGHT WITH $150 ADDED ENTRY FEE: NOVICE EVENTS $37; CR, TR, SW $92; BR $77; WBR, BKW, BB, SB, RANCH BRONCS $67 STOCK: SLASH T SECRETARY: JUANITA O'MALEY ENTRIES OPEN: MONDAY, JUNE 20, 10 AM – 5 PM CALL BACK: TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 8 PM - 9 PM The draw will be posted at icarodeo.com prior to 6pm Tuesday. For trades and other questions call: ENTRY NUMBER: (208)366-2326; FAX (208)366-7967; EMAIL icarodeo@gmail.com TURNOUT NUMBER: (208)459-1381 NOTES: MUTTON BUSTIN (LIMIT 6 PER PERF); JUNIOR BARRELS 7-11 YRS (LIMIT 6 PER PERF); TO ENTER LOCAL EVENTS CALL JUANITA @ 208-934-0939

Sawtooth Rangers- Hailey ID (C0- Approved ICA) July 2, 3, 4, 7:30 PM- Performance July 2 Slack 9:00 AM Stock Contractor Red eye Rodeo Local Secretary: Wade Durham EO: June 20th, 3:00 PM – 10:00 PM CB: June 21st, 4:00 PM- 10:00 PM Central Entry # 208/226-5120 Fax Entry # 208/226-5400 Email Entry: centralentry@hotmail.com No 18/40 Events Added Money- $1,000 BB, SB, Bulls. $700.00 SW, BA, BK, TD. $400.00 each end TR. Entry Fees: $114.00 Bulls- $92.00 BB, SB, TD, SW, BK, TR, $94.00 BA. NO HORSES ON BALL FIELD. Stock Saddle bronc $50.00 Fees, $1.000 added money. Call Mindy Hoggan to enter 1/406-581-8370

Atomic Days Rodeo (pending Co-Approval ICA) Arco ID. July 15, 16 7:00 PM performance July 16th 9:00 AM slack Local Secretary: Crystal Carpenter 208/554-2523 Stock Contractor: Hoggan Rodeo EO: July, 5th 3:00 PM -10:00 PM CB: July 6th 4:00 PM – 10:00 PM Central Entry # 208/226-5120 Fax Entry # 208/226-5400 Email Entry: centralentry@hotmail.com 18/40 events: added money $50.00- Fees $67.00 Added Money: $300.00 all events Entry Fees: SB, BB, TD, SW, BK, $67.00- Bulls $89.00, BA, $69.00

Ground rules: Novice 18 and under rough stock events. $38.00 entry fee. Buckles to event winners. Call Central entry to enter. Mutton bustin both nights. Best 3 from each night will return Saturday night for a ride off. Entries taken at rodeo. Wild cow milking both nights Friday night will be on ground no horses, first six teams will go. Saturday night wild cow milking will be on horse back first six teams will go. Entry fee $60.00 a team, Added money $50.00. To enter call local secretary Crystal Carpenter 208-554-2523. Stick horse race both nights. Queen contest please call Jewel Gilchrist at 208/527-8548.

North Custer Rodeo (pending Co-Approval ICA) Challis ID. July 16, 7:30 PM Performance July 17th, 3:00 PM Performance July 17th Slack 10:00 AM Local Secretary: TBA Stock Contractor: P& P Rodeo Co. LLC EO: July, 5th 3:00 PM -10:00 PM CB: July 6th 4:00 PM – 10:00 PM Central Entry # 208/226-5120 Fax Entry # 208/226-5400 Email Entry: centralentry@hotmail.com No 18/40 events Added Money: $600.00, BB, SB, Bulls. $400.00 TD, SW, BK, BA. $800.00 per team in TR. Entry Fees: $77.00 BB, SB, TD, SW, BK, TR. $99.00 Bulls, $79.00 BA.

Grantsville Rodeo Grantsville UT July 15th 7:00 Pm-Performance July 16th 7:00 Pm- Performance July 16th 9:00 Am – SLACK Stock contractor- 7 C Buckers Ranch/Rodeo Local Secretary: TBA EO- July 5th, 3:00 PM- 10:00 PM CB- July 6th, 4:00 PM- 10:00 PM Central Entry # - 208/226-5120 Faxed Entry # - 208/226-5400 Email Entry – centralentry@hotmail.com Enter once Team roping 18/40 No added money. Entry Fee $67.00 Added Money- All events $250.00. Team Roping $250.00 each end. Entry fee: BB, SB, $67.00. Bulls, $89.00. CR, SW, BK, TR, $67.00. BA, $69.00

Elmore County Fair & Rodeo Glenns Ferry, ID SANCTIONED: ICA PRIME (IMPRA ) PERFS: 15, 16, 8:00 PM SLACK: ****SATURDAY, JULY 16, 8 AM****

EVENTS: BB, SB, BR, CR, BKR, SW, WBR @$600, TR $600/SIDE, STOCK SADDLE @ $2500 ENTRY FEE: BB, SB, BKR $97; BR $137; CR, SW, TR $127; WBR $82; STOCK SADDLE $117 STOCK: KING CATTLE CO SECRETARY: ORLA KNIGHT ENTRIES OPEN: TUESDAY, JULY 5 – 10 AM – 5 PM CALL BACK: WEDNESDAY, JULY 6 – 8 PM - 9 PM The draw will be posted at icaroeo.com prior to 6 pm Tuesday. For trades and other questions call: ENTRY NUMBER: (208)366-2326; FAX 9208)366-7967; EMAIL icarodeo@gmail.com TURNOUT NUMBER: (208)459-1381 NOTES: TOP 5 RIDE OFF IN STOCK SADDLE BRONC RIDING SATURDAY NITE. RIFLE TO WINNER OF STOCK SADDLE BRONC RIDING RIDE OFF.

Lincoln County Fair & Rodeo Shoshone ID. Pending Co- approval with ICA July 29th 8:00 PM- Performance July 30th 8:00 PM- Performance July 29th Slack after Performance Stock Contractor- P & P Rodeo Co. LLC Local Secretary: TBA EO – July 18, 2011 – 3:00 pm – 10:00 pm CB – July 19, 2011 – 4:00 pm – 10:00 pm Central Entry # - 208/226-5120 Faxed Entry # - 208/226-5400 Email Entry – centralentry@hotmail.com Enter once team roping Added Money: BB, SB, Bulls $1,000.- CR, SW, BK, BA $300.00.- TR $600.00 Team. Entry Fees: BB, SB $ 87.00. Bulls $109.00. CR, BA, SW, $67.00- BA, $69.00. TR $77.00 No 18/40 events. Performances will be filled before slack can happen.

Oneida County cowboy classic (co approve WRA, ICA) Malad ID August 19th , 20th 7:00 PM performance August 20th 7:00 AM Slack Stock contractor 7C Buckers Local Secretary: Wade Durham 406/581-7223 EO: August 8th 4:00 PM – 10:00 PM CB: August 9th 5:00 PM - 10:00 PM Central Entry # - 208/226-5120 Faxed Entry # - 208/226-5400 Email Entry – centralentry@hotmail.com 18/40 events: Fees, $67.00, Added Money $100.00 Added Money: BB, SB, Bulls $450.00. TD, SW, BK, BA, $250.00. TR, $250.00 each end Entry Fees: BB, SB, TD, SW, BK, TR, $67.00. Bulls, $89.00, BA, $69.00.

Other events, Stock Saddle Bronc, Steer Riding, Mutton Bustin, Home town entries get first choice for performance.

Winnemucca NV

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ICA PRIME (IMPRA, CCPRA ) PERFS: SATURDAY, SEPT 3 6:00 PM PDT SUNDAY, SEPT 4 6:00 PM PDT

SLACK: SATURDAY, SEPT 3 AFTER THE PERF ADDED MONEY: BB, SB @ $1250, ALL OTHERS $1000 ENTRY FEE: BB, SB, WBR, BKR $117; CR, SW, TR $127; BR $157 STOCK: SLASH T RODEO SECRETARY: JUANITA O'MALEY ENTRIES OPEN: MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 10 AM – 5 PM MDT CALL BACK: TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, 8 PM - 9 PM MDT The draw will be posted at icarodeo.com prior to 6 pm Tuesday. For trades and other questions call: ENTRY NUMBER: (208)366-2326; FAX (208)366-7967; EMAIL icarodeo@gmail.com TURNOUT NUMBER: (208)459-1381 NOTES: NO ONE WILL BE ALLOWED IN ARENA EXCEPT THE CONTESTANT THAT IS UP AND NECESSARY HELPERS. NO CIRCLING IN THE BARREL RACING.

Our western Rodeo has evolved from an industry... from the daily routine and tasks of a low paying job with long hours performed by ranch hands who came to know very well the animals with which they lived.

If it were any other kind of job, leisure hours might have produced another kind of ball game rather than a recreation involving the very animals one had already spent long hours tending. But being a cowboy has always been more of a way of life than a job or an opportunity to get rich.

Rodeo contests are divided into two categories: 1. Those that are scored by a judge; the rough stock events of bareback bronc riding, saddle bronc riding, and bull riding; and 2. Those which are timed for speed... cowgirls barrel racing, steer wrestling, and the roping contests.

Bronc riding and calf roping c are the events that were born on Western ranches. Being able to rope a calf or steer on the open range was a necessary skill if an animal required attention.

Riding broncs was part of the job for most cowboys during the course of the year as many horses were green broke at best and all needed further training. Even a well broke horse sometimes provides a private rodeo if something spooks him.

The contests of riding and roping require only two things of the horses and cattle... either to buck or to run, actions that are natural.

Rodeo contests were developed by people who deliberately chose to plan their recreation around the same animals they spent long hours working with. The contests were designed with thorough knowledge and respect of the animals' capabilities and limitations, and are regarded as reasonable use of animals.

The roping contest is an extension of the necessary skills developed by ranch cowboys to hold cattle for doctoring, etc., without benefit of pens and corrals. The muscular structure of a calf and its hairy, thick hide allows prudent roping without harm. As is observed, immediately upon removal of the rope, calves jog trot out of the arena in a most unconcerned manner. Calves, who soon outgrow weight limits for the event, then fulfill the same purpose they would have in the dairy or beef industry if they had not been in rodeo — or perhaps grow up to be a rodeo bucking bull.

Bull riding has become rodeo's most popular contest. It is not related to any ranch task, but the challenge has called to cowboys from the west’s earliest days

It is not unusual for a bucking horse to be kicking up its heels in fine fashion over the age of 25 years old and many bulls are still active buckers at 15 years of age. Veterinarians attribute it to the good care they receive which includes quality feed and adequate exercise.

The average bucking horse or bull works less than five minutes per year in the arena.

Each year, the cowboys and cowgirls of the various rodeo associations throughout the country honor the best performing horses and bulls in the rough stock events - bareback bronc riding, saddle bronc riding, and bull riding. The "heart" of these honest animals to consistently turn in a good performance is greatly admired, along with the beauty of their efforts. Awards are also given to the owners of the best-trained horses ridden by the timed event competitors. The performance of rodeo animals is a matter of pride to the owners and riders. The reputations of the best ones live on in our memories and in legend long after the animals are retired.