The Arena

This Year we are having a Ranch Rodeo.... "The ORIGINAL RODEO"

The Ranch Rodeo will be on Saturday Sept 8th, 2012. What is a Ranch Rodeo? The event is broken into 6 parts with 4 man teams that all the cowboys must be a part of and they are listed below.

1. Ranch Bronc Riding

This event is at the core of Ranch Rodeo. This 8 second ride the cowboy uses his regular saddle and anything can happen.

Here is a youtube Ranch Bronc Riding video example.

 

2. Wild Cow Milking:

A four man team including a roper, milker and two muggers. Only roper will be horseback.  Roper will be let in the arena at the corner but must stay behind start line, failure to do so will result in a 30 second penalty. Cow will be released from the corner of the arena. When cow clears gate leaving alley, flag man will drop his flag, Starting the roper and the time.  Two minute limit. Two loop limit.  Catch as catch can, but cows head must pass through the loop. Rope must be off the saddle horn before the milking commences, failure to do so will result in a no time, and off the cow before time is flagged. Cow must be standing when milked. Muggers hold the cow with help from the roper, while the milker milks her into a standard 12 oz. longneck bottle. Anyone of the contestants may milk the cow. The milker may pass the bottle to another man to run to the judge. Runner must hand the bottle to the judge, and THE JUDGE WILL POUR THE MILK OUT. If the milk will not pour, or if the contestant pours, the team will receive a no-time. The team with the fastest time wins.  Should use good, healthy, wet cows. 

Here is a youtube video example of the Wild Cow Milking.

3. Team Doctoring

Just like people the cattle can get sick. These guys show us how to get her done on the ranch.

Here is a youtube video example.

 

4 . Team Branding:

1Four (4) man team, including two ropers, two ground crew. Ropers must switch ends after the first calf is branded. On second round, ropers will be ground crew and ground crew will be ropers.  2. Two (2) calves are released from one end of the arena. Time begins when you cross the line. 3. Each team will have a four minute time limit to rope both calves, allowing all the loops they need. The calves must be headed and heeled. All competition roping and branding must be behind the line. 4. The flankers must remove the head rope and place it around both front feet and both heels must be in loop. Failure to do so will result in a 30 second penalty. After the calf is flat on its side and the rope is around all four feet, the branding iron is removed from the bucket, the calf branded on its hip on the left side, and the iron returned to the bucket after branding each calf. Time stops when branding iron is in the bucket after the second calf. 5. The winner is the fastest time on two calves. 

Here is a youtube video example of Team Branding.

5. Hide Sled Race:

One mounted cowboy will pull another cowboy laying on a large rawhide or rubber mat while being pulled around the arena. This timed event and the cowboy must stay on the sled.

 

6. Wild Cow Ride:

Here is a exaple of a Wild Cow Race.

 

 

Humane Treatment of Livestock

Animals for all events will be inspected before the draw and no sore, lame, sick, or injured animal, or animal with defective eyesight shall be permitted in the draw at anytime.  Should an animal become sick or incapacitated between the time it is drawn and the time it is scheduled to be used in competition, that animal shall not be used in competition and another animal shall be drawn for the contestants. And there will be no hot branding on animals. Paint will be substituted for the brand.