Window Rock’s Labelle LaFrance brings Navajo heritage and championship aspirations to Scottsdale’s premier breakaway roping competition this November.
Tag: Rodeo
The Southwest’s premier professional rodeo championship relocates to Cave Creek, bringing world-class athletes, Western heritage and community celebration to Arizona’s cowboy capital.
Cave Creek’s premier Western heritage celebration saddles up for its 48th year with a new VIP skybox, championship rodeo action and time-honored traditions.
Cave Creek’s Chantz Stewart saddles up for a shot at rodeo history in Scottsdale’s groundbreaking Million $ Breakaway.
The 46th annual Cave Creek Rodeo Days celebration lassos western tradition and local pride in a weeklong celebration.
Aspiring to maintain the highest level of professional rodeo event and to preserve and promote the town of Cave Creek’s Western heritage, Cave Creek Rodeo Days has — since 1977 — energized the community and brought major economic benefits and the nation’s leading rodeo contestants into town to showcase their talents.
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There’s a sense of romance about the rodeo—not in the starry-eyed storybook kind of way, but in the idea of taming the wild in bulls, broncs and cowboys.
No one could have predicted it 133 years ago, but Payson Pro Rodeo has since become the world’s oldest continuous rodeo. Not that it would have made any difference to its earliest contestants. The cowboys and ranch hands took pride in their skills and horses, and saw the rodeo as their chance to strut their stuff in the town square. It was how they had fun in the gap between spring and fall roundups at the ranch, and the entire town joined them.
Hay and dust blanket the arena. The smell of animals fills the nostrils. The noise progressively increases as the excited spectators find a seat.