Tooele County Rodeo

Bull Riders














Lincoln Doug and Brinley














Brinley after blue cotton candy














money goat chasin'














Brinley with her rodeo friends














Wow! What a night to say the least! This year the County fair was a little different it was what they call a ranch rodeo. I have not heard of this but did overhear what the cowboys behind me were saying. Everyone that is in it is a local. It was not professional to say the least but as my brother would say (those are the best kind).

It starts out that Lincoln got up the mutton bustin contest and backed out. That's ok because they had the stick horse races and he and Brinley did that. They had absolutely know idea of what they were supposed to be doing and ended up with no score but next year, they will have it figured out for sure. Next was the money goat for 7 and under. Lincoln chased that goat around the whole field and then decided next year that he needs his tennis shoes instead of oversized cowboy boots. He didn't get any money but he had fun. After that was the money calf for ages 7-10 which was also quite fun to watch.

Then the Rodeo. Everyone including the clown, announcer, paramedics (it seemed) were all amatures. It took over two minutes for 4 men to rope a calf and tie it's feet EVERY TIME. This got old, then we had the bucking horses. That was good however, there was one horse that didn't want anyone to ride him and he ran head first into a fence and the guy flew over the fence. COOL! He walked away. Then came the Bull riders. They had men dressed in wigs and tight shirts with balloons in them and fairy's, drunkerds prisoners, everything was a little strange for me. They had a contest for best costume. CRAZY! One normal dressed guy rode the bull and was thrown off. The bull started trampling him and then when he tried to stand, he fell over, his leg was totally broke and facing the wrong way. AAAH! That wasn't all. Another cowboy fell off his bull and tried to climb the fence and the bull totally body slammed him into the fence. The paramedics were very slow and it made for a long night. I think one of the things that made my stomach so sick this morning is that the ambulances had the men in them but hadn't left the rodeo until after it was over. This is like an hour later.

They had announced fireworks the whole night so we basically stayed through all of that for the fireworks. Finally, the rodeo ended and they announced sorry no FIREWORKS tonight. UUUGH!. I am done with rodeo's for the year and I think I will stick to the more professional ones from now on. Here is video of the stick horse race, Brinley was first and the Lincoln.