MILLARVILLE RODEO

19th Annual Millarville Rodeo 2015
































8TH Annual Millarville Rodeo 2014

Hung up . . . . .

Another rough ride . . . .

Tough bulls . . .

The rodeo clown gets run over . . . .

Staying on for the eight seconds . . .

Miss Ponoka Stampede . . .

Nice toss!!!

Going for the grab . . . .

Knocked right out of his boots . . . .


Getting ready for their turn in roping . . .  

She's also in team roping . . .

. . . . and she made her catch too . .


Hanging out with the boys . . .



Heading for home in barrel racing . . . .



Making the turn . . .

They're roping next . . . .



 17th Annual Millarville Rodeo 2013

The exciting infield at Millarville 

High flying

Bucked off, it only got worse with a hand caught in the saddle and being dragged by an angry horse

More chilling spills, thrown into the stands

The vanquished

Got him . . . .  now for the wrestling part

Charging the ring to start her barrel racing run

Eying the turn

Final barrel and charging for home 

Getting the technique down before his turn 

Tools of the trade

Youngsters and veterans . . . . and working together in the team roping competition

Eye on the target . . .  

Over-The Fence Conversation

Rodeo royalty



A heavy downpour turns bullriding into a mucky brawl

Having fun mining for gold in the money sand pile

Farmers Market, part of Rodeo Saturday

Skies darken on Sunday . . . . and then a downpour came  

16TH ANNUAL MILLARVILLE RODEO, 2012

Flying high . . . . 

Hanging on . . . . .

The hard fall . . . .

The infield is a lonely place after you'd been bucked off . . . .

That one hurt . . . . 

A young talent

Recognizing the sponsors, an important part of any rodeo

Future champ . . . . 

Practicing her skills . . . . . lots for kids to do

The real thing . . . . 

Tight turn in barrel racing . . . .

Taking aim . . . .

Tough wrestle . . . .

Bull action . . . 

The veteran

Rodeo Queens and Princesses

The common wrangler . . . .

15th Annual Millarville Rodeo 2011

Getting ready . . . . . a young bull rider gets some help taping his glove as he pysches up for the ride to come

It started off lookin' pretty good in steer wrestling. . . . . .

. . . . . and still looked good . . . . .

. . . . before things started going a little sideways . . . .  

Lotsa help in the chute . . . .

Tied to the beast, grip set,ready for the pull . . . . 

. . . . and out of the chute . . . . its a long eight seconds 

The spectacle . . . .

Bull Rider with tools of the trade . . . . .

She lost her hat but this young miss in the Millarville and area Ladies Barrel Racing still glows from the thrill . . . .

The start of the charge . . . . she'll be rocketing into the infield for Ladies Barrel Racing . . . .

Tight turn . . . .

Bert Davis, the Coppertown Clown, and one of the Muttley Crew are fairly indistinguishable.

Hanging out at a small Alberta rodeo

14th Annual Millarville Rodeo 2010

The Wild Horse Race was very aptly named, these gents trying to tame their quarry as another fellow in the background is getting thoroughly thrashed in his own struggle to the death as the 14th Annual Millarville Rodeo opened with a bang.

A joke in a sea of cowboy hats . . . . a rodeo is always a place to catch up . . . .

Calf roping is a rough business, with the quarry going down . . . . . 

. . . . and the hands going up, signalling the stoppage of time, hoping the knot is good . . . 

Getting the message out for sponsors is part of any rodeo . . . . .

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Tall in the saddle, ready for his turn . . . .

. . . . with a rope just so . . . 

. . . .with often painful and indeterminate outlooks . . . . 

The next generation was watching it all very carefully . . . .

 . . . . and so was the opposition . . . .

. . . . while the clown made merry . . . .

. . . . and drew a laugh from the Calgary Stampede Queen and Princesses . . . . 

He was a dead eye with a rope . . . . .

She was rounding the final turn hard in barrel racing . . . . .

. . .  but her opponents were going hard too . . . ..

This young fellow was flying high . . . .

. . . . while this gent took the express elevator to the ground floor  . . . .