Post #4 — More mud shots! I will call this one the “That’s no bull!” version. 🙂
I’m thinking there are better places to relax… Rodeo in the rain and mud on Sunday afternoon at the 2023 Elizabeth Stampede Rodeo in Elizabeth, CO. (June 04, 2023)
It’s not dancing, it’s choreography! Rodeo in the rain and mud on Sunday afternoon at the 2023 Elizabeth Stampede Rodeo in Elizabeth, CO. (June 04, 2023)
“Please don’t make me fall…” Rodeo in the rain and mud on Sunday afternoon at the 2023 Elizabeth Stampede Rodeo in Elizabeth, CO. (June 04, 2023)
“Great spa. Would come here again!” Rodeo in the rain and mud on Sunday afternoon at the 2023 Elizabeth Stampede Rodeo in Elizabeth, CO. (June 04, 2023)
I hope you are enjoying the images! Have a great day.
More of my mud action photography from the 2023 Elizabeth Stampede Rodeo (June 02-04, 2023).
The pickup men were fantastic, so I enjoyed capturing them in action. Rodeo in the rain and mud on Sunday afternoon at the 2023 Elizabeth Stampede Rodeo in Elizabeth, CO. (June 04, 2023)
The weather had the broncs energetic, so the pickup men had their work cut out for them. Rodeo in the rain and mud on Sunday afternoon at the 2023 Elizabeth Stampede Rodeo in Elizabeth, CO. (June 04, 2023)
The broncs had no issues navigating the mud and neither did the talented pickup men who gathered them after each ride. Rodeo in the rain and mud on Sunday afternoon at the 2023 Elizabeth Stampede Rodeo in Elizabeth, CO. (June 04, 2023)
They deserved every penny they earned from working this rodeo. Rodeo in the rain and mud on Sunday afternoon at the 2023 Elizabeth Stampede Rodeo in Elizabeth, CO. (June 04, 2023)
The 2023 Elizabeth Stampede Rodeo will likely always be remembered by any who were involved are attended as the wettest and muddiest rodeo in its history. Photographing it was a great experience, but I was only able to submit just a fraction of my photos for publication. I thought I would work on some of my favorite “mud shots” from the weekend and post them here. I hope you enjoy.
Rodeo in the rain and mud on Sunday afternoon at the 2023 Elizabeth Stampede Rodeo in Elizabeth, CO. (June 04, 2023) — Like adjusting his hat was going to make any difference!
Rodeo in the rain and mud on Sunday afternoon at the 2023 Elizabeth Stampede Rodeo in Elizabeth, CO. (June 04, 2023) — I liked how the mud splashed up in the form of a solid shield.
Rodeo in the rain and mud on Sunday afternoon at the 2023 Elizabeth Stampede Rodeo in Elizabeth, CO. (June 04, 2023) — Look how contained this cowboy seems to be underneath the fury of horse, water and mud.
Rodeo in the rain and mud on Sunday afternoon at the 2023 Elizabeth Stampede Rodeo in Elizabeth, CO. (June 04, 2023) — The area close to the bucking chutes was nearly a pond.
I will keep posting more. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.
Despite living near the Colorado Rocky Mountains, I still get awestruck whenever I visit Yellowstone National Park. The scenery along Yellowstone’s northern loop is unbelievable. This image is newly uploaded to my fine art gallery. I hope you will take a look and be as inspired as I was when I was there.
Gorgeous scenery from a turnout on the northern loop of Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, USA. While there are many destination locations on YNP, there are even more locations to pull off to the side of the road and just admire the landscape and natural beauty in one of the most famous National Parks in the world.~ Image by Lincoln Rogers, 2022
Keep singing that country music song with me… “Wild horses… keep dragging me away.”
The popular and famous Wild Horse Race (they don’t use actual wild horses anymore) is a tradition on the last day of the world famous Cheyenne Frontier Days in Cheyenne, Wyoming. It is a wild and wooly affair that pits cowboys against horsepower in a battle to saddle an untrained horse, ride it around the large track and cross the finish line first.
In a contest of strength and determination, it is cowboy against horse in the annual Wild Horse Race at the conclusion of the historic Cheyenne Frontier Days in Cheyenne, WY. As seen in this image, the horse usually wins.
The horses are typically unharmed during the event (there are plenty of people on hand to help with that). The same can’t be said about most of the cowboys, though.
I wonder if making the decision to sign up for this event goes something like this: “Hey pard, those guys last year couldn’t get that wild horse saddled.” “Here, hold my beer.”
Probably not what Colorado bareback cowboy Casey Colletti did this past Saturday (April 13, 2019)…
Casey Colletti wasn’t in the lineup of competitors for the 2019 Rodeo All Star event held in Denver, CO over the weekend of April 12-13, 2019. But when one of the contestants couldn’t make it, rodeo organizers called Colletti at 7:00 a.m. on Saturday to see if he could drive up from Pueblo, CO and ride some bucking broncs against some of the best competition in the sport.
Forget chores and spring cleaning, Colletti grabbed his gear and arrived in time for the 2:30 p.m. afternoon rodeo. Not content to just show up, Colletti won the afternoon round with an 84-point ride to advance to Saturday night’s championship round where, you guessed it, he rode another bronc for 87 points to win the Saturday night round and move into a head to head match-up against three-time PRCA world champion Will Lowe for a chance at an extra $5,000.00 and the 2019 Rodeo All Star title.
“I’m just happy to be here,” said a smiling Colletti after winning the round on Saturday night and getting ready to ride against Will Lowe for the title. “Being able to go against three time world champion Will Lowe in a shoot out, head to head format. This is the kind of stuff we live for, you know what I mean?”
In the head to head round, Colletti beat his earlier scores with an 88-point ride on his third bucking bronc of the day. That’s right. Not one bucking bronc, which would send most people crawling to their chiropractor, but three bucking broncs in a single afternoon and evening. Even though his impressive 88 points in the head to head round fell short of Will Lowe’s stunning 90-point ride for the Rodeo All Star title, it is safe to say Colletti’s planned day off was a bit more productive than any of ours.