Upper Horton Junior Rodeo.... Yihar!

Today was an interesting day....

We started bright and early to get all our functions done

My apprentice and i!!!

We had a 21st, and a ball

plus i did a consultation for another function tomorrow night

and then we were off by 11am to go to the big city of

Upper Horton....

Population: around 1200

Today they were hosting the Junior Rodeo

Emelia's bf Jesse was riding and we thought it would be a nice day out for the girls....

It was really interesting too.

I used to go to the odd rodeo when i was young.

My brothers were keen to ride the potty steers.

I even had a go myself, and i dont remember it ever being this safe!!!

This young bloke is 8 and he is the World Champion Potty Steer rider in his age division, so he is doing it fairly independently...

But the boys dont let them hit the ground hard.

As soon as their time is in the boys are there to catch them

They have this young fella, i think they said he was 4.

He was held the whole time and they lifted him from the beast when he was about to fall.

The older guys (Under 14)

could have more independence

Some had a hard fall like this guy!!

Awesome shot hey??

This is the bloke we went to see

Jesse rode his time and scored ok.

This bloke is Jesse's counsin

I thought this was a good photo...

Riding him sideways!!

All in all it was a lovely day

It was quiet warm in the sun

and there was no wind

all very pleasant.....