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In rodeo’s classic event, the saddle bronc rider sits on a specialized saddle — it has no horn, and the stirrups are set forward. In the chute, the cowboy adjusts his grip on the rein and perhaps the horse’s position. When the gate opens, his boots must be above the breaks of the horse’s shoulders.

After the horse’s first move, usually a jump,

the cowboy begins spurring in long, smooth strokes, in sync with the horse’s jumps –— legs straight when the bronc comes down,

toward the back of the saddle at the

top of the jump. His only handhold is a

6-foot braided rope. His free hand may not touch

his equipment, his body or the horse. If the ride lasts the required

8 seconds, it is scored by two judges — one on each side —

who assess difficulty and con-trol. Each judge awards up to 25 points for the cowboy’s perfor-

mance and up to 25 points for the animal’s perfor-mance, for a potential of 100 points.

Steer wrestling demands coordination between two mounted cowboys — the contestant and a hazer who controls the steer’s direction — and their

horses. The cowboys back

their horses into the box on each side of the steer. When the contestant nods, the chute gate opens and the steer gets a head start before the cow-boys start to chase him.

As the steer wrestler draws even, he dismounts from his horse, which is moving at perhaps 30 miles an hour. He grasps the steer’s horns and digs his boot heels into the dirt to slow down the 500- to 600-pound steer. Then he wrestles the steer onto its side. When all four legs point in the same direction, the clock stops. Times vary widely depending on the size of the arena.

Team ropers work as partners: one header and one

heeler who move in precise coordination. They and their horses start in the “box.”

When the header nods, the chute gate opens and the steer gets a head start. The header throws the first loop, which must catch the steer’s head or horns, protected by a horn wrap. Then the header dal-lies — wraps his rope around his saddle horn — and moves his horse to pull the rope taut, changing the direction of the steer. That gives the heeler the opportu-nity to catch both of the steer’s hind legs with his own rope. Most heelers try to time their throws to catch the legs when they are in the air.

After the catch, the heeler also dallies, to stop the steer. When the ropes are taut and both hors-es face the steer, the time is recorded. Times vary widely depending on the size of the arena.

Bareback riding is one of the most physically de-manding events in rodeo. A bareback rider sits di-rectly on a bucking horse, with only his own “riggin” to hang onto.

As the horse comes out of the chute, the cowboy’s feet must be above the break of the horse’s shoul-

Bareback Riding

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ders. He holds his feet up at least through the horse’s first move, usually a jump, then spurs the horse on each jump, matching the horse’s rhythm and showing

control rather than flopping around.

He may not touch the horse, his equip-ment or himself with his free hand. If the ride lasts 8 seconds, two judges award up to 25 points each for the cowboy’s “expo-

sure” to the strength of the horse and his spurring technique and up to 25 points each for the horse’s bucking strength and moves.

To start this sprinting event, the tie-down roper and his horse back into the box. The cowboy carries a rope in one hand and a “piggin’ string” in his mouth.

When the cowboy nods, the chute opens and the calf gets a head start. The cowboy throws a loop over its head. His horse stops and pulls the rope taut while the cowboy jumps off, dashes down the rope, lays the calf on the ground and uses the piggin’ string to tie any three of its legs together. Then he lifts his hands to show he is finished, and the field flag judge

drops a flag to stop the clock. The horse is trained to keep the rope taut until the

cowboy remounts and moves the horse toward the calf, giving the rope slack. If the calf’s legs stay tied correctly for 6 seconds, it’s a qualified run and the time stands.

Barrel racing is just that — a race against time in a cloverleaf pattern around three barrels set up in the arena. A rider can choose to begin the cloverleaf pat-tern to the right or left.

The time begins when the horse and rider cross the predetermined start line and stops when they come

back across the same line.

Each run is timed to the hundredths of a second, making every fraction of a second count. (Starting in 2012, Canadian rodeos now time to the

thousandth of a second.) Each tipped-over barrel adds a 5-second penalty to the time. Although barrel racing is one of seven events common to many PRCA-sanc-tioned rodeos, it is administered by a separate organi-zation, the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association.

Bull riding is rodeo’s most dangerous event. In the chute, the bull rider settles on the bull’s back, wraps

his braided rope around the bull’s girth, then loops the rope around his hand and back into his palm so he can grip it tightly.

When he nods, the gate is opened and the bull lung-es out of the chute. Spurring is optional — the primary goal is to stay on for 8 seconds without touching him-self, his equipment or the bull with his free hand.

The cowboy will be scored highly for staying in the middle of the bull, in full control of the ride. If the ride lasts the required 8 seconds, it is scored by two judges who assess difficulty (the bull’s spinning, jumping and kick-ing, lunging, rearing and dropping, and his side-to-side mo-tion) as well as the cowboy’s degree of control. Each judge awards up to 25 points for the cow-boy’s per-formance and up to 25 points for the an-imal’s per-formance, for a poten-tial of 100 points.

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While bull riders attempt to stay

out of harm’s way, bullfighters deliber-ately put themselves between bucking bulls and fallen cowboys, paving the way for the bull rider to make a safe exit from the arena.

Back in the arena this weekend are popular bullfighters Dusty Duba and Joe Butler. They’ve been Ramona fa-vorites for years.

Duba, who married a Ramona cow-girl and rodeo queen (Kayla Spurlock Duba), has been a PRCA bullfighter for 14 years, facing bulls in more than 30

states. Butler received his PRCA card in 2003. His interest in bullfighting began at Oklahoma State University, where he fought bulls at amateur ro-deos and bullfighting events.

Both bullfighters have worked some of the top rodeos in the country, in-cluding circuit finals and bull riding finals.

Although bullfighters used to be con-fused with rodeo clowns — they both dress in funny clothes and are enter-taining — bullfighters tend to leave the funny business to the clowns, knowing that saving lives is no laughing matter.

BULLFIGHTERS KEEP THEM SAFE


Dr. Finbarr Mulvey is no stranger to the rodeo community as this will mark his 15th year

supporting contestants at the Ramona Rodeo.

A 1996 graduate of the Los Angeles School of Chiropractic in Whittier, Calif., he began volunteering early in his career. Upon graduation he connected with the group Pro Sport Chiropractic, a nation-wide organization committed to placing chiropractors at rodeos. These hard-work-ing individuals volunteer their time and services.

Mulvey is passionate about assisting ro-deo contestants, saying, “No one needs it more and no one can afford it less.”

The doctor enjoys working with com-mittees and contestants alike. From the stock contractors to the dedicated volun-teers, rodeo is a community-driven effort, he says, and he is glad to be a part of it.

His passion has taken him to rodeos in Yuma and Cave Creek, Ariz., and all over Southern California. As his family obliga-tions have grown in recent years, he has not been able to travel as much as he did in the past, but says he truly enjoys help-ing the rodeo community.

“I really prefer rodeos to be boring, where everyone rides and everyone gets a score. I watch every ride and it seems like it is always the last ride on the last day that something happens.”

From a medical standpoint, it is impor-tant for the doctor to actually see the in-jury as it happens. He mentions that when he sees the injury happen, he knows how he can best treat the patients to get them back in the arena. It is important for him to watch every ride in the roughstock events and every run in the timed events because you just never know when someone will need an adjustment.

“Rodeo is easy to enjoy and it really keeps me on my toes. My job is to see the injury when it happens so that I can get that contestant 87 percent or whatever it takes to get a contestant adjusted and

ready to compete at the next event.” In the case of a professional rodeo con-

testant, this could mean a matter of days or only hours. Mulvey typically arrives about two hours before and stays after each ro-deo performance to allow time to adjust contestants who rely on his services.

He has always noticed the quality of people who are involved in rodeo. “They are kind, respectful and love their coun-try.”

Those are the people who line up to be treated at a rodeo and it is because of those noted qualities that Mulvey says he is more than happy to treat contestants, committee members and volunteers dur-ing the rodeo.

Because of the family-oriented atmo-sphere that accompanies the rodeo he also feels that there is no safer place you can bring your family and children.

Ramona Rodeo is fortunate to have him give his time and services year after year. He and his wife, Dr. Cheryl Ricketts-Mul-vey, own and operate Olde Mission Chi-ropractic in San Marcos. A full blooded Irish American, he notes that people al-ways ask him about his name. It is actually a very common Irish name that his parents simply gave him, he explains. He is the 11th of 12 children.

His wife and two daughters enjoy riding

their six horses in their free time. His wife is a traveling equine chiropractor who covers an area from the Mexican border to North Temecula.

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Dr. Finbarr Mulvey returns to townfor his15th year as rodeo volunteer

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The care of rodeo livestock is taken se-riously by the Professional Rodeo Cow-boys Association and the individuals who own them. When your paycheck depends upon the performance of your animals, animal care is a number one priority.

The PRCA requires a state-approved veterinarian be present during each ro-deo performance, and Ramona resident Dr. Jon Matthews is the official vet for the Ramona Rodeo.

Matthews ensures that rodeo livestock and contestants’ animals have the best care at all times. The doctor’s job during the rodeo starts with a livestock check that typically happens on the Thursday before the rodeo. The paperwork is signed and approved by designated Pro Rodeo officials whose jobs are to ensure that the committees and stock contractors adhere to PRCA guidelines.

“When people have asked me about the welfare of the animals in the rodeo I have always said that the ones I feel sorry for are the cowboys,” said Matthews. “I have seen many cowboys injured during the decades. The animals, on the other hand, have it pretty easy.

“The rodeo stock only work a few min-utes a day depending on the animal. The rest of the time they are relaxing and munching hay. These animals have it easy. They are important to the Honeycutt fam-ily and are well cared for.”

Matthews has donated his time for over 20 years. His Matthews Equine Services is considered a top sponsor to the Ramona

Rodeo and is one of the longest partici-pating sponsors in the history of the ro-deo. Today he is recognized and applaud-ed for his efforts, as he is a vital part of the annual event.

“I was asked back in the early ‘90s to be the vet for the Ramona Rodeo. Back in those days being an equine vet was very seasonal. Most of my work was in the spring and summer because horse breeding and foals were such a large part of my practice. Even though it was during the most hectic time of the year, I agreed to do it. It was important to me to give back to the community that was giving so much to my family and me.”

He says that the rodeo is like a forced rest for him. His diagnostic acupuncture is now taking him all over the world, keeping him very busy.

“Hardly anything ever happens that needs my services, which is a good thing, so it is usually pretty quiet,” he says of rodeo weekend. “I also like the continu-ity of the rodeo and how it relates to the seasons and the town. The rodeo hap-pens about the time the oat hay is cut and baled in town. The rhythm of the town and its events are comforting.”

Through the years he evolved from a small town, backyard horse vet to an inter-national sport horse doctor. Even though he can be responsible for the care of Olympic quality athletes in China and Eu-rope, he still enjoys sharing his time with the community, watching the rodeo, and providing his services if he is needed.

Dr. Jon S. Matthews, Ramona Rodeo’s volunteer vet

Cowboys and cowgirls know they’ve come to the right place when they step into the Cowboy Hospitality section of the Ramona Rodeo.

The rodeo committee provides all the food, drinks and snacks they want, and there’s even reserved bleacher seating so they can watch the rodeo action when

they’re not competing in the arena. It’s a place they and a guest can relax and get refreshed.

“It’s an awesome menu — barbecue beef, chicken and beef,” says commit-tee member Jolinda Georgeson, adding, “It’s super yummy, all smoked and made specially for them.”

Cowboy hospitality — Ramona style

Part of the growing success of Ramona Rodeo is Hon-eycutt Rodeo Inc., the family-run business that’s been the town’s stock contractor since 1991.

Headquartered in Alamosa, Colo., since 1976, Honeycutt provides stock for many of the top rode-os in the Southwest, including the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas.

Roy Honeycutt, with his wife Virginia, their sons Jerry and Scott and now Scott’s children have become like family to members of the Ramona Rodeo Committee and fans. In ad-dition to their rodeo connection, a bond they share is their friendship with the late world-champion cowboy and Ramona resident Casey Tibbs.

As a former rodeo contestant, Honeycutt understands the value of good rodeo stock. Most say the animals are at least 50 percent of the game, and many cowboys be-lieve they play an even greater role.

This rodeo contractor has become part of the community. Look for him and family members in the Main Street Parade Saturday morning.

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Friday, May 17

5:30 p.m. Gates Open7:30 p.m. Rodeo Opening Performance

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Saturday, May 1810 a.m. Ramona Main Street Parade

From 13th Street to 4th Street 5:30 p.m. Gates Open

7:30 p.m. Rodeo PerformanceImmediately Following Rodeo

Free Family Dance

Sunday, May 199:30 a.m. Cowboy Church

Noon to 2 p.m. Kids Dayin the Pavilion

12:30 p.m. Gates Open2:30 p.m. Rodeo Performance

Tickets Are Available AtRamona Business Barn, 369 Main St.

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Friday, May 175:30 p.m. Gates Open

7:30 p.m. Rodeo Opening Performance

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Sunday, May 199:30 a.m. Cowboy Church

Noon to 2 p.m. Kids Dayin the Pavilion

12:30 p.m. Gates Open2:30 p.m. Rodeo Performance

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Ramona’s 33rd annual rodeo broke a record before it even started. A record number of cowboys and cowgirls — 364 — are contenders in what promises to be another blockbuster weekend.

Presented by Ramona Outdoor Com-munity Center and sanctioned by the Pro-fessional Rodeo Cowboys Association, the show is in the award-winning Fred Grand Arena, 421 Aqua Lane, May 17-19. At a time when many small towns are drop-ping rodeos, Ramona’s is going strong. So many contestants are entered that two nights of slack, or overflow, are planned after the Friday show and Saturday show.

“Slack will be a rodeo in itself, because there are so many cowboys,” said Joani Georgeson, ROCC director and event chair.

Tied to the Ramona ROCC’s The Wild West mantra of the weekend is this year’s Home Sweet Home theme.

“We’re focusing on what Ramona’s all about,” said Georgeson.

To bolster the town’s Junior Fair and Ag Boosters, ROCC will donate 100 percent of the proceeds from the Sunday after-noon VIP section to the two groups. “It’s all about Ramona,” repeated Georgeson.

Something new — mutton busting — will provide added entertainment dur-ing halftime Friday, and Ramona’s Rain-bow Riders award-winning precision drill team, also called the Blue Angels on Horseback, will thrill fans with their fast-

paced intricate maneuvers Saturday and Sunday.

Friday is Urban Cowboy Night with Me-chanical Bull Jackpot competition in the pavilion after the rodeo. Entry fee is $40 with a 65 percent payback plus added money of $250. It’s open to anyone at least 18 years old.

Contestants will ride the mechanical bull as if it were the real thing, aiming for the highest score. A judge will determine the score. Music, cowgirls and other fun will round out the evening.

Saturday’s a jam-packed day, with the Main Street Parade at 10 a.m., the rodeo show, and a free dance to the music of the country band Whiskey Ridge in the pavil-ion. It’s a family dance, open to all ages.

Sunday’s another busy day, with Cow-boy Church in the Cowboy Hospitality area at 9:30 a.m., Kids Day in the pavil-ion from noon to 2 p.m. and the rodeo at 2:30 p.m.

In addition to the weekend rodeo and special events, spend time checking out what rows of vendors are offering, enjoy the variety of food, and sample some of the wine and beer and other refreshments.

Tickets are available at the gate and ra-monarodeo.net, with advance tickets also at Ramona Business Barn, 369 Main St., and Elston Hay and Grain, 2220 Main St.

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Megan Buckley, 2013 Ramona Rodeo Queen, has been promoting rodeo and the rodeo lifestyle for the past two years as the town’s junior rodeo queen and is ready for her new role.

Megan, a freshman at Northern Arizona University, grew up in Ramona and loves representing her hometown. The business and marketing major has been riding horses since she was 4, and over the years her pas-sion for horses led her to successfully com-pete in a variety of competitions.

In addition to her current Ramona Rodeo Queen title and former Junior Queen title, she has has multiple division championship titles with the Ramona Santana Riders and enjoys competing in barrel racing.

Megan attended Ramona High School where she maintained a 3.8 grade point av-erage. While there she played for three years on the girls varsity basketball team and was recognized by the Union Tribune as one of

San Diego’s outstanding student athletes in 2011 and 2012.

This rodeo queen has a variety of interests. She is involved in community service and philanthropy projects through her Alpha Phi Sorority and plays basketball with her col-lege intra mural team.

Her hobbies are pleasure riding, working out, volunteering, and hanging out with her family and friends.

As the 2103 Ramona Rodeo Queen, Me-gan Buckley is proud to be an ambassador for the town of Ramona and professional rodeo, and a spokesperson for our western heritage and values.

She also wants to be a positive role model for young children demonstrating goodwill, a positive character and the highest level of integrity.

Look for her in the arena during rodeo shows and outside the arena throughout ro-deo weekend.

2013 Queen

Leading the Main Street Parade as grand marshal Saturday morning will be Ramona Honorary Mayor Sharon Davis in Dan Wendt’s antique horse-drawn doctor’s buggy.

Following the carriage will be representatives of some of Ramona’s pioneer families riding in floats and cars in appreciation for all the work they’ve done for the community over the years.

Home Sweet Home is the theme of the parade, which will start at 10 a.m. and go along Main from 13th to Fourth streets. With approximately 80 entries, it is expected to last about two hours.

Pat Donovan, parade chair, advises those viewing the parade to arrive early to get a prime spot. Bring water, sunscreen, a comfortable beach or lawn chair. Choosing the shady side of Main is recommended as it likely will be a warm day.

The registration table will be off 14th Street and the staging area will be in the Calvary Chapel parking lot off 14th Street and also off 13th Street.

The parade has three divisions: Equestrian, Motor-ized, and Walking. Entries run the gamut from two Clydesdales hitched to the Rabobank entry to Ramo-na Forum’s Hollywood version of America.

Rodeo royalty, community queens and princesses, Miss California Icon, and Miss and Teen Miss Ra-mona, Lakeside and Julian are participating, as are the Shriners, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Boy and Girl Scouts, youth sports teams, Ramona Rebels Elite Cheer, Ramona Teachers Association, Ramona Trails Association, the San Diego Sheriff’s Volunteer Mount-ed Patrol, Masonic Lodge, Escondido Mounted Posse, Century 21 Award Ramona, Ramona Martial Arts, CDF Historical Society, George Weir Asphalt Con-struction, the San Diego Branch of the Antique Tractor

Club and more.Announcer stands will be set up on every block, so

everyone will get a clear description of each entry as it makes its way down Main Street.

The best part of putting on the parade is “the two hours it’s on the road,” said Donovan, “and working with the rest of the organizers and knowing we’re put-ting it on for a great cause — our town.”

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Ramona Rodeo receives spiritual sup-port from longtime Ramona resident Richard Rabehl, who leads Cowboy Church services at 9:30 a.m. on rodeo Sunday. This is the seventh year he will give a meaningful message and blessing for the Ramona Rodeo.

Services will take place in the contes-tants’ hospitality area. The public is wel-come.

Rabehl’s start at Cowboy Church is an interesting story. The late Al Jaggie of Grace Community Church in Ramona

contacted him the Sunday of the 2007 Ramona Rodeo.

“He asked me if I did pulpit fill and I said, sure, when do you need me? and Al’s reply was, about 30 minutes. I said OK and while on the way to the ro-deo grounds my wife asked me what I planned to use in my sermon and I said whatever the Lord puts on my heart when I get there.”

Pastor Rabehl has lived in Ramona with his family for over 30 years. He and his wife Maureen have a son Michael and daughter Jennifer.

He works as an area missionary for In Faith An American Mission. The responsi-bilities of an area missionary are to fill in when churches need assistance in estab-lishing and developing new fellowships. Rabehl does a lot of church planning and arranging for home groups and Bible studies, and he also spends a great deal of time pastoring and supporting refugees from all over the world. These groups in-clude the Lost Boys of Sudan and refugees from Iraq.

He does not speak any Spanish, but he has helped develop three Spanish-speak-ing churches. His region covers much of Southern California from the Mexican border to just south of Valencia and from

the coast to the Arizona state line. A Mission Partner for 15 years, his com-

mitment to the church began when he donated his time as a mission pastor to assist with marriage and family counsel-ing while he worked applying computer software for AT&T. He earned his under-graduate degree in Biblical Studies and Theology from Southern California Bible College, and it was then that he felt he was being called to ministry. He complet-ed his graduate studies at the Institute for Biblical Counseling and Discipleship and began pastoring full time after earning his second degree.

He was born in Oklahoma, but being raised in a military family allowed him to live in Texas, Nebraska and eventually Thiensville, Wisc., where he graduated from high school. He mentions that his childhood was typical of a young person growing up in rural America. After leav-ing home at age 18, he was in the Navy for four years, serving two tours of duty in Vietnam.

He can relate to rodeo contestants, as he understands what it is like to be in a new place every week. Whether he was in the military, working in the field for AT&T or working in ministry, he’s been on call 24 hours a day, perhaps the reason he

agreed to drive to the rodeo grounds and deliver his first rodeo message and bless-ing.

This pastor has a reputation for being generous with his time and always willing to provide spiritual support and guidance.

He is a walking testament of the mes-sage of hope that he brings to the pul-pit. Even though he has been living with chronic leukemia and his doctors consid-er his longevity a feat of science or a mir-acle, Pastor Rabehl refuses to be a victim of his own circumstance. In fact, he uses this new chapter in his life to his advan-tage to relate to those who are struggling or in need.

On May 15, he and his wife celebrated their 48th anniversary, and he says he is grateful for every day he is given.

Their family has horses, but he admits he is more of a caretaker. His wife and daughter enjoy riding their horses.

What Pastor Rabehl enjoys most about being a part of the Ramona Rodeo is the ever-present focus on God, family and country in the rodeo arena.

“No matter what you think, we still live in the greatest country in the world,” he said. “I feel blessed to be a part of the rodeo each year to share the message of Jesus Christ.”

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Look for something new during half-time at Friday night’s rodeo: Mutton Busting!

Jama McCluskey at Catt Farm and Ranch Supply saw it for the first time at the Poway Rodeo and said, “I never laughed so hard. It was adorable, just adorable.”

Matt Deskovick, owner of Catt Farm and Ranch Supply, is sponsoring the event. All entrants will get bull-riding vests and mini helmets to wear when they enter the arena hanging on to a sheep and attempt to hang on for 8 sec-

onds.“The kids ride the sheep as if they

were bull riders,” said McCluskey.The event is open to all children ages

4 to 7 who weigh 60 pounds or less. Mc-Cluskey had a weigh-in and reviewed the rules and regulations with entrants and parents at Catt Farm, 629 Main St., Wednesday evening before rodeo week-end.

This is a first for Ramona Rodeo, but it sounds like it could start a tradition.

“There’s nothing like it,” an enthusias-tic McCluskey said.

It’s mutton busting — rodeo style!Hang on, kids!


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Here are some of the rodeo terms you’ll hear during the show:

Average: usually used to de-scribe the aggregate score for a contestant who competed in more than one round, e.g., “He had times of 9.3 and 9.8 seconds in the two rounds and placed third in the average with 19.1 seconds on two head”

Barrelman: an entertainer who uses a barrel to distract a bull af-ter a ride, and sometimes to pro-tect the cowboy

Barrier: in timed events, a line at the front of the box that the contestant and his horse cannot cross until the steer or calf has a head start, usually marked with a rope and a flag so the timers can see it drop and start the clock

Box: in a timed event, the area a horse and rider back into before they make a roping or steer wres-tling run

Breaking the barrier: in the timed events, if the rider leaves

the box too soon – failing to give the animal enough of a head start – he is assessed a 10-second pen-alty

Bronc rein: a saddle bronc rider holds onto a bronc rein at a specific position that he de-termines based on the size and bucking habits of the horse he’s about to ride; bronc riders often give each other advice about the length of rein a specific horse will perform best with, e.g., “Give him 3½ fingers”

Bulldogger: a steer wrestler

Bullfighter: an athlete who protects the bull rider after he dismounts or is bucked off by dis-tracting the bull and directing its attention to the exit gate, some-times stepping between the bull and the bull rider

Calf roper: a tie-down roper

Chute: a pen that holds an ani-mal safely in position

Covering: in the roughstock events, staying on for at least the

minimum time, 8 seconds: “He covered all three broncs he rode last weekend.”

Crossfire penalty: in team rop-ing, if the header doesn’t change the direction of the steer before the heeler catches, the run is dis-qualified

Dally: in team roping, each roper, after throwing his loop, wraps the loose rope around his saddle horn – dallies – and the two ropers move their horses to face each other, pulling the ropes taut to stop the clock

Draw: each roughstock com-petitor who enters a PRCA rodeo is assigned a specific bucking horse or bull in a random draw conducted at PRCA headquarters three days before the rodeo; each timed-event contestant is as-signed a calf or steer in a random draw on site, shortly before each performance of a rodeo begins

Drop: in roughstock events, the way a bucking horse or bull may lower its front end suddenly while kicking out in back, creat-ing a more difficult ride; in timed events, the way a calf or steer may lower its head to avoid a catch

Flags: because rodeo’s timed events are measured in tenths of

seconds, judges in the arena drop flags to signal the timers to stop the clocks

Flankman: a cowboy or cowgirl who works in the bucking chutes, adjusting the flank strap around the animal before the ride; the best flankmen and women are familiar with each individual ani-mal and know exactly how much flank to give each animal to en-courage optimal bucking

Flank strap: A soft sheepskin- or Neoprene-lined strap placed in the area where a human’s belt would go, it encourages the ani-mal to kick out behind itself rath-er than rear up, which provides a safer, showier ride

Go-round: Many rodeos have more than one round of compe-tition; each is called a go-round, and all cowboys entered in that rodeo compete in each go-round unless there is a semi-final, final or progressive round

Gold Card member, life mem-ber: A 10-year, dues-paying member of the PRCA who has reached his 50th birthday, or a 20-year dues-paying member of any age

Hazer: in steer wrestling, the cowboy who rides on the right

side of the steer from the contes-tant to make sure the steer runs straight

Header/heeler: the two part-ners in team roping – the header throws the first rope, over the animal’s head or horns, and the heeler throws the second rope to catch both the steer’s hind legs; roping one leg results in a five-second penalty

Hooey: the knot that a cowboy uses to finish tying the calf’s legs together in tie-down roping

Hung up: when a bull rider or bareback rider cannot remove his hand from the rope or handle before he dismounts or is thrown off the bull’s or horse’s back, his hand is “hung up” – a dangerous situation – and the pickup men or bullfighters will move in to help dislodge his hand so he can get clear of the animal

Riggin’: a suitcase-style hand-hold customized to a rider’s grip and attached to a molded piece of leather that is cinched, with a pad, around the horse’s girth

Slack: excess entries at some rodeos may be scheduled for pre-liminary (slack) competition, usu-ally before the rodeo opens to the public, but sometimes after

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Ramona Rodeo attracts the big names. Among them this year are reigning world champion steer

wrestler Luke Branquinho, bareback rider Cody DeMers, bull rider Cody Whitney, barrel racer Sherry Cervi, tie-down rop-er Mike Johnson, saddle bronc cowboy Spencer Wright, team roping heeler Ca-leb Twisselman and team roping header Jake Barnes.

F o u r -time world champion steer wres-tler LUKE B R A N -QUINHO , is a famil-iar face in R a m o n a . He was the

champion steer wrestler at Ramona’s 2012 rodeo, breaking his own arena record with a time of 3.5 seconds, and 2011 co-champion here. The Santa Ma-ria, Calif., native lives in Los Alamos with his wife and two young sons. He’s earned nearly $2 million during his PRCA career that began in 2000.

Among recent career highlights, he placed in seven of 10 rounds at the 2012 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, winning

the fourth round in 3.3 seconds. Also in 2012, he won the Caldwell (Idaho) Night Rodeo, the Redding (Calif.) Rodeo, the Las Vegas Helldorado Days Rodeo, and the Grand National Rodeo in San Fran-cisco.

In his first year with PRCA, he received Overall and Steer Wrestling Rookie of the Year honors — and he’s been racking up titles since.

On Friday night, look for bareback rid-er CODY DEMERS, whose earnings are nearly $1 million in the 14 years he’s been a PRCA mem-ber. In addition to his successful rodeo career, DeMers is the assistant rodeo coach at College of Southern

Idaho.He’s a three-time Ram National Circuit

Finals Rodeo qualifier, 2012 winner of the 75th Annual Lehi Round-Up in Utah, and 2012 winner at the Oakley Independence Day Rodeo, also in Utah. He shares 2012 champion honors at the Molalla Buck-eroo in Oregon.

Among his career highlights, DeMers tied for first place in Round 4 of the 2011

Wrangler National Finals Rodeo and placed in five other rounds to jump from 13th to seventh in the final world stand-ings. He left the 2010 Dodge Wilderness Circuit Finals Rodeo in Ogden, Utah, a winner, and closer to Ramona, he was 2009 co-champion of the Lakeside Ro-deo. Born in Helena, Mont., he lives in Kimberly, Idaho.

Bull rider CODY WHITNEY, 31, hails from Sayre, Okla. Look for this PRCA cowboy in the Satur-day night show.

In 2012 the cham-pionship bull rider won Round 2 of the Wrangler National

Finals Rodeo with an 89-point ride, plac-ing 10th overall. He won Frontier Days in Cheyenne, Wyo.; the World’s Oldest Ro-deo in Phoenix, Ariz.; the Seminole Clas-sic Xtreme Bulls in Okeechobee, Fla; the St. George Lions Dixie Roundup in Utah; the Pasadena Livestock Show & Rodeo in Texas; and was co-champion at the YMBL Championship Rodeo in Beaumont, Tex-as.

Among career highlights and stand-ings, he’s been a CBR world champion-ship qualifier numerous times, a Wrangler

National Finals Rodeo qualifier 2009-12, and CBR champion in Biloxi, Miss. He started riding steers when he was 8 and joined PRCA in 2003. His career earnings since then are close to $500,000.

He’s earned the Crown King title, and is said to be one the riders fans want to see more often.

T w o - t i m e world cham-pion barrel racer SHERRY CERVI joins the competition on Sunday after-noon. Cervi is

one of the most well-known and respect-ed barrel racers in rodeo.

The Marana, Ariz., cowgirl lives in the town she was born and considers her home her sanctuary. She’s had her Women’s Professional Rodeo Association card since she was 12. At 5 feet 10 inches tall, she was on the high school basket-ball team, and many weekends found her playing a basketball game Friday night, driving all night with her parents, and competing in a Saturday morning rodeo.

She did well in goat tying and team roping, but she loved barrel racing and worked hard to get where she is. Life threw her a curve when her husband

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of six years died in a plane crash when she was 26. She took a year off from ro-deoing. When she returned in 2003, she made the NFR for the ninth time. It wasn’t her last.

With so many cow-boys and cowgirls sign-ing up for the 2013 rodeo and with his busy sched-ule, 23-time Wrangler Na-tional Finals

Rodeo tie-down roper MIKE JOHNSON competes during slack after the Friday night show.

Among his highlights as a professional cowboy, he has won the California Rodeo Salinas Dodge City Roundup, Black Hills Stock Show & Rodeo and Mother Lode Roundup, Molalla Buckaroo, Strathmore Stampede Rodeo and Brawley Cattle Call Rodeo. His wife, Sherrylynn, is a profes-sional barrel racer.

The Henryetta, Okla., cowboy had an accident last spring that severed the end of his left thumb. The bones were set and sewed back together, and he was on the sidelines for awhile, but he’s back. Stay after Friday’s performance and watch Johnson and other Friday night slack competitors.

S a d d l e bronc cow-boy SPENCER WRIGHT has a reputation to uphold. He’s the youngest of six Wright brothers from Milford, Utah, competing in PRCA saddle bronc riding

events. The seventh Wright brother wrestles and plays basketball.

New to the PRCA — he joined in 2012 — he left last year’s Ramona Rodeo the saddle bronc champion and will be back Friday night for another shot at first place. He won this year’s Grand National Rodeo in San Francisco and Brawley Cattle Call Rodeo. In addition, he shared the cham-pion title at this year’s Industry Hills Char-ity Pro Rodeo and the Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show & Rodeo in Texas.

The 24-year-old earned the 2012 Resis-

tol PRCA Saddle Bronc Rookie of the Year Award. As an amateur he was National High School Saddle Bronc Riding cham-pion in 2008.

Team roping heeler CALEB TWISSEL-MAN hails from San Luis Obispo, Calif. He’s the 2012 PRCA California Circuit Year End Champion.

Winner of the 2013 Oakdale Saddle Club Rodeo with Cole-man Proctor and the

2013 San Dimas Western Days Rodeo with Blaine Linaweaver, he joined PRCA in 1999 and since then has earned nearly $664,000 in rodeos. Among career high-lights are winning the Avi River Stampede in Arizona last year, the Walker County Fair & Rodeo in Texas in 2011 and plac-ing in five rounds en route to a third-place finish in the Wrangler National Finals Ro-deo in 2010.

As an amateur, he was a two-time Cali-fornia High School Team Roping Cham-pion. A resident of Santa Margarita, Ca-lif., he’ll be in the Fred Grand Arena with team roping header Coleman Proctor from Pryor, Okla., on Saturday night.

With 25 National Fi-nals Rodeo q u a l i f i c a -tions un-der his belt, team roping header JAKE BARNES says he was born

to swing a rope, and few would disagree. He joined the PRCA in 1980 and quali-fied for the NFR his rookie season.

Inducted into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame in 1997, his career earnings total more than $2.1 million. The seven-time World Champion Team Roper lives in Scottsdale, Ariz., and also has been a Dodge National Circuit Finals champion and Turquoise Circuit team roping cham-pion.

“It has been my dream since I was a little kid to be a world champion,” the Huntsville, Texas, native says. “All I ever wanted was to be a champion and wear a world buckle.”

He’s achieved his goal more than once and will be in the Ramona arena teamed with heeler Cody Pearson from Tucson, Ariz.during the Sunday mati-nee show.

Not every contestant will travel from out of town or out of state to participate in the 33rd annual Ramona Rodeo. For some, it’s a hometown show.

Ramona contenders in this year’s rodeo include steer-wrestlers Matt Deskovick and Fred Hight, tie-down roper Cameron Elston, barrel racer Stephanie Powell, and team ropers Chris Branham, heeler, and Marcus Battaglia, header.

Two years ago, Elston won All-Around cowboy honors at the Ramona Rodeo. Look for him in the arena on Sunday after-noon. Deskovick, the fastest steer wrestler at the Riverdale Rodeo on May 5, will be in the Ramona arena Saturday night hop-

ing for a repeat performance, and Hight will attempt to do the same Sunday.

Powell, formerly Stephanie Reeves, will compete during slack Saturday night, Bra-nham will be teamed with Edward Castro from Lakeside on Friday, and on Sunday Battaglia will be in the arena with Jordan Ketscher from Squaw Valley.

Former Ramona cowboy Mason Malone, now a Warner Springs resident, will compete in tie-down roping Friday, and Ramona High graduate Junior Saenz, a Valley Center resident and bull rider, can be seen at the Saturday show.

Also in the Fred Grand Arena during many rodeos, but not as a contender, is PRCA photographer Reed Settle.

Hometown contenders are among the pros

Trick roping, high-impact/low-impact aerobic workouts, animal routines and trick riding are part of the reasons Keith Isley stays busy year-round. They’re among the comedy routines he uses as a professional rodeo clown.

The entertainer at this year’s Ramona Rodeo, Isley is an award-winner, holding the Coors “Man in the Can” titles four consecutive years since 2009, PRCA “Clown of the Year” honors for six consecutive years, PRCA “Comedy Act of the Year” several times, and NFR “Barrel Man” — to name just a few of his accomplishments.

The North Carolina native’s travels to rodeo shows take him throughout the United States, Puerto Rico and Canada.

He started his rodeo career as a teen in 1972 competing in junior rodeo division bareback rid-ing and bull riding. He’s also tried his hand at bullfighting. When he realized he was having

more fun bullfighting (protecting the cowboys) than competing, his career as a per-former began.

Being a bit shy, he finds that the baggy pants and makeup he wears as a rodeo clown provide him a comfort shield between himself and the spectators.

A rodeo clown and specialty act not only entertains through the rodeo, but he also serves as a spokesman for the rodeo committee.

Enjoy his show.

Keith Isley, the ‘Man in the Can’


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Sunday from noon to 2 p.m. is all about the kids.

That’s when boys and girls ages 3-11 get a sense of what it’s like to be a profes-sional cowboy or cowgirl.

The fun’s in the pavilion. Free hats and free ropes will go to the first 150 young-sters in the “arena.”

Professional cowboys will sign auto-graphs and talk to the young contestants,

rodeo royalty and other volunteers will assist the children in the various events, a mock-up dummy bull will be ready for riding, there will be two iron horses for calf roping, and it will be an opportunity for dummy roping and barrel fun galore. In addition. Clay Hatch will bring a goat so the budding pros can try their hands at roping out a chute, says Jama McCluskey, Kids Day coordinator.

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