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Little Britches Rodeo - It's all about our kids
It’s always been about kids and to that
degree Little Britches Rodeo hasn’t changed
much during its 54-year history. It’s now
an association dedicated to kids ages 5 to
18, who are lucky enough to live a life that
many of us just dream about – one that
involves horses and competing in the great
sport of rodeo.
Rodeo is a family “business” and no one
understands that better than the families
who compete in Little Britches Rodeo. To
be an active NLBRA member, it takes a
family. Parents, guardians, aunts, uncles,
friends and even grandparents are
dedicated to providing the best possible
experience for their kids. And this happens
in a variety of ways, including finding great
horses, roping a bale of hay for hours,
being in the practice pen, attending
professional rodeo clinics or taking lessons,
and of course hauling down the highway to
the next Little Britches Rodeo.
When you get to a Little Britches Rodeo
your family instantly grows to include
those who have hauled in for the same
rodeo. It’s one of the strangest and yet one
of the best things about rodeo. Your
competition becomes your best friends. In
today’s age, it is sometimes hard to find
support, especially when you’re the “new
kid on the block”, but in Little Britches
our new comers and their families remark
how welcome they felt the very first time
they went to a rodeo. A family new to the
NLBRA is the Custer family from Arizona.
“Everyone there, the announcer, the judges,
the other contestants and those sitting in
the stands were cheering for my kid,” said
World Champion Bull Rider Cody Custer.
“And, then I realized that they weren’t just
cheering on my kid, but every kid who
entered the arena. It was a great experience
and we look forward to being members for
many years to come. ”
Little Britches Rodeo is designed to help
the children progress as they mature. Our
youngest contestants, who can join on their
fifth birthday, are known as the Little
Wranglers. This division is combined for
boys and girls ages five to seven and they
compete in four events -- barrel racing,
pole bending, flag racing and goat tail
untying.
The Junior Division, for boys and girls 8 to
13, is broken into events for
boys and events for girls, but
there are two events, team
roping and ribbon roping,
where they can compete
together as a team. Junior
boys events are: bareback
riding, bull riding, flag racing,
goat tying, breakaway roping.
Junior girls events are: barrel
racing, pole bending,
breakaway roping, goat tying
and trail course.
The Senior Division, for boys
and girls 14-18, is also broken
into separate events except
team roping, where teams can
be made up of two boys, two
girls or a boy and a girl.
Senior Girls compete in the
same events as Junior Girls
and the Senior Boys compete
in the same events as the
professionals, including:
bareback riding, saddle bronc
riding, bull riding, tie-down roping, steer wrestling.
Little Britches Rodeo’s slogan is “Where Legends Begin” and it’s
true, Little Britches Rodeo has helped to produce some of the
top professional cowboys and cowgirls including: Ty Murray,
Butch and Rope Myers, Kyle Hughes, K.C. Jones, Kristie
Peterson, Marlene McRae, Shali Lord, Cimarron Gerke, Todd
Suhn, and many more.
We hope you make time to watch these young athletes every
Wednesday night. We thank our sponsors, especially RFD-TV,
EZ Up TV and Outdoor 123 for seeing our vision of growing
the National Little Britches Rodeo Association, while bringing
you the viewer great family programming.
Contact Information:
5050 Edison Ave., Ste. #105
Colorado Springs, CO 80915
Toll Free: 1-800-763-3694
Phone: 719-389-0333
Fax: 719-578-1367
info@nlbra.com
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