The Rodeo

Known for its fast pace and large number of contestants, The Rodeo ensures guests see more action than they can see at any other rodeo.

9 Days of

Action-packed events

Cheyenne Frontier Days™ has a modified, tournament-style rodeo format.

Every rodeo performance will see event money winners who will advance to semifinals and finals. Finals competition starts with a clean slate on Championship Sunday, where the highest scores and fastest times will be crowned champion!

Timed events slack is the qualifying round to make it into the rodeo performances.

Bareback riding is one of rodeos most physically demanding events. It grew in popularity in the early 1900s when there were no set rules, so some riders would hold on to the horses mane, or a loose twisted rope around the horse’s girth. A rigging similar to the one used today was introduced in the 1920s by Earl Bascom who invented it.

Barrel Racing evolved from the relay races in the old wild west shows.

Women’s breakaway roping is comparable to men’s tie-down roping, except the cowgirls are not required to dismount and tie the calf

Gaining popularity in the nineteenth century, Bull Riding started as a competition among cowboys to determine who was the toughest rider.

Saddle Bronc riding was the first rodeo event to be introduced to Cheyenne Frontier Days.

Steer wrestling or Bulldogging is an event where men try to wrestle a 600 pound steer to the ground.

Team Roping started in the old working ranches of the west, when two ropers were needed because the size of the animal was too much for a single man.

Starting out as informal competition between ranch hands, tie-down roping now relies on good horsemanship and cowboy athleticism just as much as roping.

the wild horse race started in the 1800’s as a competition between ranch teams.

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SADDLE UP & sEE OUR Events

The Rodeo: Bareback Riding

July 19-27
1-4 p.m.

The Rodeo: Women’s Breakaway Roping

July 19-27
1-4 p.m.

The Rodeo: Bull Riding

July 19-27
1-4 p.m.

The Rodeo: Tie Down Roping

July 19-27
1-4 p.m.

The Rodeo: Saddle Bronc Riding

July 19-27
1-4 p.m.

The Rodeo: Team Roping

July 19-27
1-4 p.m.

The Rodeo: Steer Wrestling

July 19-27
1-4 p.m.

The Rodeo: Women’s Barrel Racing

July 19-27
1-4 p.m.

The Rodeo: Wild Horse Race

July 19-27
1-4 p.m.

Cheyenne Frontier Days

Award Winning

Cheyenne Frontier Days™ has received the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) Large Outdoor Rodeo of the Year Award sixteen times overall at the National Finals Rodeo Awards Banquet in Las Vegas.