Welcome to your first blog review of a rodeo event! Standard disclaimer for this week: I know these pictures are awful. The light was very low, I cranked up the ISO but had to keep the shutter speed high enough to sort of stop the quickly moving cowboys and livestock, all while using my super-zoom lens & then finally cropping some more.
Calf roping involves a cowboy on a horse chasing a calf that has been let out of it’s chute. The cowboy will throw his rope to lasso the calf & then must run to the calf to tie it up.
If you have a really good horse, the second you hop off, the horse will start backing up to remove the slack from the rope.
The cowboy must then pick up the calf and put it down on it’s side so he can tie it’s legs.
You only have to get 3 of the 4 legs tied up (I have no clue why!).
Then you raise your hands in proclamation of victory & the judge will stop the clock.
This was repeated for 8 different cowboys who were competing that night in a round, all hoping to advance to the finals.
Have you ever tried to throw a lasso? It’s HARD!
This cowboy did a grate job & you can tell his horse is keeping the lasso line tight.
GOOD NEWS OF THE DAY: Off to Massachusetts!
