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Canada - Alberta - Longview - In the morning mist
Canada - Alberta – Calgary Stampede – Saddel Bronc Riding
Canada – Alberta – Ponoka Stampede – Bull Riding
Canada - Alberta – Calgary Stampede – Steer Wrestling
Canada - Alberta – Calgary Stampede – Chuckwagon Race
Canada - Alberta – Calgary Stampede – Calf Roping – Capturing a calf with a lasso
The Calgary Stampede, which takes place every summer, is considered the world’s greatest rodeo event. Over a hundred thousand visitors come to admire the audacity of the riders. In the saddle bronc riding competition, cowboys must remain in the saddle for at least 8 seconds, atop a wild Mustang trying with all its might to regain its freedom. - Alberta - Canada
Canada – Alberta – Calgary Stampede – Bareback Riding
Canada – Alberta – Ponoka Rodeo – Bull Riding
Canada – Alberta – Highland - Cowboys go to work
Canada – Alberta – Ponoka Rodeo – Calf Roping
Indian children of the Powwow tribe - Calgary-Stampede, Canada
Bull riding is no doubt the most dangerous rodeo competition. Instead of a wild horse, riders have to try and mount an angry bull, which does not hesitate to gore the cowboy once it has thrown him on the ground if he does not escape quickly enough (Ponoka Stampede, Alberta, Canada).
The feathers of wisdom - The chief of the Blackfeet Indian tribe, who once hunted bison on foot and unarmed by scaring the beasts off the cliffs with their cries. The name Blackfeet came from the black colour of their moccasins and leggings (State of Alberta, Canada). - 1980
In the steer wrestling or bulldogging competition, the rider jumps – while in full gallop – from his saddle onto a (usually young) bull and tries to throw it to the ground by twisting its horns (Ponoka Stampede, Alberta, Canada).
When the prairie was not yet enclosed by barbed wire, rodeo originally consisted in rounding up free-wandering cattle to then take them to new pastures. This practice has survived until this day in some parts, like in the Longview Ranch (Alberta, Canada), belonging to Tom Bews, one of the best-known breeders, cowboys and rodeo men in Canada.
