Molly had competed at the Canadian rodeos and was in Livingston, MT where she was getting her horse re-set before moving on to a number of U.S. I caught up with CFR/NFR barrel racer Molly Powell earlier in the weekend. Most rodeo athletes drive to the their long-weekend events though some leave horses at pre-planned stopping places or in the case of a number of the tie-down ropers and bull doggers, arrange to be mounted on another contestant’s horse and fly to save time and cover more rodeos. Add a healthy dose of tourist traffic, along with a few hundred rodeo rigs and it resembles a freeway. Highway 2 in Alberta (particularly the stretch between Calgary and Edmonton, on which both Airdrie and Ponoka lay) is congested at the best of times. It’s not surprising that rodeo contestants get creative in their bid to make the miles and performances. to $25,000 depending on the rodeo’s added money, the number of contestants and an athlete’s consistency and number of chances to compete. Payouts at ‘Cowboy Christmas rodeos generally range from $5000. US contenders came to as many of the Canadian rodeos as they could fit in – in and around the very lucrative “July fourth” run south of the 49 th parallel – which included such rodeos as Red Lodge and Livingston, MT Cody, Wyoming Molalla and St Paul, Oregon Greeley, Colorado and Vernal, Utah to name a few. Those cowboys and cowgirls staying in Canada traveled between Ponoka and Airdrie, Alberta and Williams Lake, BC – a fairly do-able run if you were set up right. The run involves upwards of 25 rodeos and millions of dollars in prize money. And to professional rodeo athletes on both sides of the forty-ninth parallel, it’s a span of lucrative rodeos that can make or break an individual’s chances of qualifying for the Canadian Finals (CFR) in Canada or the World Finals (NFR) in Las Vegas at the end of the season.Ĭowboy Christmas starts in late June (after Nevada’s Reno Rodeo) and runs through the first week in July or so depending on the way calendar dates fall.
They call it Cowboy Christmas or “the first” in Canada “the fourth” in the U.S. One Week, Multiple Rodeos, Millions in Prize Money
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