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Timber Lake’s High School Rodeo

May 16, 2010 by ~The South Dakota Cowgirl~ 5 Comments

South Dakota’s High School Rodeo season is set up quite differently than what I experienced growing up as a kid in Texas. Our season lasted the entire school year. Here, it wouldn’t work quite that good, since there’s snow on the ground by Oct/Nov and it’s not usually nice enough to want to be outside full-time until April. So that’s when their season starts. April. And they have rodeos nearly every weekend until the third weekend in June. Which works out well for us, since that is the weekend we brand around here.

Friday afternoon we ventured up to Timber Lake, South Dakota which is where The Cowboy’s daughter lives. Her home-town high school rodeo was at 5pm that day.

There was lots of pink…

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A cute little brother…

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Bling. Don’t forget that bling is an integral part of a barrel racer’s wardrobe!

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Pink, Green and Bling make for a lot of color! And of course, Wranglers are important!

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It had rained all week, and so the arena was less than dry! In fact, it was a bit icky.

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The first barrel really sat in a mud hole!

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Despite the muddy ground, it was an absolutely gorgeous day outside! Timber Lake turns 100 years old this year. They have an annual celebration, complete with an Amateur Rodeo sanctioned by the South Dakota Rodeo Association every year. This year, it’s their Centennial, so it’s going to be a really big deal.

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Like at most rodeos, there was a grand entry. Albeit, this one was small.

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There’s always at least one cute little dog at a rodeo. At barrel races, they’re practically a pre-requisite accessory for every barrel racer!

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Now it’s time to get down to business. Barrel Racing is the first event at this rodeo. I like it like that!

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I think Kelsy’s horse, Pommel thought that mud around the first barrel was not cool.

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I love the look of concentration, on both their faces! Run, Pommel, Run!

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Time to run home!

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I took a lot of other photos from the rodeo too- some before it started, when they ran the roping calves and steers through the chute, to the other end of the arena; and plenty more of the barrel racers. Next week, I imagine there’ll be even more photos- and maybe some of the other events!

Here’s the rest from the Friday. Enjoy!

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XO

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About ~The South Dakota Cowgirl~

Jenn Zeller is the creative mind and boss lady behind The South Dakota Cowgirl. She is an aspiring horsewoman, photographer, brilliant social media strategist and lover of all things western.

After a brief career in the investment world to support her horse habit (and satisfy her mother, who told her she had to have a “real” job after graduating college), she finally took the leap and stepped away from a regular income; trading the business suit once and for all for cowgirl boots, a hat, and jeans. She has not looked back.

When Jenn first moved to The DX Ranch on the South Dakota plains, she never imagined she’d find herself behind a camera lens capturing an authentic perspective of ranching, and sharing it with others. Jenn has always been called to artistry, and uses music, writing, images, home improvement, and her first true love of horses to express her ranching passion.

Horses are the constant thread and much of her work centers around using her unique style of writing to share her horsemanship journey with others in publications such as CavvySavvy, the AQHA Ranching Blog, the West River Eagle, the family ranch website, and her own website.

Using photography to illustrate her stories has created other opportunities -- Jenn’s brand “The South Dakota Cowgirl” has grown to the level of social media “Influencer”. This notoriety has led to work with Duluth Trading Company, Budweiser, Wyoming Tourism, Vice, Circle Z Ranch and Art of the Cowgirl, to name a few. She also serves as a brand ambassador for Woodchuck USA, Arenus Equine Health, Triple Crown Feed and Just Strong fitness apparel. Her photography has been featured by Instagram, Apple, TIME Magazine, The Huffington Post, and Oprah Magazine. Jenn’s work has been published internationally, has been seen in several books and has graced the covers of several magazines.

Jenn became a social media influencer by accident when she started to explore Instagram as a way to share her life on the ranch with folks that don’t get to experience it. It’s grown into an incredible platform that she uses to empower women, create an environment for self improvement and share life on the ranch.

When she’s not working, she loves to drink coffee, play with her naughty border collie named Copper, start ranch colts, and run about the country chasing cans. Her mother still thinks she doesn’t have a “real” job.

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  1. Kristen says

    May 16, 2010 at 8:54 pm

    great pics, so how’d Kelsey do? BTW I LOVE her belt! Any clue where it came from?

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  2. Brenda Berndt says

    May 16, 2010 at 9:28 pm

    I see leaning-no leaning! She’s gonna be good.

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  3. Kimberley says

    May 17, 2010 at 8:55 am

    Great pictures too bad the arena was so muddy, that is never fun, especially the clean up after! This weekend was our local highschool rodeo too! Luckily our arena is so sandy when it rains the footing gets even better!

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  4. BrownEyedCowgirls says

    May 18, 2010 at 12:44 am

    I sure didn’t miss having to deal with the muddy arenas at the HS rodeos this year. Meg opted out of trying to compete in Colorado until she has her next horse ready.

    I heard White River didn’t even have a practice rodeo this year? What did they do to compensate for the Triple Crown they used to have-Kadoka, WR, Burke ??

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