{"id":331,"date":"2022-08-01T15:48:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-01T21:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koto.local\/the-san-miguel-rodeo-rides-again\/"},"modified":"2025-01-09T16:37:25","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T23:37:25","slug":"the-san-miguel-rodeo-rides-again","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/koto.org\/es\/news\/the-san-miguel-rodeo-rides-again\/","title":{"rendered":"The San Miguel Rodeo Rides Again"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Gavin McGough<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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San Miguel Basin Rodeo (Photo by Peter B Lundeen Photography)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Building on a long tradition of horse handling and ranching, the San Miguel Rodeo came through Norwood this weekend for its 117th year. While crowds traveled from across the county, rodeo competitors and workers came from all over the west. KOTO\u2019s Gavin McGough brings an audio postcard from the event.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Down beside the grandstands at the San Miguel Basin Rodeo, competitors in Saturday evening\u2019s barrel race are awaiting their turn to sprint around the ring. In a test of horse handling and athletic power, the steed and rider race in a cloverleaf pattern around four barrels set up in the arena. Coming out of her turn in the ring, Harley Zehnder, a barrel racer from Norwood, is unphased by what she says was a lackluster result.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt wasn\u2019t my best year, but sometimes that happens. It\u2019s my favorite event of the year, everyone shows up and has a great time. They love watching the rodeo and it\u2019s fun getting to see your family and friends. It\u2019s a super fun event,\u201d<\/em> Zehnder says.<\/p>\n

I ask another competitor, Taylor Hildreth, the secret to a good barrel race.<\/p>\n

\u201cOh, I wish we all knew the answer to that! I train barrel horses for a living and I\u2019m still trying to figure that out. I think the biggest thing is having one that has a lot of try and heart and wants to be a team player,\u201d<\/em> says Hildreth.<\/p>\n

Harley Zehnder agrees that much of the magic comes from the spirit of the horse. She\u2019s riding a speckled gray mare.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy horse\u2019s name is Penny, and she\u2019s super gritty and tough and she loves to work,\u201d<\/em> Zehnder says.<\/p>\n

Back in the grandstand, below a huge western sunset above the Norwood mesa, the final event of the weekend kicks off. One of rodeo\u2019s iconic competitions, it’s bull-riding. The animals, weighing it a ton apiece, rip out of the gates as cowboys hold on for life. The event is nail-biting, eight seconds of danger and suspense.<\/p>\n

In the ring right beside the bull and the cowboy, rodeo workers are face to face with the action. Once the cowboy loses their grip and falls from the animal, their job is to corral the bull and separate the kicking beast from the fallen rider. After the event, the cowboy protection team Edward Huffman and Devin Cisneros say that an empty mind is key to working face-to-face with such danger.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Photo by Peter B Lundeen Photography<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\u201cBreathing helps big time. And adrenaline! Adrenaline is huge. It\u2019s just such an adrenaline rush. To keep your cool while it\u2019s happening and you\u2019re in a situation is to pretty much turn your brain off. Don\u2019t let it tell you you can\u2019t,\u201d<\/em> Cisneros reports.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, you just react,\u201d<\/em> agrees Huffman.<\/p>\n

A far cry from the driven and well-groomed mares of barrel racing, the bulls have a personality of their own.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I stopped riding bulls \u2014 that was like the eighth grade \u2014 I just picked up fighting bulls right there,\u201d<\/em> Huffman says. He says he grew up comfortable around animals, but can only sometimes tell what\u2019s going on in their head.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey have a different mind; they show one thing and are thinking another,\u201d<\/em> Cisneros agrees.<\/p>\n

\u201cTheir smart animals, that’s for sure,\u201d<\/em> adds Huffman.<\/p>\n

After Saturday night, the fairgrounds fall silent for another year. The rodeo company, however, bulls and all, move on to their next competition of the season. Cisneros says he\u2019s already excited for the next one.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s phenomenal. This is my first time fighting [bulls] with Ed, and I can\u2019t wait for the next one,\u201d<\/em> Cisneros says.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Photo by Peter B Lundeen Photography<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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