will be available at Scolaris, any Nevada State Bank location and the Reno Rodeo Ticket Office. The prices of the wristbands will be $33 each in advance.  
If you are not attending the rodeo, it will be $10 to get onto grounds and attend the carnival.
Davis Shows Northwest has been our carnival provider for the past several years.Owned and operated by Pat and Geraldine Davis, Davis Shows NW, Inc., is a family oriented traveling carnival.  Pat’s parents, Mannie & Melba Davis opened Davis Amusement Company back in 1950 and passed on the family tradition of providing quality rides and games in a carnival atmosphere to their children.
At Davis Shows NW, we take great pride in providing safe family oriented rides, games, and quality food concessions throughout the season.  As a traveling amusement company, we are able to offer our family friendly carnival experience at fair grounds, shopping centers, and other prime locations in the Pacific Northwest, Nevada and Idaho.
Davis Shows NW takes several steps to insure our customer’s safety. These include the following:

Rides are inspected daily by maintenance personnel to be sure they will function properly and safely.
Weekly employee safety meetings.
Regular employee safety training, which includes employee attendance at the Northwest Showmen’s Club annual safety seminar and additional third party training.
Clearly posted signs on rides to explain size requirements for the faster rides.
We operate a full time repair shop in Tygh Valley, Oregon where we complete regular maintenance and major overhauls on our equipment.
Insurance company ride inspections.
On site unit managers to oversee operations and help to insure safety at every show.

For more information on what they offer check out davisshows.nw.com

boys, you best keep them away from Mutton Bustin’. Sure, it looks innocent enough, but does anybody really know how many cowboys got their first real taste of rodeo riding from a sheep? Young cowboys and cowgirls wanna be’s will get their chance in the arena each evening as they mount their trusty sheep and head for the thrill of their young lives!

f Run Golf Club! Early bird pricing is available for non-members until March 31, and members will receive discounted pricing beyond the end of March. If you’re not a golfer but want an opportunity to mingle with fellow young professionals, social tickets are also available for purchase.

Date: Friday, June 20, 2025
Time: 8 AM Shotgun Start
Location: Wolf Run Golf Club, 1400 Wolf Run Rd, Reno, NV 89511
Ticket Pricing:
- Early Bird/Members: $150 for individual, $600 for foursome, $45 social ticket
- Non-members: $200 for individual, $700 for foursome, $60 social ticket

ore the performance on June 20–27.
Four teams of three kids, between the ages 8-14 years old, will compete.
During the race two kids have to rope and halter the pony and the third has mount and ride.
Teams are timed with the longest ride deemed the winner.

pete in the rodeo. There are only 8 – 12 slots in each rodeo performance for each event, when more contestants enter than can compete in the performances; they compete in the “slack”

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the saddle, or “cantle,” as the horse bucks. The rider then snaps his feet back to the horse’s neck a split second before the animal’s front feet hit the ground.
Other factors considered in the scoring are the cowboy’s control throughout the ride, the length of his spurring stroke and how hard the horse bucks.
Disqualification results if, during the eight seconds ride, the rider touches the animal, himself or his equipment with his free hand, if either foot slips out of a stirrup, if he drops the bronc rein, or if he fails to have his feet in the proper “mark out” position at the beginning of the ride.

the bulldogger leaves too soon and breaks the barrier, he receives a 10-second penalty.
The steer wrestler is assisted by a hazer, another cowboy on horseback tasked with keeping the steer running in a straight line.
When the bulldogger’s horse pulls even with the steer, he eases down the right side of the horse and reaches for the steer’s horns. After grasping the horns, he digs his heels into the dirt. As the steer slows, the cowboy turns the animal, lifts up on its right horn and pushes down with his left hand.
After the catch, the steer wrestler must either bring the steer to a stop or change the direction of the animal’s body before the throw or is disqualified. The clock stops when the steer is on his side with all four legs pointing in the same direction.
Steer wrestling is often known as the “big man’s event” and with good reason; at the 1995 NFR in Las Vegas, the average steer wrestler weighed in at 223 pounds.

t find him at the Reno Rodeo. Headers need quickness like brain surgeons need medical training. To win money at the most professional rodeos, team roping headers must accomplish a myriad of duties in less time than it takes the average person to yawn.
First of all, headers must charge out of the box on horseback (without breaking the barrier), chase down a fast-racing steer and rope him around his protected horns, neck or “half-head,” a partial horn-neck catch. Then the header must turn the steer to the left, giving his partner, called a heeler, a chance to rope the steer’s hind feet. The run is completed when the steer is secured, and the team ropers’ horses are facing each other on opposite sides of the steer.
HEELING:In rodeo’s only true team event, two ropers – a “header” and a “heeler,” work together to catch a steer. After making his catch, the header rides to the left, taking the steer in tow. The heeler moves in and ropes both hind legs. Catching only one hind leg results in a five-second penalty. If the heeler tosses his loop before the header has changed the direction of the steer and has the animal moving forward, it’s called a “crossfire,” and it results in disqualification.

f that runs fast or kicks hard can foil a roper’s finest effort.
After the calf is given a head start, horse and rider give chase, ropes the calf, then dismounts and runs to the animal. After catching and flanking the calf, the cowboy ties any three of the animal’s legs together using a “pigging string” he carries in his teeth. If the calf is not standing when the contestant reaches it, the cowboy must allow the animal to stand, then flank it.
When the cowboy completes his tie, he throws his hands in the air as a signal to the judge. He then remounts his horse and allows the rope to become slack. The run is declared invalid if the calf kicks free within six seconds.
A ten-second penalty is added if the calf roper breaks the barrier at the beginning of the run.

rsemanship skills and competitive drive in this fast and furious event make it a crowd favorite.
In barrel racing, the contestant and her horse enters the arena at full speed. As they begin the course the horse and rider trigger an electronic eye that starts the clock. The racer rides a cloverleaf pattern around three barrels positioned in the arena, and then sprinting back out, trips the eye and stops the clock as she leaves.
The contestant can touch or even move the barrels but receives a five-second penalty for each barrel that is overturned.

roping, the rider neither dismounts nor ties the calf. Still, the event is fast-paced and requires keen roping and horsemanship skills.
Rapidly gaining popularity, the event looks much the same as tie down, with the horse and rider waiting in a box next to the chute that has a spring-loaded rope, known as the barrier, stretched in front. A light rope is fastened from the chute to the calf’s neck, and once the calf is out of the chute, it releases the barrier, which gives the calf a head-start. Once the barrier has released, the horse runs out of the box while the roper attempts to throw a lasso around the neck of the calf.
Once the rope is around the calf’s neck, the roper signals the horse to stop. The rope is tied to the saddle horn with a string. When the calf hits the end of the rope, the rope is pulled tight and the string breaks. The breaking of the string marks the end of the run. The rope usually has a small white flag at the end that makes the moment the rope breaks more easily seen by the timer. The fastest run wins.