The Culpeper Rodeo returned for its fourth year over Labor Day weekend, hosting over 8,000 people at the Culpeper Agriculture Enterprise. (Photo/Ireland Hayes)
The Cupeper Rodeo returned for its fourth year over Labor Day weekend, hosting over 8,000 people at the Culpeper Agriculture Enterprise.
Photos by Ireland Hayes
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- Adaline Crunp, 9, from Surry, competed in the barrel racing competition Saturday night.
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- A bull peaks through the gate as it gets ready to enter the arena.
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- Abraao Moraes, a bull rider who lives in Beverly, N.J., but originally from Brazil, was the first rider out of the gate Saturday.
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- A young mutton busting competitor, Peyton, reaches out toward the sheep as she falls off its back.
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- A barrel racer waits behind the arena for the competition to begin.
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- A barrel racer and her horse gallop through the gates after her run.
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- A time keeper reaches for his timer and straddles the fence of the arena.
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- A cowboy in boots with spurs.
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- A rider stands on the back of the bull as he’s being thrown off.
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- A bullfighter knocked down by a bull after the rider was thrown off.
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- Bullfighter Jonathan Rodriguez takes a spit break before the next rider is released.
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- A pair of chaps and a vest hanging on a bull pin behind the arena.
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- Ricardo Aguilar from Cliffside Park, N.J., originally from Brazil, four seconds into his ride.
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- A cowboy stands on top of the chute in front of an American flag.
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- Crowds of people lined the lawn on either side of the arena on blankets and lawn chairs.
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- Meaghan Boucher, from Sperryville, competing in the barrel racing competition Saturday night.
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- Tristan Marshall from Statesville, NC. Riding in the first round of bull riding.
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- Bullfighter Jonathan Rodriguez standing in the ring between rides.
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- Emmanual Roberts, a cattle worker who works in Culpeper and Catlett, watches the barrel racing competition.
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- A young cowgirl draws on a concrete barrier with rocks on the ride of the arena.
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- Nic Jackson, a rider from Upper Marlboro, Md., clings to his bull during the final round of the bull riding competition Saturday.
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- Nic Jackson, a bull rider from Upper Marlboro, Md. mounts his bull before the gate is opened in the final qualifying round.
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- Over 8,000 people attended Saturday’s rodeo at the Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise.
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- Alicia Gearheart, from Stafford, riding the mechanical bull at the Culpeper Rodeo Saturday night.
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- The Culpeper Rodeo returned for its fourth year over Labor Day weekend, hosting over 8,000 people at the Culpeper Agriculture Enterprise. (Photo/Ireland Hayes)
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- A timekeeper at the Culeper Rodeo watches the opening ceremony Saturday night.
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- The roper walks his horse to the fence to greet children standing along the edge of the arena before the rodeo begins.
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- A group of three women take a selfie on the lawn.
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- Cowboys adjust their boots behind the arena.
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- Bull rider Nic Jackson kneels and prays, holding onto his bull rope and hat behind the arena before the final round of the competition.
