McKenna Schuster, 7, comes out of the chute while competing in the Stadium Arena Mutton Bustin’ event on Monday, Jan. 8, 2024, at the National Western Complex in Denver, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
McKenna Schuster, 7, comes out of the chute while competing in the Stadium Arena Mutton Bustin’ event on Monday, Jan. 8, 2024, at the National Western Complex in Denver, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)Quinn Adams, 7, has her helmet strapped on during the Stadium Arena Mutton Bustin’ event on Monday, Jan. 8, 2024, at the National Western Complex in Denver, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)2024 Evergreen Rodeo Princess Josie Sandifer, left, and Miss Evergreen Rodeo 2024 Amanda Cook, right, get their group of kids limbered up before the Stadium Arena Mutton Bustin’ event on Monday, Jan. 8, 2024, at the National Western Complex in Denver, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)Lauren Berkley, 7, has her helmet strapped on before competing in the Stadium Arena Mutton Bustin’ event on Monday, Jan. 8, 2024, at the National Western Complex in Denver, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)Mike Degitis ties up his son Finn’s chaps under the stadium stairs before heading out to compete in the Stadium Arena Mutton Bustin’ event on Monday, Jan. 8, 2024, at the National Western Complex in Denver, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)Evita Klava comforts her son Bear Waddell, 5, while Courtney Kroha hangs his medal around his neck after the Stadium Arena Mutton Bustin’ event on Monday, Jan. 8, 2024, at the National Western Complex in Denver, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)Pearl French, 7, hangs on to her sheep during the Stadium Arena Mutton Bustin’ event on Monday, Jan. 8, 2024, at the National Western Complex in Denver, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)Mother Pam Poulin places her five-year-old son Henry Poulin’s hand on his heart during the Star Spangled Banner before the Stadium Arena Mutton Bustin’ event on Monday, Jan. 8, 2024, at the National Western Complex in Denver, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)Deaton Adrian, 5, waits wit the first heat of competitors during the Stadium Arena Mutton Bustin’ event on Monday, Jan. 8, 2024, at the National Western Complex in Denver, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)Wyatt Bedker, 6, clings to the side of his sheep during the Stadium Arena Mutton Bustin’ event on Monday, Jan. 8, 2024, at the National Western Complex in Denver, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)