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Hearin’ hooves: National Western Stock Show Parade set for Thursday
It’s time for the cowboys to hit the dusty trail of 17th Street. The National Western Stock Show will be kicking off its 120th year on Thursday with the annual parade through downtown Denver. The free parade will include horses, cowboys and cowgirls, cattle and marching bands from Union Station to Glenarm Place down 17th Street starting…
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Pete Coors named Grand Marshal for National Western Stock Show Parade
When the Longhorn cattle begin to mosey through downtown Denver on Jan. 8 for the National Western Stock Show Kick-Off Parade, this year’s Grand Marshal Pete Coors will ride at the center of a community to which he has devoted much of his life. Coors, director emeritus of Molson Coors Beverage Company, will guide the…
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National Western Stock Show’s ‘Xtreme Dogs’ event showcases canine agility and adoption awareness
Watching the short-legged Corgi fur missile streak nearly the length of the 251-foot National Western Stock Show Events Center arena and catch a flying Frisbee with a leap into the air brought roars of approval and applause from the crowd at the “Xtreme Dogs” event Tuesday evening. The event showcases the talent of many breeds…
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Despite their reputation, mules are smarter than horses says long-time muleteer
Nobel Prize-winning American writer William Faulkner once said of everyone’s favorite icon of stubbornness: “A mule will labor ten years willingly and patiently for you, for the privilege of kicking you once.” Retired Cheyenne, Wyo., outfitter and mule breeder David Coates, 74, disagrees. Coates, who has been training horses and mules most of his life,…
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PRCA bull rider Bo Vocu injured at National Western Stock Show rodeo
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PRCA bull rider Bo Tyler Vocu was hospitalized briefly after being thrown from his ride “Smokin’ Hot” Saturday evening. According to Tracy Renck, spokesperson for the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, 23-year-old Vocu, from Ashland, Montana, was treated and released from an area hospital and hopes to return to competing soon. “I just kind of just…
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Miniature touch therapy horses work as ambassadors at the Stock Show
HunnyB, the miniature touch-therapy horse and ambassador for the National Western Stock Show, stood patiently outside the Stock Show merch store, waiting to bring joy and peace to anyone and everyone. Her owner, Audra McNicholas, sat close by to tell visitors about touch therapy and her horses. Her daughters Avalynn, 8, and Arlilia, 10, and…
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The chosen few: Judging and selecting winners at the National Western Stock Show
While the National Western Stock Show is a popular boot-scooting, cowboy swag market tourist event attracting more than 700,000 attendees in 2023, the real purpose of the show is livestock. And it is very serious business for livestock growers from all over the United States who come to the nation’s premier livestock event to show,…