Ranch Rodeo gives a taste of cowboy life
Submitted by Edgar on Wed, 07/18/2018 - 10:15am
Clay County Fair brings in new event, large crowd during Thursday night’s slate of events
BY ASHLEY D. SWANSON
There’s a singular, collective beat before a rodeo begins.
A beat of four hearts; of a horse’s hoof against the ground; a click of the gate as the steer is released into the arena; and before the judge pulls down the red flag, signaling the go.
And then the beat is gone, replaced by the thundering sounds of four horses racing toward the loose steer, a cloud of thin dust being illuminated by the evening sun following behind.
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