Dust, grit and eight seconds
Enjoy a few photos from the 33rd Annual Kindersley Indoor Rodeo.
PHOTOS BY KATE WINQUIST
Colours up front. Grace Becker leads the grand entry, Canadian flag snapping over a horse dressed in red.
Sky high. A bronc rider rides the storm as the pickup men close in fast.
Crack of the whip. The rodeo clown works the crowd between rides at the Kindersley Rodeo.
All in. A saddle bronc rider keeps his free arm high as his horse drives its head to the dirt.
Spurs and fringe. Chaps fly as the rider matches every jump out of the chute.
Down and done. A steer wrestler flanks his calf in the tie down, rope in hand and time on the clock.
Heavy metal. Dusty Ham’s team of draft horses leans into the harness, manes long and feet heavier as they groom the arena during the intermission.
Eye level. Logan Armstrong Crowbait Creative knows that getting the shot means getting low, even when low means flat in the arena dirt.
Tight turn. A barrel racer rounds the Energy Dodge barrel and points for home.
What might have been. A cowboy collects his thoughts and his rope after an unsuccessful Team Roping run.
Loose and gone. The catch comes off and the steer makes a break for the far rail.
Small but mighty. A junior rider rides hard under a hockey cage, free arm out for balance.
Hand high. A bull rider holds his form as the bull leaves the ground.
The save. Bullfighters, Ethan Barrows and William Scott move in the instant a rider hits the dirt.