Warwick has three of the best breakaway ropers in Australia and all will be going for a place in the most famous rodeo in the nation.
Tahnee Small, Mackenzie March and Kylie Hancock will compete in the top-15 in the National Finals Rodeo in late October but have important business in front of their home crowd from Thursday night to Sunday, October 22-25, at the Warwick Showgrounds. They are in a field of 76 open breakaway ropers in Warwick.
To prove the interest of the women in rodeo, there are 70 nominations for the barrel race.
March said she was really looking forward to Warwick Rodeo this year.
“It’s always pretty special getting to compete at your hometown rodeo, especially with the atmosphere and the crowd Warwick brings,” she said.
“I’ll be competing Thursday and Saturday, so hopefully I can put a couple of good runs together and have a bit of luck on my side.”
There are 55 riders in the open saddle bronc and 33 in second division.
Twenty-nine bull riders will jump on the best stock in the nation in the open bull ride and 18 in second division.
Overall, there are exactly 500 nominations for rodeo events at the Warwick Rodeo.
The first rodeo events are at 5.30pm Thursday and then 6pm Friday.
Rodeos action starts at 9.30am Saturday with the night session from 5.30pm.
There will be more rodeo action from 9.30am Sunday with finals in all open events from 12.30pm.
There is free admission to the rodeo on Sunday.
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