La Fiesta de los Vaqueros, the Tucson Rodeo, has a field of 719 cowboys and cowgirls for this week’s event, including 31 Tucsonans and 179 athletes who have been in the National Finals Rodeo and 31 world champions. You can’t beat that for a quality field.
I have long considered the Tucson Rodeo the top sports event for spectators in Tucson, year after year, but I am also drawn by the rodeo-centric names, the Clints, Codys, Coles, Caseys and Dakotas.
Here are my Big Five leading names entered in this week’s Tucson Rodeo:
1. Autumnrain Chey, barrel racing.
2. Cutter Parsons, calf roping (part of the four contestants from Parsons family of Marana entered in the rodeo).
3. Pistol Preece, bronc riding.
4. Cimarron Boardman, calf roping.
5. Shayde Tree Etherton, steer wrestling.
More? There are Tucson rodeo contestants named Bronc, Roper, Rainy, Timber, Legend, Shank and Kash. Can’t beat that.
