REININGS
Aug. 2
AzRHA CLASSIC EQUINE ROOKIE DAY,
Equidome, WestWorld of Scottsdale. Contact
Tracy Lynch for moreinfo about ROOKIE DAY!!
CUTTINGS
Aug. 2
NORTHERN ARIZONA CUTTING
HORSE ASSOCIATION
SHOW, 9 a.m., Prescott Livestock
Auction Grounds, Chino Valley, AZ. For more information,
www.northernazcutting.com
Aug. 17
NORTHERN ARIZONA CUTTING HORSE
ASSOCIATION SHOW, 9 a.m., Prescott Livestock
Auction Grounds, Chino Valley, AZ. For more information,
www.northernazcutting.com.
TEAM PENNING
& SORTING
Dusty & Rich’s Team Penning, every weekend,
$20 a person (3 rides per team), no team needed, we
can put you with a team. 18030 W Glendale Ave.
Waddell, AZ 85355. Call McKenzie for dates/times
or if you have questions-623-256-0924. Jackpot
Pennings and clinics in the future. Like us on Facebook
“Rich and Dusty’s Team Penning.”
TEAM SORTING PRACTICE, Saturday night,
6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Rattlesnake Arena, Queen Creek.
(480) 241-3092 or (602) 751-7570,
www.rattlesnakearena.com
RANCH SORTING PRACTICE, 29313 N. 251st
Ave, Wittmann, AZ (251st Ave. just north of
Peakview Rd.) 3 runs/$10. Winter schedule: Sundays,
sign up at 2:30, start at 3:00. Jackpot run and
buckle series. David at 602-722-1322 or Jimmy at
623 330 9508.
RANCH SORTING PRACTICE, every Saturday,
10 a.m., three runs/$20.00, Cuttinspur Ranch,
Buckeye, AZ. For info and summer hours, call
(623) 640-2502.
ROPINGS
Aug. 15
HEART CRY COWBOY CHURCH ROPING,
6 p.m. Horseshoe Park, Queen Creek, AZ. Visit
www.heartcrychurch.com or contact Billy Van
Camp at [email protected], 602-540-4598.
Aug. 16
GEORGE AROS ROPING, 6 p.m. Horseshoe Park,
Queen Creek, AZ.
ROPING PRACTICE, every Tuesday and Thursday
from 7-9 p.m., P & M Arena, Apache Junction.
Jennifer, (480) 201-2119 or www.pmarena.com.
HORSE SHOWS
Aug. 23
NORTHERN ARIZONA EQUI-STAR SHOW CIRCUIT,
Freeman Farms, Road 3 South and Road 1
East, Chino Valley, AZ. English, Western, Driving,
Halter, PAC approved. Year end awards in some
classes. Visit www.equistarshows.com or email at
[email protected].
Event listings courtesy of www.arizonaguide.com
AZintheSaddle.com
Aug 17
TRAIL RIDES/
TRAIL CLINICS
Wickenburg Horsemen’s Association
holds two trail rides per month, November thru April.
Information regarding membership, or our ride schedule,
www.wickenburghorsemen.com/ or
[email protected].
Hunt Ranch Arena is the place to come for cool
summer horse fun. Team Sorting, cattle events and
extensive Trail Challenge Course. Sundays is
coaching on cattle strategy and improving techniques
for trail challenge competition. Schedules
available at huntrancharena.com or call Maryann
and Pete for more info. (928) 245-8111.
SPECIAL EVENTS
Aug 3
17th Annual Peach Mania Festival
Willcox - Apple Annies
17th Annual Peach Mania Festival - Apple Annie’s Orchard,
u-pick tree ripened peaches and apples, all-you-can
eat pancake
breakfast
7:30-10:30 am,
peach ice cream,
peach pie,
this weekend
includes a craft
festival, free,
7:30 am - 5 pm,
520-384-2084 or
www.apple
annies.com
130th Annual World’s Oldest
Continuous Rodeo
Payson
130th Annual World’s Oldest Continuous Rodeo – August
Doin’s Rodeo - features bull riding, calf roping & barrel
racing among other competitions, PRCA sanctioned,
considered the country’s best small rodeo, $7.50-22,
928-474-4515 or www.paysonrimcountry.com
Aug 16
2014 Southern Arizona Salsa &
Tequila Challenge
Tucson - La Encantada
2014 Southern Arizona Salsa & Tequila Challenge –
La Encantada Shopping Center, Southern Arizona Arts
and Cultural Alliance presents annual salsa competition
featuring red, green, hot, mild or fruity salsas, live mariachi
music, salsa dancing and more, new ticket price of $40
per person includes Salsa & Chips Sampling from more
than 40 participating competitors, as well as Tequila
Based Mixed Drinks and Menu Pairings from up to 50 area
emerging and established chefs, 520-797-3959 or
www.saaca.org/SalsaTequila.php
Aug 23
11th Annual Cowboy Capital Professional
Bull Riding
Prescott - Prescott Rodeo Grounds
11th Annual Cowboy Capital Professional Bull Riding –
Prescott Rodeo Grounds, “the toughest sport on dirt,”
featuring 40 of the toughest bull riders matched against
40 of the rankest bulls, $16-26, 7:30 pm, 866-407-6336 or
www.worldsoldestrodeo.com
Aug 30
Aug 2
11th Annual Western History Symposium
Prescott - Hassayampa Inn
11th Annual Western History Symposium - Hassayampa
Inn, featuring interesting and informative presentations
by historians, educators and authors on a variety of
subjects relevant to our western heritage, free,
10 am – 4:30 pm, www.prescottcorral.org or
www.sharlot.org
Aug 9
27th Annual Arizona Cowboy
Poets Gathering
Prescott - Yavapai College Performing Arts Center
27th Annual Arizona Cowboy Poets Gathering – Yavapai
College, headline performers will be Dave Stamey, Mary
Kaye and Kristyn Harris, each will be complimented by
other poets and musicians, 60 plus cowboy poets and
old-time singers celebrate the oral traditions of the
working cowboy with a blend of contemporary poetry
and music, free daytime sessions, evening show tickets $,
928-776-2000 or 877-928-4253 or ww.ycpac.com or
www.azcowboypoets.org
Aug 10
66th Annual
Vigilante
Days
Tombstone
66th Annual
Vigilante Days
– Wild West
history comes
to life in the streets of Tombstone, “the town too tough to
die,” street entertainment, 1880s fashion show, 10K,
shoot-outs, hangings, concert, chili cook-off, saloon girls,
www.tombstonechamber.com or
www.tombstonevigilantes.com
99th Annual Labor Day Rodeo
Sonoita - Sonoita Fairgrounds
99th Annual Labor Day Rodeo – Sonoita Fairgrounds,
more than 700 entries and more than $40,000 awarded in
cash and buckles to the top contestants of the Southwest,
bulls, saddle broncs,
steer wrestling, barrel
racing, bareback, calf
roping, team roping,
team penning, &
mutton busting and
pee-wee events
for little cowpokes,
dinner, dance, $5-10,
1 pm performances,
520-455-5553 or
www.sonoita
fairgrounds.com
Sep 1
33rd Annual Rendezvous of Gunfighters
Tombstone
33rd Annual Rendezvous of Gunfighters - Allen St., 3 days
of shows in the O.K. Corral by the best western show
groups from around the US, authentic costume parade on
Sunday, 5 shows daily, 520-457-3548 or
www.tombstoneweb.com
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