A cowboy unfurls the American flag as the audience recites "The Pledge of Allegiance" at the Loan Star Rodeo Company’s 41st Championship at WKU's L.D. Brown Ag Expo Center in Bowling Green, Kentucky on Friday, Feb. 10, 2023. The rodeo acts consisted of steer wrestling, cowgirl breakaway roping, bull riding, calf roping and more. (Photo by Brett Phelps)
Gallery: The Lone Star Rodeo Company’s 41st Championship
The 41st annual Lone Star Championship Rodeo took place at the WKU AG Expo Center on Friday, Feb. 10 through Sunday, Feb. 12. Events at the rodeo included bareback bronc riding, saddle bronc riding, cowgirl’s breakaway roping, steer wrestling, bull riding and more. See what the team of Talisman photographers captured.
A rodeo participant attempts to rope a calf during Cowgirl’s Breakaway Roping competition on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2023 at the WKU L.D. Brown Ag Expo Center. (Photo by Preston Jenkins)A rodeo participant holds onto the back of a bull it tries to throw him off on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2023 at the WKU L.D. Brown Ag Expo Center. (Photo by Preston Jenkins)
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A cowgirl rides her horse in the barrel racing competition at the Lone Star Rodeo Company’s 41st Championship at WKU’s L.D. Brown Ag Expo Center on Friday, Feb. 10, 2023. (Photo by Brett Phelps)Sage Thomas prepares her horse’s saddle for the Lone Star Rodeo on Friday, Feb. 10, 2023 at the WKU L.D. Brown Ag Expo Center. (Photo by Sean McInnis)The winner of the Best Dressed Cowboy & Cowgirls Contest age 10 and under rides around the arena before the show begins on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2023 at the WKU L.D. Brown Ag Expo Center. (Photo by Preston Jenkins)A cowboy unfurls the American flag as the audience recites “The Pledge of Allegiance” at the Lone Star Rodeo Company’s 41st Championship at WKU’s L.D. Brown Ag Expo Center in Bowling Green, Kentucky on Friday, Feb. 10, 2023. The rodeo acts consisted of steer wrestling, cowgirl breakaway roping, bull riding, calf roping and more. (Photo by Brett Phelps)A competitor at the Lone Star Rodeo wrestles a steer after chasing it from horseback in the “Steer Wrestling” competition on Friday, Feb. 10, 2023 in the WKU L.D. Brown At Expo Center. (Photo by Sean McInnis)A cowboy attempts to stay on the bucking bull longer than the other competitors at the Lone Star Rodeo Company’s 41st Championship at Western Kentucky University’s L.D. Brown Ag Expo Center in on Friday, Feb. 10, 2023. (Photo by Brett Phelps)A competitor at the Lone Star Rodeo grabs the horns of a steer after jumping from their horse to wrestle it on Friday, Feb. 10, 2023 while competing in the “Steer Wrestling” competition in the L.D. Brown Ag Expo Center at WKU. (Photo by Sean McInnis)A cowboy attempts to stay on the bucking horse longer than the other competitors at the Lone Star Rodeo Company’s 41st Championship at Western Kentucky University’s L.D. Brown Ag Expo Center in on Friday, Feb. 10, 2023. (Photo by Brett Phelps)Jessica Blair Fowlkes performs various tricks with her horses, Moose and Wishbone, on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2023 at the WKU L.D. Brown Ag Expo Center. (Photo by Preston Jenkins)Rodeo participants and their horses adorn Western attire as they participate in the Lone Star Rodeo Company’s 41st Championship at Western Kentucky University’s L.D. Brown Ag Expo Center on Friday, Feb. 10, 2023. (Photo by Brett Phelps)
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Lone star rodeo members stand as the American flag is brought onto the show floor before the national anthem on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2023, at the WKU L.D. Brown Ag Expo Center in Bowling Green, Ky. (Photo by Preston Jenkins)Joe Robinson holds onto his horse as it rears back during the “Bareback Bronc” riding competition at the Lone Star Rodeo on Friday, Feb. 10, 2023. (Photo by Sean McInnis)
