Working Ranch Magazine March/April 2025

weekend rodeo BY KATIE HUTTON

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Opening Night! The 2025 National Western Invitational Ranch Rodeo.

he 119th National West ern Stock Show kicked off in Denver, Colorado on January 11th with their 10th Invitational

Top Hand Sage Haythorn aboard Top Horse Add Two and Two.

The NWSS, which started in 1906, draws nearly 700,000 people to Denver each winter for sixteen days of non-stop action including 30 rodeos, 11 horse shows, and the “Superbowl” of Livestock Shows which hosts 25 different breeds of cattle and more than 12,000 head of livestock where Ranch Rodeo. Ranches from Colo rado, New Mexico, Nebraska, and Oklahoma were represented in the arena, where over 20 teams have competed since its inception.

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24 I MARCH 2025 WORKING RANCH audited readers run 21 million head of beef cattle.