Horses will outnumber contestants for the Texas High School Rodeo Association Finals in Abilene that goes through June 12 at the Taylor County Expo Center s new Taylor Telecom Arena.
This is the 32nd year with Abilene as host of the finals, which is expected to draw about 670 cowboys and cowgirls representing 10 regions in the state. They will be vying for top scores to qualify for the National High School Finals Rodeo in July in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Some pre-finals events start Thursday, with all contestants due to check in Sunday. We ll have over 1,000 head of horses on the grounds, said Holly DeLaune, THSRA s marketing director.
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It has been an extremely long fourteen months of nothing to do. Those who used to say, There s nothing to do around here , found out how prophetic that statement was, once the entire country was in the grips of the COVID pandemic, but in the last couple weeks following Governor Edwards loosening of the restrictions, we have been pleasantly surprised to see a number of events arising from the ashes.
There have been announcements of concerts, the reincarnation of Mudbug Madness, high school graduations, and now, we get word of the Red Bud Stampede this weekend at the Vivian City Arena at 455 North Rives Street in Vivian, Louisiana!