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Below are cowgirl pictures taken at a women's ranch rodeo. A women's ranch rodeo is a rodeo where women compete in teams from ranches. While the number of members per team can vary, four team members is common. In women's ranch rodeo cowgirls compete in such events as trailer loading, doctoring, ribbon roping, calf or steer branding, team penning, and more.

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The cowgirl photos below were taken at a women's ranch rodeo on September 22, 2007 at Strong City, KS

	A cowgirl roping a steer.
	Four cowgirls turn their calf up the fence in the trailer loading.
	A cowgirl "branding." The branding irons at a ranch rodeo are not hot.
	Three cowgirls ready to heel a steer.

Cowgirls In Women's Ranch Rodeo

The cowgirl pictures on this page were taken at a women's ranch rodeo. In women's ranch rodeo cowgirls compete in teams from ranches (four team members per team is common). The rules and events for a women's ranch rodeo can vary from one rodeo to the next according to whether or not the event is sanctioned by a governing body (such as the Women's Ranch Rodeo Association), or according to the preferences of the hosting rodeo committee. Below we have given a description of a few of the events common in women's ranch rodeo, along with some of the rules. While the description and rules provided below are typical, they are for descriptive and general overview purposes only since the events, descriptions, and rules for a women's ranch rodeo you may compete in or watch could be different.

• Trailer Loading
  • In trailer loading a truck and trailer are placed in the arena, usually along one side of the arena fence. On the side opposite of the arena fence several portable panels are hooked to the back of the trailer to act as a wing. The event begins when the cowgirl team members sort one steer or heifer out of a group, then drive their one head down the arena and into the trailer. It is often required that the steer or heifer be put into the front of the trailer, a dividing gate shut, then one of the cowgirl's horses loaded into the back of the trailer. The back gate of the trailer must be properly latched. Time is usually stopped when all team members run to a small circle near the back of the trailer.
• Ribbon Roping
  • In ribbon roping the cowgirls must rope a steer, remove a ribbon from the steer's tail, then run across a finish line to stop the time. Usually, the cowgirls are required to rope the steer's head with a legal head catch (both horns, around the neck, or a half-head) while roping the heels of the steer is optional.
• Calf Branding
  • In calf branding cowgirls rope a calf out of the herd, lay it on its side, and "brand" it with a branding iron. Frequently, there will be one cowgirl team member on her horse (the roper), two more cowgirl team members on foot (the muggers who lay the calf on its side), and the fourth team member also on foot to brand the calf. It is common for the rules to prohibit any loping into or out of the herd of calves, and for the muggers to be required to stay behind a line for the roper to bring the calf to them. In women's calf branding usually a maximum of two calves can be roped and branded, with teams successfully branding two calves scoring higher than teams branding only one calf.
• Steer Branding
  • In steer branding all four cowgirl team members are mounted. A steer is headed, then heeled. The two remaining cowgirls then dismount and run to the steer to mug it. Once the steer is on its side the head rope is removed and placed around both front feet. It is usually also required that both hind feet be in the heel loop, so if the heeler only caught one heel the muggers must also remove the heel rope from the one heel and place it around both heels. One of the muggers then runs to a bucket with a branding iron, runs back to the steer, and "brands" it. Time is usually stopped when the branding iron is returned to the bucket.

Remember, the descriptions and rules shown above are given for a general description purposes only. Rules can and do vary from one women's ranch rodeo to another, and there are also more events than the ones described here. For more information on women's ranch rodeo you may want to visit the Women's Ranch Rodeo Association website.

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