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Article: A DIFFERENT BRAND OF RIDING & ROPING
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- The Gazette
- Article date:
- July 2, 2007
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They're gonna cowboy up, tie down, haul in, cut out, sort head,
pull tails and, after the dust settles, a few will leave town with
shiny new belt buckles.
More than 100 working cowboys from 25 ranches will convene in
Colorado Springs this weekend for the fifth annual Ride for the
Brand Ranch Rodeo.
"It's really a celebration of what made the West what it is,"
said rodeo co-organizer Kathleen Fox Collins.
The rodeo is open only to fulltime working cowboys. Most of the
fellas competing are more accustomed to seeing shooting stars than
city lights.
"There's a lot of cowboys out there, you just can't see them from
the road," said Mark Bukowski, a local rancher and a member of the
board of ...