Posts Tagged ‘ National Western Stock Show ’

Draft Horse Competition at NWSS 2012

National Western 4-hitch horse team outside of arena - image by Colorado Outing

Experience the original “horsepower” beginning on Friday January 20, 2012 at the Events Center at National Western. Featuring the workhorses of yesteryear, the National Western Draft Horse Show offers the beauty, grandeur and sheer force of today’s draft horses. They pull beautiful carriages and wagons with elegance and power. If you’ve never seen the 4-Hitch[continue reading...]



NWSS Junior Champions Auction 2012

Youth Cattle Show at National Western - image by Colorado Outing

Of the thousands of junior market animals that compete at the National Western Stock Show each year, only 90 of the very best are at the exciting Auction of Junior Livestock Champions held January 20, 2012 in the Beef Palace Auction Arena. For Grand Champion and Reserve Grand Champion animals, the auction is televised live[continue reading...]



Mule & Donkey Show at National Western

National Western Event Mule Show - image by Colorado Outing

The National Western Mule and Donkey Show runs January 20-22, 2012 along with the National Western Draft Horse Show. The show is run according to the rules of the North American Saddle Mule Association, and includes both halter and performance classes drawing more than 300 entries. The event will be held in the Event Center[continue reading...]



An Evening of Dancing Horses®

Evening of Dancing Horses at National Western Stock Show

Designed to thrill even the most discriminating horse enthusiast, An Evening of Dancing Horses® is packed full of formal dressage, freestyle reining, drill elements and plenty more equestrian disciplines. Plus, it’s all choreographed to the music of the Denver Brass. The popular National Western attraction features world-class horses, equestrians and musicians. This event will be[continue reading...]



NWSS 2012 Grand Prix

Grand Prix Horse Jumping champions - image by horsesinthesouth.com

This horse and rider competition has been called the “wine and roses event” of the National Western. The best riders and top horses from across North America come to compete for a total purse of over $40,000. The Grand Prix (pronounced “gron-pree”) is a symphony of grace and teamwork between the horse and its rider.[continue reading...]



NWSS Mutton Bustin’ is for Little Cowpokes

Proud Winner at Mutton Bustin National Western Stock Show

Mutton Bustin’ at the Stadium Arena is a fun and rowdy game for 5 to 7-year-old boys and girls under 55 pounds. The event involves the kids riding a sheep (hanging on tight) from a bucking chute and into the arena. Like professional rodeo events, time and score count, but all of these aspiring cowboys[continue reading...]



National Western’s Wild West Show

The NWSS Wild West Show takes you back to the days of Buffalo Bill, Annie Oakley and Calamity Jane – a show like the original Buffalo Bill shows of days gone by. You can expect to see nonstop action including a six-horse stagecoach holdup, dance hall girls and a moving tribute to the American Indian.[continue reading...]



Team Penning at National Western 2012

Team penning competition is scheduled for January 9-10, 2012 in the Coliseum. If you’ve never seen this event, it’s a lot of fun to watch. A team of three riders is faced with a tight packed group of cattle, each with a number on their back. The object is to sort out the herd, cut[continue reading...]



MLK Jr. Heritage Rodeo 2012

The Martin Luther King, Jr. African-American Heritage Rodeo brings Stock Show fans a bit of Black history when the cowboys and cowgirls who are the top in their sport show you what they can do.  A one-night only event, the Heritage Rodeo of Champions will take place on January 16, 2012 in the Coliseum. See[continue reading...]



Super Dogs at 2012 NWSS

There are dogs and then there are Super Dogs! On January 16th & 17th – Come see these fast and fun loving canines do amazing tricks, aerial stunts and comedy antics for the crowds. Super Dogs is one of the National Western’s most popular events. “The cast, made up of 20 dogs, thrills audiences with[continue reading...]