Home on the Range Rodeo Matched Invitational Bronc Ride 2010

For one afternoon each summer, Home On The Range, draws

the PRCA's best saddle broncs and saddle bronc riders to compete

against each other.

Home on the Range is a facility for troubled kids that

is located between Sentinel Butte and Beach, North Dakota.

The Champions Match Ride is a benefit for the kids and

programs at HOTR.

If you  love those broncs, this is the place to be!

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Saddle bronc saddles are made like a normal western saddle

in most aspects, except there is no saddle horn.

This event was started by two brothers who were rodeo cowboys from our area. One

of them, Tom Tescher, and his family were neighbors of my husband and his family. Like

the cowboys who attend the event now, Tom was a champion bronc rider. We think we

are pretty lucky to live close by and are able to watch these awesome broncs and cowboys

each year. We see most of them at the National Finals Rodeo each year on tv, while here

at home we get to see them in person!

The pickup men help the cowboy off the horse

at the end of his ride and also get the horse headed

out of the arena.

Sometimes the horses don't come right out of the chute, like this one! But
as you see down below he eventually did and gave the cowboy a good ride.

This year's winner, Wade Sundell,  receiving his trophy saddle and rifle.

Cowboys and broncs at the end of the day.

Home On the Range 2010 Rodeo Matched Invitational bronc riding results : Wade Sundell (Iowa) won the average, 170 on 3 $5,740; 2nd Jesse Wright, 3rd: Jesse Bail, Camp Crook, SD, 4th, Jake Costell, Newell, South Dakota. Jake Costell (Newell, SD) won the 1st round - 87 pts. Jesse Wright(Utah) won the 12 high short go on Steve Waagen's "Stoker's Ace.