Cimarron River Stampede Rodeo

Every August since the 1930s, the town of Waynoka in northwest Oklahoma has hosted the Cimarron River Stampede, a three-night rodeo with bareback and saddle bronc riding, bull riding, roping, steer wrestling and barrel racing. Between performances come a Saturday morning parade through downtown, kids night with a calf scramble, and dances after the rodeo on Friday and Saturday.

Lone rider silhouetted beneath a fiery orange sunset sky at the Cimarron River Stampede
Riders on horseback filing into the arena for the grand entry
Father in a cowboy hat holding his young daughter beside the arena
Shadow of a cowboy falling across a livestock trailer
Two boys sitting on the arena fence, one holding a rope
Cowboy leaning on the arena rail in golden evening light
Cattle crowded in the holding pens
Young cowgirl carrying the American flag on horseback
People gathered at the back of a livestock trailer
Smiling cowboy behind the chutes
Bull kicking up a cloud of dirt in the pens
Boy in a pink shirt tipping his hat in the arena
Friends sitting on a pickup tailgate watching the rodeo
Flag riders lined up for the grand entry
Bull rider in his vest and chaps waiting behind the chutes
Young cowboy walking along the pens
Bull rider holding on as the bull kicks up dirt
Rodeo queen in a sparkling hat leaning on her horse
Cowboys laughing together behind the chutes
Rider galloping through golden dust
Young boy in a cowboy hat standing on a platform by the chutes
Bull rider settling onto a bull in the chute
Child holding on to a sheep coming out of the chute in mutton busting
Cowboys talking along the rail
Rider loping through the dust with the sun behind him
Bullfighters working around a bull in the arena
Boy perched on a fence post watching the crowd at the rodeo grounds
Young cowgirl in a straw hat sitting on her horse with a rope
Cowboys silhouetted on the arena fence at sunset
Roper coiling his rope under the arena lights
Two boys in black cowboy hats on the rodeo grounds
Child riding a sheep in mutton busting, backlit by the sun
Cowgirl in a turquoise shirt holding a flag pole
Horses silhouetted against the evening light
Cowboys on horseback silhouetted at blue hour
Announcer seated beneath the Cimarron River Stampede sign
Riders gathered in the dusty arena at golden hour
Barrel racer turning a barrel under the arena lights
Two children sitting on a horse at dusk
Spectators and a flag silhouetted against an orange sunset
Announcer framed in the window of the booth
Roper on horseback chasing a calf out of the box
Cowboys standing together near the arena at dusk
Rider and horse silhouetted against the twilight sky
Kids racing across the arena in the calf scramble
Rodeo clown peeking out of a barrel in the arena
Children racing in a kids night game in the arena
Couple dancing under the lights at the rodeo dance
Flag rider silhouetted across the arena at dusk