Cattlemen's Days Royalty Tryouts
2024 Cattlemen’s Days Royalty Tryouts
Tryout date: Saturday, July 8th, 2023
Gunnison County Fairgrounds
Entry Form Deadline: June 30th, 2023, 5 pm MDT
Entries will not be accepted after this date. NO EXCEPTIONS!
Cattlemen’s Days is one of Colorado’s oldest rodeos, beginning in 1900. An important aspect of the events has always been the Cattlemen’s Days Queen and her Court. Many young women have ably served as the public face of Cattlemen’s Days 4-H and PRCA rodeo contestants & spectators.
Please download and read the Royalty Tryout Application Packet and the Code of Conduct before filling out the application. It includes eligibility, requirements for holding a Cattlemen’s Days title multiple times, portfolio information, reining pattern info, topics for your speech, royalty attire, and expectations for your reign.
2024 Cattlemen’s Days Royalty Tryout Application Packet (PDF)
Schedule of Events
Gunnison County Rodeo Grounds
8:00 am – Check-in, get your contestant number, reining pattern, and turn in your portfolio.
8:30 am – Reining pattern, followed by Grand Entry
10:00 am – Speeches and Impromptu questions
11:00 am – Interviews
12:00 pm – Meet back up for crowning.
All times are approximate; depending on the number of contestants, the times may be altered appropriately.
Contact Ivy McNulty, Coordinator, at 970-275-0043, or email ivymcnulty@gmail.com with any questions.
ONLINE ROYALTY TRYOUT APPLICATION CLOSED
Entry Form Deadline: June 30th, 2023, 5 pm MDT
Entries will not be accepted after this date. NO EXCEPTIONS!
Thank you for your participation and let’s have some FUN!
2023 Cattlemen's Days
JULY 4th - TETWP Pinkapalooza Concert at I-Bar
JULY 6th - TETWP Songwriter Shuffle Concert
JULY 7th - 4-H Horse Show
JULY 8th - Ranch Rodeo (auction prior)
JULY 9th - Open Horse Show
JULY 10th - 4-H Dog Show, 4-H General Projects Awards Review
JULY 10th - Cowboy Poetry at the I-Bar
JULY 11th - 15th - 4-H General Projects displayed at Fairgrounds
JULY 11th - Watershed Barrel Races
JULY 12th - 4-H Rabbit Show
JULY 12th - 15th - Evening Carnival
JULY 12th - Pioneer Banquet at the Elks Lodge
JULY 13th - PRCA Rodeo Slack
JULY 13th - 4-H & FFA Swine Show
JULY 13th - 4-H & FFA Sheep Show
JULY 13th - PRCA #1 TETWP Rodeo
JULY 13th - Parking Lot Party at 5B's Barbeque - Live Music
JULY 14th - 4-H & FFA Goat Show
JULY 14th - 4-H & FFA Cattle Show
JULY 14th - 4-H & FFA Round Robin Showmanship
JULY 14th - PRCA Patriot Night Rodeo
JULY 15th - Cattlemen's Days Parade
JULY 15th - Buyers BBQ, Scholarship, Cattlemen's Junior Livestock Auction
JULY 15th - PRCA Gunnison Ranchland Legacy Rodeo
JULY 16th - Cowboy Church at the Fairgrounds
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