Photos: 2019 Tucson Rodeo, Day 5
Photos from the third performance of the 2019 La Fiesta de los Vaqueros Tucson Rodeo on a cold, windy Thursday at the Tucson Rodeo Grounds.
Photos by Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
2019 La Fiesta de los Vaqueros Tucson Rodeo
Jeff Bertus, of Avon, S.D., gets a parting blow from Radioactive in a no-score run in bull riding.
2019 La Fiesta de los Vaqueros Tucson Rodeo
Daylon Swearingen, from Rochelle, Ga., holds on for a 79 score in bareback riding.
2019 La Fiesta de los Vaqueros Tucson Rodeo
Trevor Thiel, of Greeley, Colo., dismounts his steed as the rope catches his calf in tie-down roping for a 17.2 time.
2019 La Fiesta de los Vaqueros Tucson Rodeo
Wyatt Denny, of Minden, Nev., gets help from the pick-up men after a 76 score atop Queen Molly, right, in bareback.
2019 La Fiesta de los Vaqueros Tucson Rodeo
Dalan Duncan, of Ballard, Utah, gets tossed from Hey Bull after completing an 80.5 ride in bull riding.
2019 La Fiesta de los Vaqueros Tucson Rodeo
Paden Hurst, of Cypress, Texas, holds onto "Zinger" en route to a 78 score in bareback.
2019 La Fiesta de los Vaqueros Tucson Rodeo
Wyatt Denny, of Minden, Nev., gets sideways but holds onto Queen Molly for a 76 score in bareback.
2019 La Fiesta de los Vaqueros Tucson Rodeo
Shane O'Connell, of Rapid City, S.D., clings to Fleabit for an 80.5 score in bareback.
2019 La Fiesta de los Vaqueros Tucson Rodeo
Bareback rider R.C. Landingham, of Hat Creek, Calif., tapes up before completing the day's top score of 83.
2019 La Fiesta de los Vaqueros Tucson Rodeo
Cutter DeHart, of Laramie, Wyo., plants his feet to wrestle a steer for an 18.5 score with penalty.
2019 La Fiesta de los Vaqueros Tucson Rodeo
Pace Freed, right, ropes the head, but heelman Jade Anderson would miss the feet for a no-time score in team roping.
2019 La Fiesta de los Vaqueros Tucson Rodeo
Fans admire rodeo clown John Harrison's trick riding intermission show.
2019 La Fiesta de los Vaqueros Tucson Rodeo
Tristan Mahoney, of Florence, hoists his calf onto its side for the day's fast time of 14.4 seconds in tie-down roping.
2019 La Fiesta de los Vaqueros Tucson Rodeo
Kelly Robertson, of Marana, gets her horse back in order after it stumbled around the first barrel en route to a 28.81 time.
2019 La Fiesta de los Vaqueros Tucson Rodeo
Marci Laye, of Bashaw, Alberta, coaxes finishing speed from her horse for a 17.82 time in barrel racing.
2019 La Fiesta de los Vaqueros Tucson Rodeo
Lisa Anderson, of Bozeman, Mont., calls on her horse in a 17.31-second run.
2019 La Fiesta de los Vaqueros Tucson Rodeo
Belle Lockhart, of Queen Creek, grimaces after she knocked over a barrel in her 27.96 penalized time in barrel racing.
2019 La Fiesta de los Vaqueros Tucson Rodeo
Cody Rostockyj, of Lorena, Texas, rides Hot Sauce to an 83.5 score in bull riding.
2019 La Fiesta de los Vaqueros Tucson Rodeo
Dalan Duncan, of Ballard, Utah, rides Hey Bull to an 80.5 score in bull riding.
2019 La Fiesta de los Vaqueros Tucson Rodeo
Brennon Eldred, of Sulphur, Okla., is dismissed by Pistol Whip for a no-score.
2019 La Fiesta de los Vaqueros Tucson Rodeo
Dustin Bowen, of Glenrose, Texas, is dispatched from Eyebrows before he notched an eight-second ride in bull riding.
2019 La Fiesta de los Vaqueros Tucson Rodeo
Colton Beaty, of Seymour, Texas, would come up .2 seconds short of a qualified ride atop Fat Pat in bull riding.
2019 La Fiesta de los Vaqueros Tucson Rodeo
Bull fighter Dusty Tuckness goes sailing over a bull in a showcase to close the day.
2019 La Fiesta de los Vaqueros Tucson Rodeo
A bareback rider's rig with "No Pain" scribed on the glove awaits a run.
Galleries of each day of 2019 Rodeo Week in Tucson. Photos by Arizona Daily Star staff photographers.