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Photos: 2019 Tucson Rodeo, Day 5
- Mike Christy
- Updated
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.
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Daylon Swearingen, from Rochelle, Ga., holds on for a 79 score in bareback riding.
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Trevor Thiel, of Greeley, Colo., dismounts his steed as the rope catches his calf in tie-down roping for a 17.2 time.
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Wyatt Denny, of Minden, Nev., gets help from the pick-up men after a 76 score atop Queen Molly, right, in bareback.
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Dalan Duncan, of Ballard, Utah, gets tossed from Hey Bull after completing an 80.5 ride in bull riding.
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Paden Hurst, of Cypress, Texas, holds onto "Zinger" en route to a 78 score in bareback.
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Wyatt Denny, of Minden, Nev., gets sideways but holds onto Queen Molly for a 76 score in bareback.
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Shane O'Connell, of Rapid City, S.D., clings to Fleabit for an 80.5 score in bareback.
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Bareback rider R.C. Landingham, of Hat Creek, Calif., tapes up before completing the day's top score of 83.
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Cutter DeHart, of Laramie, Wyo., plants his feet to wrestle a steer for an 18.5 score with penalty.
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Pace Freed, right, ropes the head, but heelman Jade Anderson would miss the feet for a no-time score in team roping.
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Fans admire rodeo clown John Harrison's trick riding intermission show.
Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star2019 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.
Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star2019 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.
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Marci Laye, of Bashaw, Alberta, coaxes finishing speed from her horse for a 17.82 time in barrel racing.
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Lisa Anderson, of Bozeman, Mont., calls on her horse in a 17.31-second run.
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Belle Lockhart, of Queen Creek, grimaces after she knocked over a barrel in her 27.96 penalized time in barrel racing.
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Cody Rostockyj, of Lorena, Texas, rides Hot Sauce to an 83.5 score in bull riding.
Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star2019 La Fiesta de los Vaqueros Tucson Rodeo
Dalan Duncan, of Ballard, Utah, rides Hey Bull to an 80.5 score in bull riding.
Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star2019 La Fiesta de los Vaqueros Tucson Rodeo
Brennon Eldred, of Sulphur, Okla., is dismissed by Pistol Whip for a no-score.
Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star2019 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.
Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star2019 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.
Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star2019 La Fiesta de los Vaqueros Tucson Rodeo
Bull fighter Dusty Tuckness goes sailing over a bull in a showcase to close the day.
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A bareback rider's rig with "No Pain" scribed on the glove awaits a run.
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Galleries of each day of 2019 Rodeo Week in Tucson. Photos by Arizona Daily Star staff photographers.