Images from Thursday's events at the Ute Mountain Roundup Rodeo
Sam Green/For The Journal<br>Eli Sharkey is smashed by the bull as he battles the beast during the bullfighting competition.
Sam Green/For The Journal<br>Eli Sharkey is smashed by the bull as he battles the beast during the bullfighting competition.
Sam Green/For The Journal<br>Kris Furr leaps over the fence with the help of the bull during the bullfighting event at the Ute Mountain Rodeo.
Sam Green/For The Journal<br>Kris Furr leaps over the fence with the help of the bull during the bullfighting event at the Ute Mountain Rodeo.
Sam Green/For The Journal<br>Hunter Brasfield loses his hat during the bareback riding event at the Ute Mountain Roundup Rodeo on Thursday.
Sam Green/For The Journal<br>Hunter Brasfield loses his hat during the bareback riding event at the Ute Mountain Roundup Rodeo on Thursday.
Sam Green/For The Journal<br>Pep Arballo leaps from his horse to wrestle a steer at the Ute Mountain Roundup Rodeo on Thursday.
Sam Green/For The Journal<br>Pep Arballo leaps from his horse to wrestle a steer at the Ute Mountain Roundup Rodeo on Thursday.
Sam Green/For The Journal<br>Baxtor Roche wrestles the steer during the Ute Mountain Roundup Rodeo on Thursday.
Sam Green/For The Journal<br>Baxtor Roche wrestles the steer during the Ute Mountain Roundup Rodeo on Thursday.
Sam Green/For The Journal<br>Local cowboys and cowgirls compete in the stick horse race on Thursday.
Sam Green/For The Journal<br>Local cowboys and cowgirls compete in the stick horse race on Thursday.
Sam Green/For The Journal<br>Cory Rowland ropes a calf in the tie-down competition Thursday at the Ute Mountain Roundup Rodeo.
Sam Green/For The Journal<br>Cory Rowland ropes a calf in the tie-down competition Thursday at the Ute Mountain Roundup Rodeo.
Sam Green/For The Journal<br>Wyatt Hageman is thrown over the head of the horse in the saddle bronc riding.
Sam Green/For The Journal<br>Wyatt Hageman is thrown over the head of the horse in the saddle bronc riding.
Sam Green/For The Journal<br>Troy Lerwill jumps over the truck at the Ute Mountain Roundup Rodeo on Thursday.
Sam Green/For The Journal<br>Troy Lerwill jumps over the truck at the Ute Mountain Roundup Rodeo on Thursday.
Hayden Todd loses her hat in the barrel racing event.
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Hayden Todd loses her hat in the barrel racing event.
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Sam Green/For The Journal<br>Anthony Green is thrown from the bull during the Ute Mountain Roundup Rodeo on Thursday.
Sam Green/For The Journal<br>Anthony Green is thrown from the bull during the Ute Mountain Roundup Rodeo on Thursday.
Sam Green/For The Journal<br>Rodeo Jenson lands in the dirt during the mutton-busting event on Thursday.
Sam Green/For The Journal<br>Rodeo Jenson lands in the dirt during the mutton-busting event on Thursday.
Sam Green/For The Journal<br>Clint Robinson leaps from his horse in the tie-down roping event at the Ute Mountain Roundup Rodeo on Thursday.
Sam Green/For The Journal<br>Clint Robinson leaps from his horse in the tie-down roping event at the Ute Mountain Roundup Rodeo on Thursday.
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