Tag: horses
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Behind the scenes with the Pikes Peak Rangerettes
Behind the scenes with the Pikes Peak Rangerettes at the 2024 Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo, held at the Norris Penrose Event Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. The Rangerettes is a drill team comprised of 19 girls ranging from ages 12 to 20.
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Sheriff’s Office announces new partnership between Mounted Unit, event center
On Monday morning, as Norris-Penrose Event Center employees were busy making preparations for the upcoming Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo, four horses roamed a nearby field, their riders wearing cowboy hats, boots — and El Paso County Sheriff’s Office uniforms. The deputies joined Sheriff Joe Roybal and event center General Manager Kyle Park as they…
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117th National Western Stock Show parades through downtown Denver
Livestock, marching bands and more strutted their stuff through downtown Denver on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023 to kick off the 117th annual National Western Stock Show.
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Stock show President & CEO, Paul Andrews, talks to the Denver Gazette
Stock show President & CEO, Paul Andrews, talks to the Denver Gazette
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Backstage at the 2022 National Western Stock Show
Sights and sounds from the 2022 National Western Stock Show in Denver. The show returns after the pandemic forced the cancellation of the 2021 event. (Video by Scott Weiser)
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Social media groups coordinate to save animals endangered by Marshall fire
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As the Marshall fire grew, the Facebook posts flew. “For the small/growing fire on Middle Fork Road, please let me know if you need to coordinate horse evacuation. Currently it is 40 acres or so,” someone posted on social media just before 11:30 a.m. Thursday. A short time later, the “Horse Evacuation Boulder Fort Collins…
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Horse poop must be scooped: Colorado Springs parks officials remind equestrians to clean up
During a recent city of Colorado Springs parks meeting, the mention of horse poop led to a brief, surprised silence. “I know people think it’s just dogs, because that’s the majority of animal use,” said Scott Abbott, regional parks manager. But those bulky, grainy piles left by the hoofed steeds must also be collected, he…
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VIDEO | Fort Carson Morale Rides
The Fort Carson Mounted Color Guard conducted a morale ride through through on-post neighborhoods Thursday afternoon. (Video courtesy of KKTV)
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VIDEO | Horse Rescue
The Dumb Friends League Harmony Equine Center has rehabilitated emaciated horses found in El Paso County. Five of the horses will be put up for adoption. (Video by Katie Klann)