4-legged fashion
Mules and donkeys will don delightful apparel, such as cartoon characters and four-legged cowboys, at the National Western Complex starting today.
The fun starts at 11 a.m. during the Draft Horse and Mule Performance Class shows. Fifteen mules are signed up to dress up.
Saturday at 1 p.m., it’s the donkeys’ turn, during the National Western Draft Horse and Mule Show. The show has six entries.
Saturday night at 7, nine mules will show off their parade attire during the second showing of the Draft Horse and Mule Show. Tickets are $12 for the matinee shows and $14 for the evening performances.
Buck stinks here
It’s an old joke, but it never fails.
Whenever one of thousands of children who attend the stock show each day steps off the school bus pinching his or her nose over the smell of the animals, there’s always a volunteer with the joke teed up.
“They’ll say, ‘Kids, that’s the smell of money,’ ” said volunteer coordinator Kellie Lombardi. “That’s my favorite thing.”
TODAY’S SCHEDULE
8 a.m.: Bison Judging – Stockyards; Draft Horse and Mule, Halter & Performance Classes; Stock Dog Trials
9 a.m.: Miniature Hereford Show; National Highland Show
10 a.m.: Longhorn Show
11 a.m.: Draft Horse and Mule Performance Classes
2 p.m.: ProRodeo; Prospect Heifer Show; Yak Halter Show
6 p.m.: Dog Agility Games
6:30 p.m.: Auction of Junior Livestock Champions
7 p.m.: National Western Draft Horse and Mule Show
7:30 p.m.: ProRodeo
SATURDAY’S SCHEDULE
8 a.m.: Draft Horse and Mule Performance Classes; Junior Ewe Lamb Showmanship (Wool breeds); Prospect Steer Show
8:30 a.m.: Breeding Sheep Shows (Wool Breeds)
10 a.m.: Longhorn Show (Haltered); National Highland Sale; Stock Dog Trials (Cattle Finals)
11 a.m.: ProRodeo
1 p.m.: National Western Draft Horse and Mule Show
2 p.m.: Miniature Hereford Sale; Stock Dog Trials (Intermediate Sheep)
3:30 p.m.: ProRodeo
6 p.m.: Sheep Lead Contest
7 p.m.: National Western Draft Horse and Mule Show – Featuring the Six-Horse Hitch World Championship Finals
8 p.m.: ProRodeo
