Kassie Mowry, of Dublin, Texas, scored a 17.16 in this ride in the Barrel Racing competition at the Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo in Cheyenne, Wyo., on July 30, 2023. Sue Smith won the event with a time of 16.89. This was the last day of the popular event that is celebrating its 127th year. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
Bareback rider Orin Larsen competes in the Bareback Riding at the Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo in Cheyenne, Wyo., on July 30, 2023. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
Bareback rider Clayton Biglow competes in the Bareback Riding at the Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo in Cheyenne, Wyo., on July 30, 2023. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
Stetson Wright, of Milford, Utah, got a 91.50 for this ride in the bull riding competition to take home first place at the Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo in Cheyenne, Wyo., on July 30, 2023. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
Bareback rider Cole Reiner competes in the Bareback Riding at the Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo in Cheyenne, Wyo., on July 30, 2023. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
Bareback rider Ben Kramer competes in the Bareback Riding at the Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo in Cheyenne, Wyo., on July 30, 2023. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
Richmond Champion gets ready to compete in the Bareback riding competition at the Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo in Cheyenne, Wyo., on July 30, 2023. This was the last day of the popular event that is celebrating its 127th year. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
Bullriders from left to right Kai Hamilton, Stetson Wright, his brother Stu Wright, and Cullen Telfer, right, wait to compete in the Bull riding competition at the Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo in Cheyenne, Wyo., on July 30, 2023. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
Waylon Bourgeois (8) and Leighton Berry, right, get ready to compete in the Bareback riding competition while warming up back stage at the Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo in Cheyenne, Wyo., on July 30, 2023. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
Weston Bascom, 9, right, checks out the bulls with his little brother Lane, 5, left, as they wait to watch the bull ridin event at the Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo in Cheyenne, Wyo., on July 30, 2023. This was the last day of the popular event that is celebrating its 127th year. Weston dreams of becoming a bull rider himself. He started Mutton’ Bustin’ at the age of 5 and moved onto small bulls at 6. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
Clayton Biglow gets ready to compete in the Bareback riding competition while warming up back stage at the Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo in Cheyenne, Wyo., on July 30, 2023. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
Bareback rider Jess Pope competes in the Bareback Riding at the Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo in Cheyenne, Wyo., on July 30, 2023. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
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Kassie Mowry, of Dublin, Texas, scored a 17.16 in this ride in the Barrel Racing competition at the Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo in Cheyenne, Wyo., on July 30, 2023. Sue Smith won the event with a time of 16.89. This was the last day of the popular event that is celebrating its 127th year. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
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By Helen H. Richardson | hrichardson@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
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Getting your player ready...
Cheyenne Frontier Days wrapped up the final rodeo of their 127th year on Sunday.
The PRCA Pro Rodeo is the centerpiece of the event, which also features live music, a Native American Indian Village and an Old Frontier Town, a chuckwagon cook-off, the Sidewinder Saloon, the CFD Old West Museum, a BLM Wild Horse and Burro program, Cowboy church services and free pancake breakfasts.
