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Below are women's ranch rodeo pictures of cowgirls competing in the calf branding event. As you can see from the pictures the arena had been saturated with rain. The competing cowgirls, however, rose to the challenge and cowgirl'd up, competing with everything they had. For more information on women's ranch rodeo and the calf branding event, please scroll down below the pictures.

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Calf branding at a women's ranch rodeo: A roped calf jumps into the air
Calf branding: Three cowgirls work to lay a lively calf on its side
Calf branding is hard work: Three cowgirls struggle with a calf in the deep mud

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The Women's Ranch Rodeo Calf Branding Event

In women's ranch rodeo cowgirls compete in teams from ranches. Four members per team is common. Below we have given a description of one of the events in a women's ranch rodeo, the calf branding. This information is for descriptive and general overview purposes only. The rules for the calf branding event in a women's ranch rodeo you may compete in or watch could be different.

Calf branding is a timed event in which calves are roped and "branded." (The branding irons are not actually hot, but instead are dipped in chalk.) The calf branding event begins with a small group of calves in one corner of the arena. As one or more teams compete, the other teams will help to hold the calves in the corner. The competing team(s) will have one cowgirl on her horse (the roper), while the other three team members are on foot (the ground crew). The roper ropes one calf at a time (legal catches are around the head, by one heel, or by two heels) and takes it a short distance to the ground crew. The ground crew members must lay the calf on its side, remove the rope, then "brand" the calf. Ideally, two calves will be roped and branded within the designated time limit (three minutes is common). Teams roping and branding two calves will place higher than teams roping and branding one calf. Time stops when a time limit has been reached, or when the last calf is roped and the branding iron is placed back into the bucket.

The rules for the calf branding event for any particular women's ranch rodeo you may compete in or watch could be different than the ones we've given above. For more information on women's ranch rodeo you can visit our page of women's ranch rodeo pictures and look for the article beneath the pictures. We also suggest you visit the Women's Ranch Rodeo Association (WRRA) website.

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