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win. One of the rules is that as long as a contestant is actually in the<br />
act of holding the calf (i.e. Holding it by the tail) to get the halter on,<br />
no other participant may interfere unless the calf wriggles itself free.<br />
It’s at this point where the calf is fair game once again. The event is<br />
held nightly between major events in the Reliant Stadium. Each of the<br />
students who catch a calf is awarded a $1,250 certificate to purchase<br />
a registered beef heifer. Raising and showing this heifer becomes a<br />
yearlong project as the scrambler sees to the grooming, feeding and<br />
care of the animal. The exhibitor returns to the Houston Livestock<br />
Show the following year for a special competition. Calf Scramble<br />
exhibitors receive a $250 bonus when they return to compete with<br />
their heifer, totaling their $1,500 certificate.<br />
A similar events for youngsters is Mutton Bustin’, for 5 and 6-year-olds,<br />
who try to ride on top of a sheep for eight seconds.<br />
TRAIL RIDES<br />
The Trail Rides (cavalcades) are a long tradition with the rodeo and<br />
gather at Memorial Park to camp for a rest and party before the big<br />
Annual Rodeo Parade through Downtown Houston.<br />
Salt Grass Trail Ride - 85-mile (137 km) ride from Cat<br />
Spring, Texas, established in 1952<br />
Sam Houston Trail Ride - 66-mile (106 km) ride from<br />
Montgomery, Texas, established in 1955<br />
Old Spanish Trail Ride - 216-mile (348 km) ride from<br />
Logansport, Louisiana, established in 1956<br />
Prairie View Trail Ride - 102-mile (164 km) ride from<br />
Sunnyside, Texas, established in 1957<br />
Valley Lodge Trail Ride - 72-mile (116 km) ride from<br />
Brookshire, Texas, established in 1959<br />
The Spanish Trail Ride - 112-mile (180 km) ride from<br />
Coldspring, Texas, established in 1961<br />
Texas Independence Trail Ride - 92-mile (148 km) ride from<br />
Brazoria, Texas, established in 1961<br />
Los Vaqueros Rio Grande Trail Ride - 386-mile (621 km) ride from<br />
Hidalgo, Texas, established in 1973<br />
Southwestern Trail Ride - 100-mile (160 km) ride from<br />
Brazoria, Texas, established in 1974<br />
Northeastern Trail Ride - 108-mile (174 km) ride from<br />
Beaumont, Texas, established in 1982<br />
Texas Cattlemen’s Trail Ride - 85-mile (137 km) ride from<br />
Anderson, Texas, established in 1986<br />
The Mission Trail Ride - 210-mile (340 km) ride from<br />
San Antonio, Texas, established in 1990<br />
Southwest Trail Ride - 120-mile (190 km) ride from<br />
Rosenberg, Texas, established in 1993<br />
WORLD’S CHAMPIONSHIP BAR-B-QUE CONTEST<br />
The World’s Championship Bar-B-Que Contest, also simply known<br />
as “The Cookoff,” started in 1974 and has consistently drawn massive<br />
attendance numbers for the three-day event, drawing a record<br />
264,132 visitors in 2013. It takes place on the southern parking lot of<br />
NRG Stadium, with over 350 teams participating every year and is<br />
generally considered a “Hot Ticket,” as most are for members or by<br />
invitation only. While the event is open to the general public, those<br />
that can get into the tents are generally allowed an unlimited amount<br />
of food and beverages.<br />
THE CALF SCRAMBLE<br />
Since the addition of the event in 1942, it has been one of the more<br />
popular events during the actual rodeo. The event features 14 calves<br />
and 28 students who must try to capture one of the calves, put a halter<br />
on it and bring it back into the “winners square” in order to claim the<br />
Rodeo Houston also features the traditional rodeo events of bull<br />
riding, bareback riding, saddle bronc riding, team roping, steer wrestling,<br />
calf roping, barrel racing (women only) and chuck wagon racing.<br />
TRANSPORTATION<br />
With between 60,000 and 150,000 people attending the rodeo each<br />
day, every year, the city’s transportation infrastructure is taxed as<br />
it must also compete with regular Houston Rush Hour on regular<br />
business days. There are a variety of ways into and out of the complex<br />
that include Park and Ride lots in certain parts of the city that<br />
are provided by the event as an express straight onto the property,<br />
Taxi, Self Parking, and METRORail. The Coordinators of the event<br />
try to persuade attendees to use public transportation as the most<br />
convenient way to and from the Rodeo.<br />
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