Tickets for the Mesquite Championship Rodeo:

  • $11 for Adults
  • $6 Kids (3-12)
  • Kids under 3 are FREE
  • $6 for Seniors (55+)
  • $30 VIP Tickets
  • $50 All-Inclusive 8-Second Club Seating
  • $5 Parking

 

Please note, above ticket prices apply towards regular season PRCA rodeo events. Prices may vary for Rodeo/Concert events, concerts or other special events.

Tie-Down Roping

 

Tie-Down Roping is another event that comes from real-life ranch work. Ranch hands would brag about how fast they could rope and tie calves, and soon a competition was born. In the modern-day rodeo event, the calf is released from a chute, given a head start and then the rider gallops out on horseback, and ropes, or lassos, the calf around the neck. He then gets his horse to stop, back up, and tighten the rope as he jumps off of the horse and runs to the calf. The cowboy then picks up the calf, throws it on its side, and ties any three legs together with a length of rope, called a piggin’ string. He will then throw his hands in the air to signal to the judge that he is done. The cowboy then remounts his horse, and releases the tension in the rope. The calf must remain tied for 6 seconds for the cowboy to record an official time. The cowboys not only compete against the calf, but against the clock, and the fastest time wins.

If the cowboy fails to give the calf the proper head start, he is assessed a 10 second penalty, and in an event where the winner is determined by hundredths of a second, it takes away any chance of winning the money.