Russell Haythorn is a Denver7 Reporter.
ARVADA, Colo. — It’s often hard to imagine the magnitude of the work put in by the trailblazers before our time, like the cowboys decades ago who just wanted to compete while being true to themselves.
As Hiller explains, Colorado has always been a pioneer state in that regard. It is now home to the longest-running gay rodeo in the world.While the Mile High City expects nearly half a million people to attend this year’s 50th annual Denver PrideFest in June, the lesser-known Rocky Mountain Regional Rodeo will celebrate its 41st year in Denver with a three-day event July 12-14.“Rough stock riding, bull riding, horseback riding – all of that good jazz,” Hiller said.
“That’s a team of three,” Hiller said. “So, you have a boy, a girl and a 'drag.' The drag just has to wear a wig and a dress. That team of three has to get a steer across the line 40 feet from the shoot, and then once that steer crosses the line, the drag has to hop on the back of the steer, and the steer has to recross the line and that ends the time for the timed event.”
For the first time this year, the Rocky Mountain Regional Rodeo will take place at the Events Center at the National Western Complex.
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