World champions walk away with Guymon...
GUYMON, Okla, 5/10/12 – The Guymon Pioneer Days Rodeo has been the place where champions play. In 2012, Henry C. Hitch Pioneer Arena was better... [More...]
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Welcome to the Guymon Pioneer Days website, with information on all of the Guymon Pioneer Days events. The Guymon Pioneer Days Rodeo is the highlight of the week long celebration, and draws thousands of visitors each year. What makes the Guymon rodeo so big?
Check out Ted Harbin's Facebook page, twisTED Rodeo, for some great photos of this years Guymon Pioneer Days Rodeo. Click here.
Here are the latest results: (Results are also listed on prorodeo.com)
Sunday Afternoon, May 6th Results (final) and article here
Saturday Evening, May 5th Results and article here
Saturday Afternoon, May 5th Results and article here
Friday Evening, May 4th Results and Article here
GUYMON, Okla, 5/10/12 – The Guymon Pioneer Days Rodeo has been the place where champions play. In 2012, Henry C. Hitch Pioneer Arena was better known as the place where champions win.
Of the 10 disciplines, five winners from this year’s event own gold buckles that are awarded to world champions. As always, this year’s championship was a showcase of ProRodeo’s best.
“It’s always a great rodeo in Guymon,” said Jhett Johnson, the reigning world champion heeler from Casper, Wyo., who won the team roping title with header Jake Barnes of Scottsdale, Ariz., a seven-time world champion.
They were joined in the winner’s circle by Chad Ferley, the 2006 world champion saddle bronc rider, who split the victory with newcomer Cole Elshere with 87-point scores; two-time steer wresting world champion Dena Gorsuch, who had a three-run cumulative time of 13.5 seconds; and three-time world champion barrel racer Sherry Cervi, who posted a two-run aggregate of 34.55 seconds.
The Guymon Pioneer Days Rodeo is celebrating their 80th annual event this year. The rodeo committee works hard throughout the year to keep the rodeo ranking high as one of the top 10 outdoor PRCA rodeos in the United States.
There are many things that go into making a rodeo successful for the contestants, as well as the spectators. Whether it is the added money, hospitality of a community, good committee volunteers, great sponsors, quality production and good stock to compete on, or the quality entertainment…sometimes one of the hardest things to manage is the arena ground. Preparing the ground for the rodeo and maintaining it consistently throughout the rodeo can often be a time consuming and pain staking effort. Good ground can make or break a steer wrestling or calf roping run, but it is crucial to the barrel racers who are asking their horse to turn at a high rate of speed.
GUYMON, Okla, 5/5/12 – To say bareback rider J.R. Vezain was excited about his match-up with MGM Deuces Night might be a great understatement.
“When I heard callbacks for this rodeo, I was screaming out loud and running around like a little girl,” Vezain said of the great Carr Pro Rodeo horse, which was one of the featured animal athletes at the 80th Guymon Pioneer Days Rodeo at Henry C. Hitch Pioneer Arena. “I had my highest marked ride on that horse last year with an 87 at San Antonio, and I was going for the record this year.
“I was going for 90; I knew it was going to be good. I was really stoked to be here.”
Vezain, of Cowley, Wyo., didn’t reach his goal, but he wasn’t far off, matching moves with the 7-year-old mare for 89 points to win the rodeo and $4,019. It was the first time in five years that a bareback rider had earned the Guymon victory on a horse other than MGM Deuces Night’s half brother, Dirty Jacket.
