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Barrel racing
Barrel racing: timed rodeo event, cloverleaf pattern around three 55-gallon drums, hundredths-of-a-second timing, five-second penalty per tipped barrel. Women's event run by the WPRA, standard at PRCA rodeos since the Girls Rodeo Association's 1948 founding.
Calgary Stampede
The Calgary Stampede is a ten-day July rodeo, exhibition and festival in Calgary, Alberta, called the Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth; founded 1912, it drew 1,470,288 visitors in 2025 and generates $721 million in annual Alberta economic output.
Rodeo
Rodeo, from Spanish rodear, is a competitive equestrian sport of vaquero origin with rough stock and timed events, governed by the PRCA, contested alongside the Mexican charreada and Native American rodeo traditions.