The bulls and horses bucked, the steers scampered, the cowboys roped and the cowgirls raced.
The annual Estevan Rodeo, sanctioned by the Canadian Cowboys Association, went ahead on the weekend at the exhibition grounds.
The events on Friday and Saturday included bull riding, bareback, saddle bronc, steer wrestling, barrel racing, tie down roping and team roping. On Sunday, locals got a chance to participate in the ranch rodeo.
The weekend's festivities kicked off with the rodeo parade on Friday.
Some familiar figures returned from past rodeos in Estevan, with Ward Cutler announcing and Lee Bellows as the rodeo clown. Raftor Anchor Rodeo was again the stock contractor.
Dwight Dokken and Travis Erickson were the pick up men, while the bull fighters were Brett Salsie and Jory Vine.
There were a number of local competitors in various events. In ladies' barrel racing, Estevan's Kyra Block, Cayle Holbrook, Jenn Schaff and Torie Froese were part of the field. Justiss Daoust, Drew Dowhanuik and Brooke Kruger competed in junior barrel racing.
The local duo of Jeremy Ross and Alex Peters were entered in team roping.
In the marquee bull riding event, of the seven riders entered, only one managed to stay on his bull for eight seconds, and that was Wyatt Laughlin of Gleichen, Alta. His run on the bull Bamboon earned him a score of 74.
Casey Bertram of Piapot was the saddle bronc champion, riding to a score of 78 atop Snack Bar.
Only three competitors in bareback stayed on for eight seconds, with Michael Tuck of Esterhazy winning with a score of 74. The novice winner was Mason Helmeczi, also of Esterhazy, with a 63.
Shawn Williamson was the winner of the tie down roping event with a time of 8.8 seconds.
Leighton Schroeder won the steer wrestling event with a time of 3.5 seconds.
In a large field of barrel racers, Ann Collen posted the fastest time at 16.78 seconds. The junior winner was Hallie Anderson of Maple Creek at 17.39 seconds.
In team roping, the duo of Lance Brown (Virden, Man.) and Scott Sigfusson (Davidson) won with a time of 5.6 seconds.
