A bit of foreshadowing on the night before the sale, as the chutes behind Chancey Williams and his band will be full of broncs and cowboys the following day. Kenneth Jarecke / Contact Press Images ©2024 I’m not sure it is actually world-famous, but what are you going to do? It’s a big deal in Eastern Montana.
Chancey Williams and Josh Turner performing Thursday night before the sale. Kenneth Jarecke / Contact Press Images ©2024 It’s the premier social event for the community, featuring a parade, horse racing, a rodeo, and numerous social activities. It attracts rodeo stock contractors from the U.S. and Canada seeking saddle and bareback broncos.
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Watching the action on a makeshift dance floor under the bleachers. Kenneth Jarecke / Contact Press Images ©2024 Kenneth Jarecke / Contact Press Images ©2024 There’s gambling, drinking, smoking, bronc riding and now and then some risky behavior. Kenneth Jarecke / Contact Press Images ©2024 Did you know that quarter horses are faster than thoroughbreds in the quarter mile? Well, they are. That's how they got their name, and of course, they race them here.
Kenneth Jarecke / Contact Press Images ©2024 The broncs are the main attraction. That’s how the sale got its name.
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Morgan Buckingham of Miles City, Montana competes in the Bucking Horse Sale in Miles City, Montana. Kenneth Jarecke / Contact Press Images ©2024 Apply named, Buckingham got hung up here, meaning he couldn’t get his hand out. Which is not a good thing.
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Kenneth Jarecke / Contact Press Images ©2024 I reckon this is getting kind of long, and I don't want to bore you, so I'll make another post in a day or so.