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Vaqueros begin to arrive for Rising Sun One day Rodeo
Some Vaqueros from Hinterland Guyana have started to arrive as preparation continue for the only coastland Rodeo activity that is held in Guyana and set for the Rising Sun Turf Club, Arima Park West Coast Berbice on Sunday October 30 beginning at 11:00 hrs.
The Vaqueros along with the some of the coastland horsemen are expected to be at the venue during the week practising their stuff for the big day.
With this gearing up to be one of the biggest Rodeos held at the venue so far. The organizers are taking no chances as they prepare the venue for the big day and the anticipated large crowd that is expected to be on hand.
Cow roping action at a previous Rodeo event
The Rodeo area has been dug up and is presently being prepared, with wetting and leveling taking place on a regular basis. The Grand Stand and other Pavilion are also being rehabilitated while the entire arena has being given a face lift.
According to organizer Inshanally Habibulla there are a number of new events and features this year, but he does not want to let everything out of the bag too early. He also stated that there will also be a number of Novelty events on the day, because they want to have everyone involved. Mr. Habibulla also stated that he is pleased with the way things are going so far.
The anticipated skills, thrills and spills are expected to take centre stage once again in the over 12 events listed for the day. Among the regular activities will be steer roping, bare back bronco, male and female barrel race, wild cow milking, calf roping, wild bull riding, saddle bronco along with the Rodeo King and Queen Competition and the popular.
While events such as the popular Tug o War, Beer drinking competition, winding down on horseback etc will be on show again.
Vaqueros are expected from overseas including Brazil, Suriname and Venezuela to match skills with their Guyanese counterparts and according to the veteran horseman and cattle owner a number of local riders have been visiting the Rising Sun arena to enhance their skills. Locals are expected from the Interior locations of Guyana including Lethem and the Rupununi Savannahs, West Coast Berbice and the Corentyne and Berbice River.
Prizes amounting to over $1M including cash incentives, trophies, and other prizes will be presented to the outstanding performers. (Samuel Whyte)
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