Cattlemen's Days Royalty Tryouts
2025 Cattlemen’s Days Royalty Tryouts
Tryout date: July 6th, 2024
Gunnison County Fairgrounds
Entry Form Deadline: June 30th, 2024
Entries will not be accepted after this date. NO EXCEPTIONS!
Cattlemen’s Days is one of Colorado’s oldest rodeos, beginning in 1900. An important aspect of the events has always been the Cattlemen’s Days Queen and her Court. Many young women have ably served as the public face of Cattlemen’s Days 4-H and PRCA rodeo contestants & spectators.
Please download and read the Royalty Tryout Application Packet and the Code of Conduct before filling out the application. It includes eligibility, requirements for holding a Cattlemen’s Days title multiple times, portfolio information, reining pattern info, topics for your speech, royalty attire, and expectations for your reign.
2025 Cattlemen’s Days Royalty Tryout Application Packet (PDF)
Schedule of Events
Gunnison County Rodeo Grounds
8:00 am – Check-in, get your contestant number, reining pattern, and turn in your portfolio.
8:30 am – Reining pattern, followed by Grand Entry
10:00 am – Speeches and Impromptu questions
11:00 am – Interviews
12:00 pm – Meet back up for crowning.
All times are approximate; depending on the number of contestants, the times may be altered appropriately.
Contact Ivy McNulty, Coordinator, at 970-275-0043, or email ivymcnulty@gmail.com with any questions.
ONLINE ROYALTY TRYOUT APPLICATION
Entry Form Deadline: June 30th, 2024
Entries will not be accepted after this date. NO EXCEPTIONS!
Thank you for your participation and let’s have some FUN!
2024 Cattlemen's Days
Final schedule will be posted late spring.
JULY - 4-H Horse Show
JULY - Ranch Rodeo (auction prior)
JULY - Open Horse Show
JULY - 4-H Dog Show, 4-H General Projects Awards Review
JULY - Cowboy Poetry at the I-Bar
JULY - 4-H General Projects displayed at Fairgrounds
JULY - Watershed Barrel Races
JULY - 4-H Rabbit Show
JULY - Evening Carnival
JULY - Pioneer Banquet at the Elks Lodge
JULY - PRCA Rodeo Slack
JULY - 4-H & FFA Swine Show
JULY - 4-H & FFA Sheep Show
JULY 11th - PRCA #1 TETWP Rodeo
JULY - 4-H & FFA Goat Show
JULY - 4-H & FFA Cattle Show
JULY - 4-H & FFA Round Robin Showmanship
JULY 12th - PRCA Patriot Night Rodeo
JULY 13th - Cattlemen's Days Parade
JULY 13th - Buyers BBQ, Scholarship, Cattlemen's Junior Livestock Auction
JULY 13th - PRCA Gunnison Ranchland Legacy Rodeo
JULY 14th - Cowboy Church at the Fairgrounds