Tickets for the Mesquite Championship Rodeo:

  • $11 for Adults
  • $6 Kids (3-12)
  • Kids under 3 are FREE
  • $6 for Seniors (55+)
  • $30 VIP Tickets
  • $50 All-Inclusive 8-Second Club Seating
  • $5 Parking

 

Please note, above ticket prices apply towards regular season PRCA rodeo events. Prices may vary for Rodeo/Concert events, concerts or other special events.

Steer Wrestling

 

Steer Wrestling, also known as bulldogging, requires strength and speed. Cowboys who participate in the event are sometimes called the linebackers of rodeo. As with tie-down and team ropers, the bulldogger starts on horseback in a box. The steer is given a head-start, and then the bulldogger takes off in pursuit. If the bulldogger breaks the barrier before the steer reaches his head start, a 10-second penalty is assessed. When the cowboy reaches the steer, he slides down and off the side of his galloping horse, hooks his arm around the steer's horn, grabs the other horn with his other hand and, using strength and leverage, slows the animal and wrestles it to the ground. His time doesn’t stop until the steer is on its side with all four feet pointing the same direction.

In this event the cowboys gets some help. Another cowboy, called a "hazer", gallops his horse along the right side of the steer and keeps it from veering away from the bulldogger. The work of the hazer can be nearly as important as those of the steer wrestler. Many times the hazer even supplies the bulldogger with a horse, the hazer often receives a fourth of the payoff.