Dates: April 17-19, 2026
Sand & Sage Arena
Prowers County Fairgrounds
2206 Saddle Club Road
Lamar, CO 81052
HIGHWAY 71 IS CLOSED BETWEEN ORDWAY & ROCKY FORD
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Friday, April 17th:
JH shooting at 1:00 PM, HS following @ Higbee Wildlife Refuge 5 miles east of Lamar on Hwy 50
HS Cutting and Reined Cow Horse, both rounds. 1:00 pm. Location Nate Miller’s.
Nate Miller Address
34177 Rd 34
mcclave 81057
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Saturday, April 18th: High School and Junior High Rodeo 9:00
GENERAL MEMBERHIP MEETING - 10 Minutes AFTER RODEO IN GRAND STANDS!
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Sunday, April 19th: Church Service in the Grandstands: 7:30 AM
High School and Junior High Rodeo 8:30 AM
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Rodeo Judges: Ira Bader, Andy Wilson, Cory Crow
Cutting/Cow Horse Judge:
Shooting Event Coordinator: Casey Veatch, Mike Ortiz family assisting
Stock Contractors: J and J Rodeo, Bud and Margaret Jennings. Jim Boy Hash goats.
Announcer: Caleb Dorencamp
Arena Director: Kyle Hughes
Track Director: Mindy Richards
Concession Stand: Lynnie’s Food Truck
Dining: Tavern 1301 - Please support the Historic Cow Palace’s new restaurant. Same owners as the wonderful “Dish Room” in Burlington!!
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Host hotels: Historic Cow Palace Inn (newly remodeled). Please ask for the High School Rodeo rate of $110.
Holiday Motel (Rock motel) is a generous sponsor of our rodeo, tell Micheal you are with the rodeo if you book.
Hospital: Prowers Medical Center -- 401 Kendall Drive, Lamar, CO 81052
Veterinarians: Lamar Vet Clinic- Neil Parmely DVM 719-336-8484
Lamar Animal Medical Center- Jenson Stulp 719-336-5509
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Stalls/hookups: The fairgrounds has 140 stalls
Online reservations for stalls and hookups for the Lamar Rodeo will open April 7th @ 5:30 pm and will be open until April 13th @ 5:00 pm
https://cshsra.ticketspice.com/2026-lamar-rodeo-
Early reservations will require a password that will be provided to those who qualify and all general reservations will open with no password necessary on Tuesday.
Once purchased, there will be NO refunds issued for stall and hookup reservations. Vet outs and medical draw outs are not accepted and will not be refunded. If you have a change of plans, you may make independent arrangements to sell or transfer your reservations.
Limited Hookups available. Cannot build stalls at trailers with hookups.
$65 flat rate for weekend (Friday to Sunday) You can add Thursday night for $25.
Dry Camping available- $30.00
All dry camping and horse penning shall be located in the southwest dirt parking area only
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There is plenty of room to dry camp and build pens or tie out on the sandy ground
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Please DO NOT build pens around trees or between the cable and the chain link fence.
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Please do pay dry camping as we have to pay Prowers county
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Stalls must be cleaned if not you will be charged a fee.
Contestants are not required to stall horses. You may build pens, there is plenty of sandy ground to build pens or tie out on. Please do not build pens around any trees.
In order to be eligible for your refund, stalls need to be stripped and manure moved to the roll off boxes at the west end of the stall barn prior to leaving.
Thursday hook ups and stalls are available, please pay for these at the same time you reserve the rest.
Please be courteous and clean up after yourselves!
No horses in the stock pens, they are for the stock and contractors only.
**Hookups and stalls will be locked Sunday after the rodeo. If you are needing to stay Sunday night you will need to contact Prowers County, there is a sign with info and a payment box at the south end of the arena.
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When stalls and hookups are sold out, additional accommodations in Lamar include:
Park and Horse Motel – Lamar
719-688-5209
Sundance –High Plains RV Park - Lamar
719-336-1031
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College Tour Opportunity:
To tour Lamar Community College you may contact:
Savanna Mauch 719-336-1624 for the Horse Training Program.
Travis Greenlee 970-749-2933 for the Rodeo Program.
Cole Bennet 806-338-0055 for the Ranch Horse Team.
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Student Officers:
President: Jarrett Nevius
Vice President: Bray Burnham
Secretary: Kalley Downare
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Order of Events
Main Arena Track
HS Barrels
JH Barrels
Build track fence
HS SW
JH C
HS TD sec 1 (pause for RR in arena)
JH girls Brkwy
JH RR
HS Bulls
JH Bulls
HS TD sec 2
HS Brkwy sec 1
JH boys Brkwy
JH TD
HS Brkwy sec 2
HS TR sec 1
JH TR
HS TR sec 2
HS BB
JH BB
HS SB
JH SB
TRACK
HS Pole Bending
HS Goat Tying
Pause for Ribbon Roping in Arena
JH Boys Goats
JH Girls Goats
JH Pole Bending
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