Junior Rodeo
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Junior Rodeo

Date: Sept 06, 2025
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🤠 Saddle Up for the 2nd Annual Junior Rodeo!

Saturday, September 6, 2025 | Salinas Sports Complex | Presented by MYCars.com

Get ready for a day of fun, tradition, and friendly competition at the California Rodeo Salinas' Junior Rodeo! Whether you're a seasoned young rider or just starting out, this event is the perfect way to connect with our Western roots and showcase your rodeo skills.


📅 Event Details:

  • Date: Saturday, September 6, 2025
  • Location: Salinas Sports Complex, 1034 N. Main Street, Salinas, CA
  • Check-In: 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM
  • Pee Wee Check- In: 8:30AM - 9:30AM
  • Competition Begins: 9:00 AM
  • Pee Wee Arena Begins: 10 AM
  • Attire: Western wear required—including a cowboy hat. Helmets are allowed.
  • Entries: Open 8/1 - 9/1 (via Saddlebook link)
  • Pee Wee Contestants: Can enter Pee Wee events OR horseback events but not both.


🐴 Event Categories:

3 & Under (Pee Wee Arena)

  • Stick Horse Race**
  • Boot Race
  • Goat Tail Untying

4–5 (Pee Wee Arena)

  • Stick Horse Race
  • Boot Race
  • Goat Tail Untying
Dummy Roping 5 & Under
Dummy Roping 6 - 9

9 & Under (Mixed Boys & Girls)

  • Calf Riding
  • Barrel Race
  • Pole Bending
  • Goat Tail Untying
  • Single Stake

10–13 Girls

  • Barrel Race
  • Pole Bending
  • Goat Tying
  • Breakaway Roping

10–13 Boys

  • Steer Riding
  • Chute Dogging
  • Goat Tying
  • Breakaway Roping
10-13 Mixed (Boys & Girls)
  • Single Stake
  • Team Roping
  • Steer Stopping
  • Ribbon Roping

14–18 Girls

  • Barrel Race
  • Pole Bending
  • Goat Tying
  • Breakaway Roping

14–18 Boys

  • Wild Beef Ride
  • Chute Dogging
  • Tie Down Roping
14-18 Mixed (Boys & Girls)
  • Team Roping
  • Steer Stopping
9-18 Mixed Ribbon Roping (Boys & Girls)
Family Team Roping : One Adult / One Child

📝 *Age is based on how old the contestant is as of January 1, 2025.
Don’t forget to bring your stick horse!


🏆 Prizes:

Buckles to all event winners.

All - Around Buckles
Reserve All - Around Headstalls

🎟️ Admission & Parking:

  • Admission: FREE for all attendees!
  • Parking: Info for contestants is available on grounds

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Join the Herd:

This rodeo is open to youth from all over the region. It’s more than a competition—it’s a celebration of Western heritage, friendship, and fun. Whether you’re cheering from the stands or riding in the arena, the Junior Rodeo is sure to be a memory-maker.


🌟 Where the West Comes Alive:

Don’t miss this chance to shine in the arena, connect with fellow cowboys and cowgirls, and be part of a growing tradition.

See you there, partner! 🐎

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Presenting Sponsor

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Steps to Enter

  1. Go to Saddlebook.com (direct link above)
  2. Select Sign Up
    1. if you entered last year, you should have an existing account. If not, create a parent account.
    2. Make sure to use your Childs name as the contestant and not the parent.
  3. Once logged in, go to SADDLE DASH
  4. Go to EVENTS
  5. Search for California Rodeo Salinas Jr. Rodeo
  6. Select GET STARTED
  7. Select NEW ENTRY
    1. You will enter one Contestant at a time. Events are grouped by age, it will only how events that are open to that contestants age.
  8. Check out with a Debit/Credit card
IMPORTANT ENTRY INFO
  • Pee Wee contestants can enter Pee Wee events OR horseback events but not both.
  • All contestants must supply their own horse
  • Pee Wee contestants must supply their own stick horse.
  • All contestants must have a partner to enter the team events, we will not draw one for you. Make sure to enter partners full name.
  • All contestants must check in and receive a back number in order to compete.
FOR ENTRY HELP CONTACT:
Sheanna DeForest 831-809-5641
Holly Harris 831-809-6960

Junior Rodeo Sponsorship Opportunities

How Can You Be A JR Rodeo Sponsor?

For Sponsorship information contact our Sponsorship Manager Victoria Carlisle at vcarlisle@carodeo.com (O) 831 775 3109 or (C) 619 518 5039.

Pens will be available upon arrival for $20 per pen. The Barn Office will be open Friday, September 5th at 12pm.
Jr Rodeo directions map

📍 Directions to the California Rodeo Grounds

Salinas Sports Complex – 1034 N. Main Street, Salinas, CA

🚗 From Highway 101 North:

  1. Take the Laurel Drive Exit
  2. Turn right onto Laurel Drive
  3. Turn right onto Maryal Drive
  4. Turn right into the back entrance of the grounds (located between Tatum’s Garden and Atlantic Little League)

🚗 From Highway 101 South:

  1. Take the Laurel Drive Exit
  2. Turn left onto Laurel Drive
  3. Turn right onto Maryal Drive
  4. Turn right into the back entrance of the grounds (located between Tatum’s Garden and Atlantic Little League)

Date: September 6, 2025

Junior Rodeo

Special thanks to our All Around Grand Champion Sponsors

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