Horse Heaven Round Up Rodeo Wins National Award

The Horse Heaven Round Up Rodeo in Kennewick has received national accolades from the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association.  The rodeo committee recently received the Remuda Award at the PRCA Awards Banquet held at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas.

The Tri-Cities rodeo made several changes to its format for 2017, including a new stock contractor, increased prize money to $20,000 per vents. and a final championship go-round was added on Saturday night.

Those changes bolstered the rodeo in the Top 25 in the U.S.  The Remuda Award is one of the highest honors in the rodeo world.

The Remuda award is special to our committee because it is a national award given to only one rodeo out of the more than 620 rodeos sanctioned by the PRCA,” Rodeo Committee Co-Chair Scott English said.  “It recognized that the committee has made the most outstanding effort to secure the best rodeo livestock for the contestants to compete on.”

“Our community has been so generous in their support of our event,” English continued.  “It’s gratifying to see the committee’s decisions pay off for our great fans and supporters.

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