​SCHEDULE
Mutton Bustin'
Sunday  ✪  July 20, 2024
 Stanford, Montana
Prior to Ladies Barrel Racing @ the Fairgrounds

Sponsored by:

www.north40.com

Six Seconds and a Sheep!

​A rider steps into the chute and prepares for a ride that will last only 6 seconds. It’s a familiar scene in rodeo, but in this case the rider is a child between the ages of 5 and 8 and the bronco is a sheep.

The CMR Stampede Mutton Bustin’ features children between the ages 5 and 8 and under 70 pounds riding sheep out of a chute and into the arena. Anything goes, and usually does, as contestants hold on as long as they can!
Online registrations are only being accepted for this event.
​Registrations are open July 6 through July 8, 2024 - First come, First Served.

Information

  • Mutton Bustin' Rodeo Date: July 20, 2024.
  • Entry Dates: July 6 - July 8 at noon.
  • Sign up will be online only and is limited to 15 participants.  First come, first served. We will have 5 alternates listed to participate in case of a no show or no run.
  • One Entry per child. No entry fee.
  • Contestant Entrants will be confirmed and posted by name on the website.
  • Helmets, vests and sheep will be provided.
  • Contestants are required to wear a long-sleeve shirt, long pants, boots or closed toed shoes.
  • A parent will be required to chaperone their child during the competition.
  • Parent's/Guardian's will be required to sign the Mutton Busting Contestant Release Form prior to their child participating in the event.

​General Rules

  • Child must be between the ages of 5 and 8 and weigh less than seventy (70) lbs.
  • Rider takes a wool hold and rides for six (6) seconds.  Rodeo Clown will judge the contestants.
  • Child may use one or two hands, with one-hand rides receiving more points. Child must ride for six (6) seconds to score and receive points. Sheep shall be chute run.
  • Helmets and vests, provided by North 40 Outfitters  and the CMR Stampede, are required to participate.
  • No spurs allowed.
  • Contestants will only be given 3 chances to get on the sheep. Following the last refusal, we will move to the next contestant.
  • Winner will receive a Stampede Belt Buckle - good luck to all!

2023 Participants

  1. ​Lane Reardon, Great Falls
  2. Declan Casper-Gregg, Great Falls
  3. Makaylee Skelton, Geyser
  4. ​​Piper Schmitt, Stanford
  5. Telle Brown, Great Falls
  6. ​​Knox Arntzen, Hilger
  7. Emberlyn Weekes, Dutton
  8. ​Emma Ebeling, Shonkin
  9. Jolten Marn, Belt
  10. Brooke Smith, Stanford
  11. Keep Kruse, Fromberg
  12. ​Colt Schmitt, Stanford
  13. Jack Schmitt, Stanford
  14. Alex Saisbury, Denton
  15. Ryan Pierce, Moore
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Alternates
​(in case of a no-show or no-run)
  1. ​Beau Miller, Shonkin
  2. ​Aleena Clark, Stanford
2023 Mutton Bustin' Two-Time Winner:
​Colt Schmitt

In Mutton Bustin’, just grab wool and go!