February 20 - March 4, 2018 • The Wrangler, Horse and rodeo news 3
Team Roping
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Rodeo
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BaRRel Racing
Northwest Barrel Racing Association
Mile Hi Barrel Horse Association
NBHA Colorado
NBHA South Dakota
NBHA Wyoming
cuTTing
Boise Valley Cutting Horse Association
Central Wyoming Cutting Club
Cutting Horse Association of Nebraska
Iowa Breeders Cutting Futurity
Iowa Cutting Horse Association
Kansas Cutting Horse Association
Minnesota Cutting Horse Association
South Dakota Cutting Horse Association
Western Nebraska Cutters
Ranch soRTing
Minnesota Ranch Sorting Association
Reining
Cowboy States Reining Horse Association
Montana Reining Horse Association
Yellowstone Reining Horse Association
WoRking coW hoRse / Ranch hoRse
Cowboy States Stock Horse Association
hoRse shoW
Montana Quarter Horse Association
Wyoming Quarter Horse Association
equine cluBs
Nebraska Foundation Quarter Horse Registry
Rocky Mountain Breeders Association
Wyoming Horse Council
Wyoming Cowboy Hall of Fame
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Letter to the Editor
Feature Stories
and Columns
Rodeo Rapid City _____________________________ 4
PRCA Standings ______________________________ 6
Mountain States Cattle Co. February Results _______ 16
George Akers Obituary ________________________ 17
Sweetheart Race – Big Piney, WY _______________ 21
Gary Espenscheid Obituary _____________________ 31
SDQHA Convention ________________________ 36-38
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