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Bull-A-Rama bucks into action on Saturday

Thirty bulls and 30 riders from all over Alberta and Saskatchewan are set to descend on the St. Paul Ag Corral this Saturday for the 2011 Bull-A-Rama. The Bull-A-Rama starts at 7 p.m.

Thirty bulls and 30 riders from all over Alberta and Saskatchewan are set to descend on the St. Paul Ag Corral this Saturday for the 2011 Bull-A-Rama.

The Bull-A-Rama starts at 7 p.m. and will kick off with the “long-go" portion, where all 30 riders go head-to-head to gain the highest score. Riders must stay on the bull for over eight seconds in order to achieve any sort of score. From there the rider is judged on two parts: how well the rider rode in terms of control and stability and how hard the bull bucks or the degree of difficulty the bull gives the rider. Getting bucked off results in a zero score.

The top six highest-scoring riders will then participate in the “short-go," where they will get another chance to ride again. The rider who earns the best score out of the six takes the crown.

Bull-A-Rama is being put on by Trach Rodeo Ltd, a family owned and operated ranch and event organization. Steven and Karen Trach run the business, which has been carried down from Steven's father, who continues to play an active role in the business.

The Trach family travels across Alberta and Saskatchewan putting on rodeos just like the Bull-A-Rama. Their last event was the Wild Rose Rodeo Association Finals in Barrhead. The Trach's have a group of people that travel along with them all summer, helping to put on the events. Karen Trach says they have become another family, their “rodeo family".

“We have our real families but this is our rodeo family that we spend the summer with," said Karen.

The family originally had a farm in St. Brides but the farm was too small to accommodate their growing stock. Seven years ago the Trach family moved just outside of Two Hills. The farm has all the rodeo stock the Trach family needs: bucking horses and bulls and steers for steer wrestling and team roping. Recently, they added a cattle operation.

Karen says that although she is the bookkeeper, it is her husband Steven who is the work-horse behind the company.

“He's the man, he does the majority of the stuff."

The Trach family business may be a third generation operation in the future as Steven and Karen have a five-month-old daughter and a three-year-old son named Landon. Landon has already taken to the family business and has his own favourite bull named “baby-moo." Langdon feeds buckets of oats to “baby-moo" regularly and his bedroom contains pictures of his favourite bull hung on the walls.

Tickets sell for $12 for adults and students over 18, $8 for students aged 10-17, and children under nine get in free.

Bull-A-Rama will be followed by a no minors dance afterwards. Dance admission only tickets will also be sold for $10.

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