Equestrian’s First Place (April 14, 2012)

As a traditional part of the rodeo subculture, halfway through the bucking broncos and steer roping comes the boot scramble.  A boot scramble is an event where children are invited down to the dirt floor of the arena.  They remove both boots/shoes and they are tossed and mixed up in a pile.  The children then race from the opposite end of the arena to relocate and put on their boots/shoes as fast as they can to tag the mascot to win.

About 30 children participated in the boot scramble, with a handful sporting their own cowboy hats and boots, like true boot scramble veterans.