The NDRA Championship Finals Rodeo will take place at the McKenzie County fairgrounds located in Watford City on Friday, September 27 and Saturday, September 28. The rodeo will start at 7 p.m. on Friday and 6 p.m. on Saturday. The NDRA Rodeo will include a rodeo dance, The Mud Butte Band, a ranch rodeo, and vendors.
The Finals Rodeo will feature the top twelve contestants in each standard event and pit them against the top stock in the state. Events that will be at the finals rodeo is bareback and saddle bronc riding, ladies breakaway and barrels, men’s breakaway and bull riding, team roping, steer wrestling, and tie-down roping. Saturday afternoon there will also be a ranch rodeo that local contestants will participate in.
On Friday and Saturday night, The Mud Butte Band will be performing, and there will be a rodeo dance taking place both nights.
The NDRA is one of North Dakota’s largest rodeo entities; it was formed in 1953 and is made up of over 500 members that compete in rodeos across the state of North Dakota. The NDRA puts on 15 to 25 rodeos a year. The association averages about 200 cowboys and cowgirls from Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Nebraska, and Minnesota per rodeo.
Everyone is welcome to come out and watch rodeo finalists compete for the 2019 NDRA Championship state titles!
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