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Tuesday was children’s day at the Carroll County 4-H & FFA Fair, where thousands of children came to the vendor area to take part in crafts, games and bubble-blowing.

Some of the best bull riders in the nation are coming to Westminster for two Saturday nights of exhilarating bull riding on bucking bulls. The event begins with bull riding on Saturday evening, Feb. 24 and finishes up with the championships on Saturday, March 3.

The Cowgirls of Color, the rare all-female team, will compete in the Bill Pickett Rodeo, the only African-American touring rodeo competition in the country.

The cowboy spirit was alive and well during Monday night's Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association All American Pro Rodeo at the Howard County fair.

Mutton busting was just one part of Saturday night's events at the fair. The second day of the 4-H fair brought with it a robotics contest, the children's pedal pull, pig racing and more.

Talk about unusual summer jobs.

The six-day 19th annual Mason Dixon Fair in Delta, Pa., will open Monday.

River Valley Ranch held an evening of activities to celebrate Independence Day.

Since December, West Texas oilman Chris Hicks has sent Kids Safe Zone checks totaling $120,000, making him the center's largest source of funding in its precarious second year of operation.

It was Charlize Stair's first time in a national rodeo competition, and the 12-year-old from Catonsville was covered in mud.

Catonsville's aspiring rodeo star, Charlize Stair, just finished sixth grade, an honor-roll student. She balances her training with playing soccer and a taking

Bell competes in National High School Finals Rodeo

At the Howard County Fair, there is livestock there that will either thrill or appall any kid and cool-looking chickens and a different horse show each day.

33 bull riders competed for a piece of the pot at the International Bull Riders first event of the 2016 season Feb. 27.

Geoff Britten is comfortable behind a camera, filming everything from Orioles and Nationals games to the Olympics and gay rodeos. But as soon as the lens is turned on the freelance cameraman, who does work for MASN, he just wants to run away. That might be because he¿s staring down a seemingly insurmountable obstacle course, ready to compete to become America¿s preeminent ninja warrior.

Pony racing sidebar spells out when all the races take place.

Geegee Lowe's debut on a horse came early in her life. After first "showing" a horse six months before her second birthday, the 16-year-old Howard High junior is already a grizzled veteran of learning and performing numerous styles of riding and horsemanship. At the Howard County Fair, Geegee competed against 34 other members of the Maryland High School Rodeo Association.

Morgan Carroll had never been to a rodeo. But Monday night she was sitting in the stands, just minutes away from the start of the All American Pro Rodeo at the Howard County Fair. Jennifer Fales, 19, a 2014 graduate of Mt. Hebron, knew exactly why she was there. Her boyfriend, Garrett Smith, 20, a 2013 Mt. Hebron graduate, had invited her there with a purpose. They were part of a good-sized crowd Aug. 10 that braved overcast skies, a cool breeze and some rain sprinkles toward the end to watch

The 70th Howard County Fair starts Saturday, and Fair President Mickey Day said this year's eight-day event includes tractor pulls, skid loader rodeos, parades and a combine demolition derby.

Wild West Night is an evening of rodeo based entertainment that was first introduced to the fair five years ago.

Geegee Lowe, 15, of Elkridge is not your average teen. In addition to her classes at Howard High School, Geegee also competes on the Maryland High School Rodeo Team, the Maryland State Quarter Horse and the National Barrel Association.

For some stock contractors, watching their bulls graze in the field is like watching a group of schoolchildren.

Sherri Trenary, 34, who runs and resides on the Patapsco Horse Center with her husband, Charles, said that the horse is the most in-demand for the upcoming Poker Run Trail Ride and Fall Festival Fundraiser. The event, to benefit the Maryland High School Rodeo Association, will be held Nov. 22 on the couple's 200-acre spread on Frederick Road.

Hereford High rising senior Carli Cavin competes in goat tying, breakaway calf roping and barrel racing at National High School Finals Rodeo in Rock Springs, Wyo.

If the large crowds and rave reviews were any indication, the return of rodeo to Harford County Farm Fair was a smash hit.

Madison and Miranda Iager of Woodbine say they will be working to debunk the "stubborn as a mule" myth when they compete Thursday on Gato and Misdemeanor at the Howard County Fair in the Maryland High School Rodeo Association's first appearance since forming in November.

The 27th Annual Harford County Farm Fair opened Thursday with animal and produce exhibitions, children's activities, games, food, carnival rides, even a mechanical bull.

Harford County's annual Farm Fair will be far from the only game in town for Harford residents in August, as multiple festivals are scheduled to take place around the county during the first two weeks of the month.

Are you ready for the fair? The 27th Annual Harford County Farm Fair begins Thursday and runs through Sunday at the Harford County Equestrian Center on North Tollgate Road in Bel Air.

Despite some missing cows, kids still bust mutton at the 4-H & FFA Fair's Wild West Night