A cowboy holds on tight during the Hell on Hooves show held at the Pavilion during the Oregon State Fair on August 24, 2024. (LAURA TESLER/Special to Salem Reporter)
The Oregon State Fair opening weekend featured rough stock rodeo in what was billed as the “Summer Showdown Tour” for Hell on Hooves.
At the Saturday show, cowboys and cowgirls competed for series-ending championships.
They didn’t disappoint.
Cooper DeWitt of Prineville won the saddle bronc championship. The bareback riding title went to Dylan Riggins of Kadoka, South Dakota.
The bulls were a bit too much for the cowboys. No one got in a qualifying ride.
Amanda Bain of Powell Butte won the barrel racing championship and Fallon Cornforth of Yamhill won the special invitational barrel racing competition.
A barrel racer from Hoh Barrel Racers comes into the first barrel during the Hell on Hooves show held at the Pavilion during the Oregon State Fair on August 24, 2024. (LAURA TESLER/Special to Salem Reporter)A bronc rider gets sideways during the Hell on Hooves show held at the Pavilion during the Oregon State Fair on August 24, 2024. (LAURA TESLER/Special to Salem Reporter)A barrel racer from Hoh Barrel Racers approaches the first barrel during the Hell on Hooves show held at the Pavilion during the Oregon State Fair on August 24, 2024. (LAURA TESLER/Special to Salem Reporter)A cowboy holds on tight during the Hell on Hooves show held at the Pavilion during the Oregon State Fair on August 24, 2024. (LAURA TESLER/Special to Salem Reporter)A barrel racer from Hoh Barrel Racers heads towards the second barrel during the Hell on Hooves show held at the Pavilion during the Oregon State Fair on August 24, 2024. (LAURA TESLER/Special to Salem Reporter)A rodeo clown provides midshow entertainment during the Hell on Hooves show held at the Pavilion during the Oregon State Fair on August 24, 2024. ((LAURA TESLER/Special to Salem Reporter)A barrel racer from Hoh Barrel Racers heads towards the second barrel during the Hell on Hooves show held at the Pavilion during the Oregon State Fair on August 24, 2024. (LAURA TESLER/Special to Salem Reporter)The audience watches the Hell on Hooves show at the Pavilion during the Oregon State Fair on August 24, 2024. (LAURA TESLER/Special to Salem Reporter)Cheyenne Westwood on Rocky approaches the first barrel during the Hell on Hooves show held at the Pavilion during the Oregon State Fair on August 24, 2024. (LAURA TESLER/Special to Salem Reporter)A rider readies her horse for competition in Hell on Hooves at the Oregon State Fair on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024. (LAURA TESLER/Special to Salem Reporter)Starting early in the saddle is no problem for Luke Houston who sits on his mother’s barrel horse Nancy before the start of the Hell on Hooves show at the Oregon State Fair on August 24, 2024. (LAURA TESLER/Special to Salem Reporter)A trio from Hoh Barrel Racers takes a moment to relax before the start of the Hell on Hooves show at the Oregon State Fair on August 24, 2024. (LAURA TESLER/Special to Salem Reporter)
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Laura Tesler has lived in Salem, Oregon for 20 years and is originally from Flint, MI. Laura has been an underwater photographer for 15 years, and is an avid scuba diver. Topside, she has been taking photographs since age 12, and currently works on assignment for the Salem Reporter, and full time purchasing land for fish and wildlife habitat in the Willamette Valley. Laura attended Oregon State University, and has traveled extensively all over the world and the United States.
