Photos from Wednesday night's Tri-State Rodeo action
A Saddle Bronc Riider sits for the full eight seconds on a hard ride Wednesday at the Jim Baier Chute Out in Fort Madison kicking off professional cowboy action at the Tri-State Rodeo.
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Attendees of the Wednesday night Jim Baier Chute Out in Fort Madison rise for the national anthem and prayer prior to the rodeo action at C.E. "Eddie" Richards Arena in Fort Madison.
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Wade Sundell gets tossed into the air during the Saddle Bronc Riding event Wednesday night during the Jim Baier Chute Out in Fort Madison. The event kicked off the professional rodeo action at the Tri-State Rodeo.
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Justin Rumford, the Tri-State Rodeo's rodeo clown has been part of the festivities at C.E. "Eddie" Richards Arena for years. Rumford is back teaming up with MC Boyd Polhamus at this year's event in Fort Madison.
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A youngster in a cowboy hat on someone's shoulders is silhouetted against the electricity of Elle King Wednesday night at the Tri-State Rodeo in Fort Madison. King was the headliner entertainment Wednesday night following the Jim Baier Chute Out. King watched most of the rodeo from the staging area before the show..
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Ben Kilburg of La Motte, Iowa jumps down on a steer to wrestle it to the ground at the steer wrestling event at the Jim Baier Chute Out in Fort Madison Wednesday night.
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Iconic Tri-State Rodeo MC Body Polhamus works up the crowd at Wednesday's Jim Baier Chute Out at the Tri-State Rodeo in Fort Madison. Polhamus has been working the rodeo for decades entertaining and informing audiences.
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Clay Clayman of Highlandville, Mo., spins an empty rope after his calf got away in the calf roping competition at the Jim Baier Chute out in Fort Madison Wednesday night.
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Austin Madison of Onawa, Iowa loops a calf on the run as he dismounts during the Tie Down competition Wednesday at the Jim Baier Chute Out in Fort Madison.
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Emma Charleston, of Reeds, Mo, pulls up on barrell two during the barrell racing competition Wednesday night at the Tri-State Rodeo's Jim Baier Chute Out at Fort Madison's C.E. "Eddie" Richards Arena.
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Maxwell, Iowa's Dee Gibbs turns at a barrell Wednesday night at the Jim Baier Chute Out. Gibbs was a participant in the Barrell Racing event as part of the Chute Out kicking off the Tri-State Rodeo professional rodeo action in Fort Madison.
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Melora Potter, of Kentucky, nuzzles her horse around the second barrell in the barrell racing event Wednesday night at the Jim Baier Chute Out as part of the Tri-State Rodeo in Fort Madison.
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Trevor Reiste is moments away from a hard landing Wednesday night in the Bull Riding competition at the Jim Baier Chute-Out in Fort Madison. The Chute Out kicked off professional rodeo action at the Tri-State Rodeo in Fort Madison.
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Bull rider Blaine Beaty holds on by his fingertips in the qualifying round of the Bull Riding competition at Wednesday's Jim Baier Chute Out at the Tri-State Rodeo in Fort Madison.
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