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The Elk City News SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 2024 + 3 Elk City Cowgirl To Compete At Rodeo Of Champions Elk City, Okla. - August 26, formances; Burnett has used Burnett and her husband seating is $11 in advance for 2024 - An Elk City woman her mostly for slacks and love living in Elk City. adults and $12 at the gate. will be a contestant in the Elk jackpots. But in Woodward in For one, there’s less humid- Children’s bleacher seating City Rodeo of Champions this June, Retta competed on the ity and fewer mosquitoes than tickets are $9 in advance and weekend. Saturday night, with the noise in Arkansas, $10 at the gate. Julie Burnett will compete in and cheering crowds. But she loves the commu- Grandstand seating is $15 the barrel racing on August 31 “She just took to it,” she said, nity as well. in advance and $18 at the gate, The Arkansas native moved “She acted like she liked the “I think the town really in- with no discount for children; to Elk City five years ago with noise and adrenaline.” vests in itself, and the rodeo, everyone must have a ticket. her husband, Lee. The two This will be the first year too. They literally put up ro- Tickets can be purchased work in the western indus- Burnett competes during a deo decorations on the light online at ElkCityRodeo.com, try and are able to work from performance of the Elk City poles. And the rodeo commit- at Barber-Dyson Ford in Elk home, so they chose to come Rodeos previously, she’s always tee is great, and they do a re- City (501 East Highway 66), at to western Oklahoma. run during slack. ally good job. Circle A Western Wear in Elk Burnett has been a Wom- Being in front of a home- “Rodeo is just special to me City (3000 West 3rd Street). en's Pro Rodeo Association Photo courtesy Traci Davenport town crowd can add more anyway. I just love the sport? They will also be on sale at (WPRA) member, on and off, Lee and Julie Burnett with their horses. The couple moved to Elk City pressure, she said. The Elk City Rodeo takes the rodeo ticket office (Beu- for the past fifteen years. five years ago; will compete in the barrel racing for the third time “Tt can be a little bit intimi- place this weekend, August tler Bros. Arena) from August She's always been involved at this year’s Elk City Rodeo of Champions. dating, especially when you're 30-Sept. 1, in Elk City at the 26-30, from 9 am to 6 pm each in rodeo, starting with junior When Burnett bought her a on her, and kiss her face, her on a young horse. You want Beutler Bros. Arena at Ackley day. high rodeos and progressing year ago, she came with a hal- eyes and her ears.” to tell people not to get their Park. The rodeo starts at 8 pm For more information, visit to open rodeos. ter, and her previous owner As a young horse, Retta hopes up? regarding results, nightly. the website at ElkCityRodeo. She's competed in Elk City told Burnett not to take the hasn't run at many rodeo per- she laughed. Ticket prices for bleacher com. two prior times, both halter off, or she could never young horses, and this year, be caught. shell be on another young ‘That was the first thing Bur- horse, a five-year-old mare nett did: remove the halter, named Retta. and let her be a horse. Retta, whose registered She turned out the mare name is RDC Guys Sheza Star, with her other horses, and left is by Traffic Guy, whose sire is her alone for a few di Frenchmans Guy, the famous she started approaching her, barrel racing stud. Retta’s dam talking to her, touching her, is Kathys Star Quest, who won and with time, patience and $450,000 on the race track. love, Retta has grown to trust Retta was an outlaw when Burnett. Burnett got her. Burnett says She’s still very untrusting the mare was “misunderstood,” of new people, Burnett said, and because of it, was misman- but she lets Burnett touch her. aged. “You couldn't touch her “She's very sensitive, and she face, puta bit in her mouth, or doesn't want you to touch her catch or brush her,” she said. face, but she wants me to love APPLIANCESERVICE AFTER THE SALE! ) BUY ANY KITCHENAID MAJOR APPLIANCE: CRAFT YOUR DREAM KITCHEN AND UNLOCK REBATES UP TO 3000 ON ALL KITCHENAID MAJOR APPLIANCES GET UP TO *2000! VIA A PREPAID CARD BY MAIL Photo courtesy Traci Davenport. RDC Guys Sheza Star “Rhetta,” the horse that Julie Burnett will com- pete on in the barrel racing at the Elk City Rodeo of Champions. 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