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Troy Vernon competes Thursday in the Senior Boys Tie-Down Roping event during the first day of the Moffat County Little Britches Rodeo at the Moffat County Fairgrounds. The event will start every day at 9 a.m. until Sunday.

Photo by Hans Hallgren

Goats in a paddock watch the goat-tying competition Thursday at the Moffat County Little Britches Rodeo. The four-day rodeo will finish Sunday.

Photo by Ben Bulkeley

Mattie Jo Duzik jumps during the Trail Course competition on Thursday. Duzik, along with more than 180 youths from more than 10 states, is competing in the four-day rodeo.

Photo by Ben Bulkeley

Gabbi Steele looks to the next obstacle in the trail course competition.

Photo by Ben Bulkeley

Brannan Allen watches fellow Little Britches competitors Thursday at the Moffat County Fairgrounds.

Photo by Hans Hallgren

Taylor Vernon, of Maybell, competes Thursday in the Moffat County Little Britches Rodeo. Vernon recorded a time of 23 seconds in the trail course on her horse, Junior.

Photo by Ben Bulkeley

Kasen Brennise waits to compete in the Junior Boys Breakaway Roping event Thursday with his horse, Flash. Brennise is one of more than 180 participants in this weekend's Moffat County Little Britches rodeo.

Photo by Hans Hallgren