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The Toughest Cowboy

Photos from the Toughest Cowboy, presented by Toughest Rodeo at the Arena at the Gwinnett Center Jan. 24, Saturday night in Duluth.

Cowboy Charlie Barker, of Terrebonne, Ore., gets a rough ride during the Bull Riding portion of the Toughest Cowboy. The Toughest Cowboy competition is the closest you will get to the real American west. It tests strength, endurance, and genuine grit as twelve cowboys compete in three roughstock disciplines; bareback riding, saddle bronc riding, and bull riding.

Cowboy Ben Londo, of Athena, Ore., competes during the bareback bronc riding competition. Londo was one of the best riders of the evening.

Michelle Sims speeds to the finish line as she finishes first during the Barrel Racing portion of the competition.

The twelve cowboys are shown on stands around the Arena as fireworks go off during opening ceremony of the Toughest Cowboy.

Cowboy Chad Eubank, of Cleburne, Texas, looses his hat as he competes in the bareback bronc riding competition.

Cowboy Steve Woolsey, of Payson, Utah, gets tossed in the air during the bareback bronc riding competition.

Cowboy Steve Woolsey, of Payson, Utah, fights to stay on after his bareback bronc riding competition as a pickup man comes in to assist Woolsey.

Cowboy Mark Fisher, of Weatherford, Texas, gets tossed to the dirt after he competed in the Saddle Bronc Riding portion.

Cowboy Trey Broussard, of Estherwood, La., practices a riding move in the training room before a Toughest Cowboy event.

Cowboy Lance Kelly, of College Station, Texas, shows his All-round Champion belt that he won in Australia in 1998. Kelly was in the training room before a Toughest Cowboy event.

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Whiplash, "The Cowboy Monkey," rides his trusty border collie as they chase sheep during the Toughest Cowboy, presented by Toughest Rodeo at the Arena at the Gwinnett Center Jan. 24, Saturday night in Duluth.

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