PHOTO GALLERY: Cattlemen Days Rodeo

August 24, 2012 | 11:17 p.m. CDT

The Cattlemen Days Rodeo in Ashland had calf roping, barrel racing and bull riding. Among the riders was Matt Dunsmore, a Minnesota native who tried to best a bull named Orion, the same bull that bucked him off at last year's event.

Tristen Collins, 4, stands in front of the horse trailer where his father and grandfather prepared their horses to direct traffic at the Cattleman Days Rodeo in Ashland on Friday. The three generations of Collins men, along with other local volunteers, coordinate all parking in the grassy field outside the rodeo grounds. | Kile Brewer

The view through the chute is all too familiar for amateur and professional bull riders participating in the Cattlemen Days Rodeo in Ashland on Friday. The two-night event will continue at 8 p.m. Saturday. | Kile Brewer

Keith Hanna practices roping a calf outside his trailer at the Cattlemen Days Rodeo in Ashland on Friday. The rodeo includes calf roping, barrel racing and professional-level bull riding. | Kile Brewer

Calves fill the pins surrounding the arena at the Cattlemen Days Rodeo. The animals are roped and wrestled by rodeo participants. | Kile Brewer

Bull rider Matt Dunsmore adjusts his Minnesota Rodeo Association Champion's buckle after suiting up to ride at the Cattlemen Days Rodeo in Ashland. The Elk River, Minn., native faced a bull named Orion, the same bull that bucked him off at last year's event. | Kile Brewer

Justin Collins and his son Tristen Collins, 4, goof around on horseback in between leading cars to parking spaces at the Cattlemen Days Rodeo. Justin Collins and his father, Mike Collins, have been parking cars on horseback for about 10 years. Tristen will join them as soon as he is old enough to take the reins. | Kile Brewer