Rodeo Crossword Puzzle
Updated: March 11, 2026
Use the clues to fill in the crossword with rodeo words. All the answers come from the Montanakids article "Rodeo Words You Should Know."
Crossword Grid
Across
- 1. Timed event where a horse and rider race around three barrels in a special pattern.
- 8. The person who competes in rodeo events like roping or riding.
- 14. In team roping, the roper who catches the steer's horns, head, or neck.
- 20. Helpers on horseback who help riders get safely off bucking horses.
- 27. A general word for the animals that buck in riding events.
- 33. The big fenced dirt area where rodeo events happen.
- 38. When riders stay on a bucking animal for the full 8 seconds.
- 46. The small rope used in tie‑down roping to tie a calf's legs.
- 52. The shape of the pattern used in barrel racing.
- 59. In team roping, the roper who ropes the steer's hind legs.
Down
- 1. The person who competes in rodeo events; can be male or female.
- 2. A rodeo sport that grew from ranch work like riding and roping.
- 3. Men on horseback who help riders get off broncs safely.
- 4. The roper who ropes the steer's horns, head, or neck.
- 5. A baby cow.
- 6. A rope with a loop at one end used to catch cattle.
- 7. A kids' event where children ride a sheep.
- 8. The rope used by a bull rider.
- 9. The pointed metal pieces on the back of a boot heel used to cue a horse.
- 10. A grown male cow used in some timed events.