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  • A horse in Jordan waits for its owner to come back. Traditional harness and halter.
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  • Dead Horse Point State Park, Utah, sunset.
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  • Horse in the setting sun on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. Clouds of midges surround the horse.
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  • A tired horse, waiting for it's rider
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  • Crazy Horse was a Lakota leader, known to be fearless and daring. He was the leader of resistance when the U.S. government ordered all Lakota people onto reservations in 1876. He fought again Custer, Crook, and others. He teamed up with Sitting Bull to counterattack Custer's Seventh Cavalry. He surrendered in 1877 after constant military harassment, and was eventually killed by a soldier by bayonet. No photographs of Crazy Horse exist.
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  • Crazy Horse was a Lakota leader, known to be fearless and daring. He was the leader of resistance when the U.S. government ordered all Lakota people onto reservations in 1876. He fought again Custer, Crook, and others. He teamed up with Sitting Bull to counterattack Custer's Seventh Cavalry. He surrendered in 1877 after constant military harassment, and was eventually killed by a soldier by bayonet. No photographs of Crazy Horse exist.
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  • Crazy Horse was a Lakota leader, known to be fearless and daring. He was the leader of resistance when the U.S. government ordered all Lakota people onto reservations in 1876. He fought again Custer, Crook, and others. He teamed up with Sitting Bull to counterattack Custer's Seventh Cavalry. He surrendered in 1877 after constant military harassment, and was eventually killed by a soldier by bayonet. No photographs of Crazy Horse exist.
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  • Horse and sheep share a pasture on the Isle of Skye, Scotland
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  • Horse ride along the beach in Costa Rica
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  • A horse tethered to a carriage waits near the Treasury building in Petra to give a ride to a tourist.
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  • The Davis family of Iowa. Father Dan Davis, mother Jessica, oldest son Dexter (15 yr.), Jaxson (13 yr.), and Dawson (10 yr.). Dexter sits atop his horse Little Bit, while Dawson sits on Curly, his father's horse.
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  • Mosaic of horse rider in Greek Orthodox Church in Jordan
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  • A horse in the afternoon sun.
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  • Dexter sits atop his horse, Little Bit, talking with friends and watching the goings-on. Dexter has been doing rodeo since he was 8 years old. When asked why he does it, he replied that he liked horses and working with them.
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  • A cowboy dismounts behind a horse with a  braided mane
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  • This cowboy grips the reins as if his life depended on it just before the gate is opened and the horse begins bucking.
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  • It's tough to hang on to a bucking horse, but this young man did his best.
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  • A horse waits for its owner to return.
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  • The love and care Dexter shows Little Bit is obvious: a braided mane and tail, attention to grooming, the way he handles him. The bond between rider and horse is strong.
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  • Woman prepares the horses for the Fourth of July parade, Ames, Iowa
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  • Horses in the setting sun on the Isle of Skye, Scotland.
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  • The horses of Assateague Island
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  • Horses of Dartmoor Park, England
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  • Horses of Dartmoor Park, England
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  • Opening ceremony. Dan's father is in the foreground, Jessica to the left. The Davis family farms across the road from Dan's parents. Dan's father used to breed, train and show cutting horses, making horses a multi-generational hobby that will likely be carried on with the boys and their children.
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  • Barrel racing is a big event for the women. The speed is incredible, and so are the riders and their horses.
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  • Chalking up for a grip
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  • A sharp turn without knocking over the barrel means always being in control of an animal that weighs over a thousand pounds, and hanging on.
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  • Jaxson watches his father, who is ready to ride his last event of the weekend. Dexter gazes out into the arena.
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  • Unfortunately, the throw is off just enough for the calf to run free.
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  • The opening riders and flags of Sunday's events.
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  • He comes out swinging.
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  • Attention is demanded and all heads turn at a run.
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  • The rope encircles the calf, but the loop is too big and the calf runs through it.
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  • Dexter is off and running on his last run of the weekend competition.
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  • Dexter never showed any emotion about missing the calf on Friday night or Sunday afternoon. He is always quiet, always with a smile. Here, he takes time after his event to watch others.
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  • Dan with Curly, an 11 year-old mare who nearly falls asleep at his touch.
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  • Dan signals to let the calf loose, then he takes off at a run, rope swinging overhead.
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  • Dan mentally prepares; it's nearly time. He used to do pro-rodeo from 1990-2004, so he's not an amateur. And he's never sustained much in the way of injury.
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  • Dawson throws the rope toward a calf dummy. At 10 years old, he competes in break away calf roping, like his two brothers.
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  • Grand Pier at sunrise. Weston-super-Mare, England
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  • A carriage carries a tourist from the Treasury building back to the main entrance of Petra.
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  • Many carriages make their way back to the main entrance at Petra, Jordan.
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  • Dan's third and final run for the weekend.
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  • An elderly couple watches the rodeo from their lawn chairs with an umbrella for shade.
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  • Sunday morning, Dan and Dexter ride into the arena for the last day's opening ceremony.
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  • Dan prepares to compete in the over 40 calf-roping event. In rodeo since he was in junior high, Dan was champion in 2012, a hard act to follow. He is standing in first place going into the competition tonight. In this photo, Dan roughs up the stirrup with his pocket knife so it won't be so slippery on his boot.
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  • Dexter will have one run Friday night, another Saturday night, and one Sunday afternoon. In break-aways roping, the rider ropes the calf at a run, but then the rope breaks aways from the saddle and the calf runs free. Dexter is 15 years old, at the age where this is the last time he can compete in this event. Next year, he'll move up to calf-roping, where he'll have to quickly dismount after roping the calf and run out to tie it up. Dexter has a good throw here.
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  • Dan helps Dexter prepare for the break away calf-roping event.
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  • Still chatting with friends, Dexter waits out the sun as it sinks. The competition is about to begin.
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  • Sunset, and the rodeo begins. Dexter rides behind a girl, talking and laughing. It's a serene moment, and it's obvious they love what they do.
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  • Woman on horseback, Monument Valley, Navajo Reservation. Arizona.
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  • Dan has a quick talk with Dexter before Dexter's event.
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  • Doing what it takes to make the ride.
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  • Saddled and ready, Dexter rides into the arena still practicing with his rope. He's up soon.
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  • Alexander the Great monument, Skopje, Macedonia
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  • Horse in winter, near Ledges State Park, Iowa
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  • Arabian horses from the Royal Stables on the run, Jordan
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  • Horses in winter, near Ledges State Park, Iowa
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  • A cowboy with a neck pillow to prevent injury during his time atop a bucking horse.
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  • The central square of Skopje, Macedonia, with Alexander the Great high on his horse.
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  • This horse didn't want to be ridden. Here, it rears in the pen, the rider barely able to hold on.
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  • Dan pauses outside his trailer in the setting sun as he gets ready to walk to the barn to get his horse for the opening ceremony on Friday night. The family farms in Bloomfield, Iowa, where they grow corn, soybeans, and hay and raise beef cattle as well.
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  • As the rodeo carries on and the weekend draws to a close, Dawson and friends play on the sidelines. Here, a friend rides Dawson, pretending he is a bucking horse.
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  • Jaxson, in foreground, practices his calf roping on a wooden dummy while his brother  Dawson practices roping a dummy calf in the background. The trailer park is filled with kids and family and horses and trucks coming and going. Jaxson's ties are very quick.
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  • Dan, Jessica, and Dexter cool off in their trailer a few hours before the Friday evening events begin. While Jessica doesn't compete in rodeo, she does ride. The family owns 11 horses and attends nearly 30 rodeos a year, about half of which are in Iowa.
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