Calf Scramble on opening night at RodeoHouston

Between the rodeo competition and concert each night is a crowd favorite: The calf scramble. Fifteen kids chase 30 calves around the stadium floor until all of them are caught. The crowd cheers the kids on as the calves dart across the dirt in one of the most chaotic and entertaining events of the Rodeo. The fifteen kids who catch a calf are awarded $1,750 to buy a heifer. They’ll raise it for a year and then bring it back to show at next year’s Livestock Show.