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Attention: Canadians

All funds paid to the IPRA/IFR by personal check, cashiers check or money order must be drawn on a U.S. bank in U.S. funds.  If not possible, please pay by credit card.
News CES Policy on Trades at all IPRA Rodeos

In an effort to make the IPRA more user friendly we have decided to allow contestants to trade positions at  all IPRA rodeos beginning Monday May 14, 2007.  Normal trade policies will apply and trade deadline will be 4:00 PM the after books close.

In order to trade both parties must agree upon the trade.  You must have both confirmation numbers when you call CES to make the trade.

CES Guidelines
2007 Rule Changes

Keep up with the new IPRA rules.

Official Rule Book
IPRA Loses Long Time Friend

The International Pro Rodeo Association lost one of its founding members and longtime supporters when Keith Freeman, 73, and his son Marvin, 37, were killed in a fatal automobile accident.
The father and son duo died January 31, 2008 when the pickup truck they were driving was struck by a semi-truck near Cove, Ark.
Keith Freeman was one of the cowboys who re-formed the association at a meeting in Chicago, Ill., in 1960 and he held the seventh membership card number issued by the IPRA. At the time of his death, he had the lowest card number of any living IPRA member.
Nicknamed “Cowboy”, Freeman was the 1962 World Champion Steer Wrestler, edging out Roy Duvall for the title. He qualified for the first IFR in the event at the end of the 1970 season. Keith trained and owned several good teams of bulldogging horses.
He was perhaps even better known as a pickup man. He was one of the original Longhorn Rodeo pickup men, teaming first with Butch Bond in the 1960s, then with Gene Maynard in his 18 years with the company. He was a pickup man at IFR2 with Bond and at IFR6-10 with Ben Jordan.
He was also a former member of the PRCA, and worked as a pickup man for several different stock contractors.
The list of stock contractors and rodeos that Freeman worked for included Pat Faulkner, Leon Frakes, Willie Mendell, Clyde Crenshaw, Gerald Smith (Wing Rodeo Co.), Preston Fowlkes, Ken Klein’s Sparta, Mich., rodeo, Loretta Lynn, Longhorn, Sloan Williams, Jim Shoulders, Homer & Brown Todd, Medo Calzavara, Floyd Rumford, Hugh Green and Cleburne Mockim, Coffee Rodeo, David Bailey and David Crain.
An accomplished horseshoer, Keith married all-around cowgirl Nola May Mills in 1958. She was a respected rodeo secretary for many years and served as recording secretary for the IPRA Board for several years before her death.
Keith and Nola’s son Marvin grew up on the rodeo circuit, traveling with his parents fulltime until he started school. Marvin soon started competing in youth rodeos and won the bull riding championship for the Oklahoma Youth Rodeo Association while in high school.
For several years Keith Freeman was one of the anonymous judges of the IFR Bucking Stock awards and in 2006 he received the “Most Deserving Old Timer” award from his fellow gold card members of the IPRA at Red Doffin’s Old Timers’ Reunion during the IFR.
Keith Freeman was a pipeline construction worker when he stopped rodeoing fulltime and Marvin followed in his footsteps. At the time of his death Marvin was much in demand for pipeline construction work and had risen rapidly in the Teamsters Union.
They are survived by Keith’s mother Ida Freeman Dunn of Mountain Home, Ark., his brothers Jack Freeman of Collinsville, Okla., and John Freeman of Lamar, Okla., his sister Karen Clark of Mountain Home, Ark., Keith’s stepson and Marvin’s brother Joe Sherry and wife Cherri and their sons Dylan and Justin of Broken Arrow, Okla., Marvin’s wife Sherri Freeman and his stepchildren Eric and Tiffany Bohanan and Keith’s special friend Barbara Ink of Pryor, Okla.
Interested In Hosting an IPRA Rodeo?

The International Professional Rodeo Association has been providing rodeo excitement for more than 50 years.  From big cities to small towns, from major league stadiums to portable arenas, the IPRA is keeping the spirit of the west alive with sanctioned rodeos in 30 states and 3 Canadian Provinces extending from coast-to-coast.

We would like to invite you to join our rodeo family and bring the exciting world of professional rodeo to your community.  The International Professional Rodeo Association has everything you need to host a successful event.  We have 3500 members and sanction 300 rodeos annually.  The IPRA culminates the rodeo season with its showcase, the International Finals Rodeo (IFR) every January in Oklahoma City, OK.  The IFR is held in conjunction with the Annual IPRA Convention where rodeo committees are invited to attend a seminar to help make your rodeo a success.

One of the IPRA’s biggest assets is its Stock Contractors/Producers; they can provide everything you need from top quality livestock to portable arenas.  The IPRA also has a full office staff available to you at the world headquarters in Oklahoma City to assist you with everything from promotional packets to help promote your rodeo to a complete list of Stock Contractors/Producers to ensure you have everything you need to make your rodeo a huge success.

So whether you’re looking for a fund raiser for your civic organization or you’re an energetic entrepreneur that would like the challenging and rewarding opportunity to host an IPRA rodeo we can serve you!  Please do not hesitate in calling the IPRA Headquarters (405)235-6540.

Serving the Sport of Professional Rodeo for over 50 Years!
IFR 39 Personnel Application

Look for the IFR 39 Personnel Application in the Rodeo News.
Deadline to apply is
Monday, July 7, 2008.
PROPOSED RULE CHANGES 2009


PAGE 34, RULE 2- Grand Entry/Color Presentation take out “Judge shall be responsible for enforcing this rule”.



A contestant will be fined $100.00 for going around a barrel more than one time during her competition run.
i.e. If a barrel horse turns the first barrel and ducks second barrel, contestant may not go back to first barrel, turn it again and go onto the second barrel. This is not fair to the other girls that are lower on the ground draw.