Saddle up or start your engines. Buckle up and hang on tight. Whether it’s on horseback, farm equipment or a thrilling carnival attraction, these rides will blow your hair back.
Ronald Havard, United Cooperative Services: “I caught this jet engine dragster racing a P-51 Mustang during an airshow. It was close, but the Mustang won.”
Lindsay Humphreys, South Plains EC: “My son, Brazos, and his grandfather, Bobo, run the barrels at the Dickens County 4-H playday.”
Mark McClendon, Bandera EC: The Poteet Strawberry Festival.
Ronald Havard, United Cooperative Services: A junior rodeo contestant rounding a barrel at full speed.
Sherrie Bennett, Sam Houston EC: “Grandma ‘Naw’ can still hang with the grands. This was taken at the Walker County Fair in Huntsville.”
Theresa McKee, Fannin EC: The Texas Star Ferris wheel at the state fair in Dallas.
Dawn Angove, Grayson-Collin EC: “Two-year-old Park Angove moves from tricycle to tractor.”
Annie Simon, GVEC: A Comal County Fair bull rider kicks up a little dust.
Lindsay Humphreys, South Plains EC: “My daughter’s first flag race at the Motley County Old Settlers Reunion & Rodeo.”
Kristen Brown, Pedernales EC: Rodeo Austin dragon ride.
Brandi Putman, Wood County EC: “This pre-1905 Weber wagon is a family heirloom. This is my dad, Mike Banks, who last rode in the wagon when he was 4.”
Mike Prestigiacomo, Bartlett EC: “Getting ready.”
Teresa Wiist, Rusk County EC: The East Texas Yamboree in Gilmer.
Audrey Schmidt, Bluebonnet EC: Schmidt, 17, is a Texas 4-H photography ambassador who volunteers to shoot the Burton Cotton Gin Festival every year. This is from the 2023 morning parade.
Kristi Ford, CoServ: “The first time my son rode a merry-go-round was at the North Texas Fair & Rodeo in Denton. He was grinning from ear to ear that whole day.”
Norman Doré, Deep East Texas EC: “Walking in the woods in Sabine County, I came across this old, abandoned school bus.”
Rayona Meuth, Bluebonnet EC: Breck and Brayden are grandsons of Kirk and Rayona Meuth.
Denise Sellers, Pedernales EC: “My grandson riding a hippo in Hutto.”
