Joan Mitchell photos

Big Piney’s Cael Espenscheid, right, and his roping partner Cam Johnson, center, close in on a steer during the slack rodeo on Friday, July 7, in Pinedale. The slack rodeo lasts all day on Friday and determines the top-10 finalists to compete in each of the timed events for the Rendezvous Rodeo on Saturday. 

Cassidy Espenscheid, of Big Piney, races down her steer in breakaway roping during the slack rodeo on Friday, July 7, in Pinedale.