Australia's best cowboys and cowgirls will be looking to ride their way to end-of-year, and finals, buckles when the Australian Bushmen's Campdraft and Rodeo Association's National Finals get underway at AELEC on Friday.
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The juniors will kick the action off at 8am with the first round of the senior finals following from 6pm.
In support of the Cancer Council, Friday will be 'Tough Enough to Wear Pink Day' with all proceeds being donated to the New England North West Branch.
One young cowboy to watch out for is Bendemeer's Braith Nock.
In what will be his 12th and last appearance at the junior finals, Nock enters the season finale with a great 2019 season behind him and hungry for more title success after cleaning up last year.
The then-17-year old created history by winning the junior allround cowboy, 14-U18 juvenile barrel race, 8-U18 junior breakaway roping and 14-U18 juvenile steer ride titles. He heads into this year's finals, No.1 in the barrel race, sitting second on the allround standings, breakaway roping and steer ride, and third in the juvenile 14-U18 bull ride.
History is set to be made at the finals with Kundabung siblings Bobbi and Levi Ward leading the allround junior standings.
It's the first time a brother and sister have come into the National Finals as the top-ranked junior cowgirl and cowboy.
Bobbi also holds the No.1 bib in the 11-U14 barrel race, and will also compete in the junior breakaway roping and 11-U14 junior steer ride.
Levi meanwhile has qualified in the 8-U11 steer ride and 8-U11 barrel racing, both of which he leads heading into the finals.
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Young Willow Tree cowboy Tyler Evans sits third behind him in the 8-U11 steer ride.
It will be the 12-year old's second time competing at the pinnacle event of the season after taking up the sport half way through 2018.
He has accumulated over 74 points during the season, his biggest win coming in the biggest rodeo of the year - Mt Isa.
His father Clay said that was a real highlight for Tyler.
Rodeo is in his blood. A fourth-generation cowboy, Tyler's great grand father was one of the founders of the sport in Australia.
"He and RM Williams and two other guys started the rodeo association (known as the Australian Rough Riders Association) in Australia," Clay said.
Clay himself was on the circuit for 15 years, like Tyler starting out on the steers before progressing onto saddle broncs and steer wrestling, while his grand father was a bronc stock contractor.
Third in the average last year, Clay said he is "primed and ready to go".
"He's been bucking out four cattle a day for the last six weeks," he said.
Woolbrook's Gerard Oversby and Tamworth's Katina Matthews meanwhile head into the senior finals as the No.1 cowboy and cowgirl in the country.
Oversby, who set a new earnings record when he won his first allround cowboy title in 2016, has had an incredible season and sits atop the allround standings with a staggering $45,168.70 in prizemoney- a new record.
He is also leads the race for the open bareback title.
Matthews is the reigning allround cowgirl and also has the barrel race title in her sights.
