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CEDAR CITY - The Wendy Wood Memorial Rodeo may have a new name - Cedar City Championship Rodeo - but its quality remains as professional as its inception nearly a decade ago.

"The whole thing about the rodeo is that it was put on to be a nice rodeo and of the highest quality," said Marilyn Wood, rodeo committee member. "That's the reason we still do it because Cedar deserves a good rodeo like the other towns."

The Cedar City Championship Rodeo is continuing the legacy of saddle broncs and bull riding that has been a staple of the community's heritage for years, and what Wendy Wood loved growing up. The daughter of Matt and Marilyn Wood was disabled after falling off a runaway horse at the age of five. She lived until the age of 18, dying in her sleep unexpectedly in 2003. For nine years, the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association sanctioned event carried her name to pay tribute to her affection for the all-American sport.

"We had mixed feelings at first, then we thought, the rodeo brought it all back up for us every year that we lost Wendy, and when you lose a child, you don't want them to be forgotten," said Marilyn Wood. "Then you realize, you'll never forget them. People still ask about her still, and the rodeo had to move on, so we felt like it was OK."

Cyndi Woodbury Gilbert said while the Diamond G Rodeo has been the stock contractor for the two-day rodeo, the event will always be organized by a committee composed of Cedar City residents so the community has ownership in the family entertainment venue.

"Cedar City is my hometown, and I'll always be a Cedar City girl, and I want the rodeo to be the best and the most exciting that we can provide," Gilbert said,

For two hours each night, Friday and Saturday, crowds are privy to witnessing some of the world's championship cowboys in action that they would not otherwise get to see. Professional rodeo clown, Jeff Garner, "Slim," is a second generation rodeo clown and bullfighter set to take on the bulls with Aaron and Clifford J. Maxwell.

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