Team Penning & Ranch Sorting Competition
Danny Theel Memorial Team Penning and Ranch Sorting
Friday, August 16, 2024
Team Penning Competition
- Registration: Opens 1 hour before the event. Additional registrations can be made during cattle changes.
- Event Time: 3:00 pm - Dusk
- Cost: $15 per rider for each run
- Prizes: Buckles awarded to top team, Payouts awarded to top 3 teams.
Saturday, August 17, 2024
Team Penning Competition
- Registration: Opens 1 hour before the event. Additional registrations can be made during cattle changes and closes at 2pm.
- Event Time: 9:00 am - Dusk
- Cost: $15 per rider for each run
- Prizes: Buckles awarded to top team, Payouts awarded to top 3 teams.
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Sunday, August 19, 2024
Ranch Sorting Competition
- Registration: Opens 1 hour before the event. Additional registrations can be made during cattle changes and closes at noon.
- Event Time: 9:00 pm - Complete
- Cost: $25 per rider for two run
- Prizes: Buckles awarded to top team, Payouts awarded to top 3 teams.
- Contestants must make two runs to compete in the Top Ten Short Run.
Daniel “Danny” Theel
In 2020, the Team Penning and Ranch Sorting Competition was named in memory of Danny Theel.
Danny was active in competitive ranch sorting and team penning. At the time of his death, he was Vice Chair of the Embarrass Region Fair Association.
Daniel Clifford Theel (August 31, 1954 - April 9, 2020) of Embarrass graduated from Babbitt High School in 1972. He loved horses, especially Paints. His talents and interests were many; he raised poultry, worked as a welder, over-the-road trucker, an EMT, and a miner.
Danny was an active volunteer with the Babbitt Ambulance and Fire Department and volunteered many years with the St. Louis County Rescue Squad. He was active in competitive ranch sorting and team penning, and at the time of his death was the Vice-Chair of the Embarrass Region Fair Association. He enjoyed boating, water skiing, and scuba diving. He thoroughly enjoyed farm auctions, handling farm machinery, and making hay. He loved his wife, Toni, and his horse, Rockett.
Danny was known for his quick wit, seemingly endless store of jokes, humorous sayings, and quotes. He was always willing to lend a helping hand to others. He was also an ordained minister.