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A member of the Westernaires, a Jefferson County, Colorado, organization that teaches and employs Roman-style riding (a rider standing atop two galloping horses) perform at the Martin Luther King, Jr., African-American Heritage Rodeo, one of the National Western Stock Show events in Denver, Colorado

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  1. African American Heritage Rodeo
  2. African Americans
  3. America
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  5. Colorado
  6. Denver
  7. Denver County
  8. Digital Photographs
  9. National Western Stock Show
  10. Rodeos
  11. Roman Style Riding
  12. United States
  13. Westernaires

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