Cave Creek Rodeo Royalty Information

Cave Creek Rodeo Royalty Information

2024 Queen

Montana Cook

Montana Cook is 19 years old and has lived in Cave Creek for 6 years. She has always had a passion for animals and anything horses. She grew up showing Arabians and high school rodeoing, as well as showing sheep and goats through 4-H and FFA. Montana continued her rodeo career after high school and is now barrel racing in the GCPRA. She has one older brother, who she loves to go hunting with and her mother and father who have helped her tremendously with going down the rodeo road. She graduated high school a year ago and then went on and worked for Peterson Performance Horses where she traveled the country showing and loping cutting horses. After she came off the rodeo road, she went on to work with her father at Ancon Services where she helps with dispatch and DOT for the truck drivers. If she is not rodeoing or working, you can find Montana out playing with her Boarder Collie, Koda, or training colts.

2024 Teen Queen

Elisabeth Cunningham

Elisabeth Cunningham is 17 years old and lives in the New River/Desert Hills area. Her love of the sport of rodeo and horses, Elisabeth wants to make an impact on the western lifestyle for generations to come for the future of cowboys and cowgirls. Elisabeth competitively shot archery for 6 years, she also competently shot shotguns for a few years, played volleyball in Junior High, and loves riding horses and being outdoors. Elisabeth has been riding horses her whole life and for the last few years has been learning from a tip trainer how to gain the trust of Wild Mustangs. She has put her first ride on a wild mustang and many more after the first. She has volunteered at horse rescues and her future wish is to continue her passion of training horses and spread the joys of the western lifestyle. Elisabeth also has dreams of becoming a veterinarian technician in the future.

If you would like to be part of the 2025 Royalty Court or become a Royalty Sponsor contact the Cave Creek Rodeo Days Queen Chairperson at queens@cavecreekrodeo.com.

Royalty Program

Cave Creek Rodeo Days title holder symbolizes the young women of Arizona who desire to promote the sport of rodeo and, in doing so, the western way of life. She is the ideal American young woman. She is a person who will represent rodeo as she travels throughout the Turquoise Circuit as well as other parts of the southwest as required or desired assisting the Cave Creek Rodeo Days organization and its Royalty Program.

Our Royalty program participates in community service programs, 4H and local events within the Town of Cave Creek, the charities supported by Cave Creek Rodeo Days, supporting our western heritage and lifestyle.

Competitors for the Cave Creek Rodeo Days Queen will compete for a Educational Scholarship Award, Cave Creek Rodeo Days buckle and other prizes.

Competitors for the Cave Creek Rodeo Days Teen Queen will compete for a rodeo buckle, and other prizes.

The Cave Creek Rodeo Days Royalty reign is from the Coronation Ceremony to the Coronation Ceremony of the following year.

Requirements:

Queen, age 18-25 on March 1st of the competition year.

Teen Queen, age 13-17, on March 1st of the competition year.

2025 Royalty Applications will be available for downloading by December 1, 2024!

Royalty Applications due two (2) weeks prior to competition.

Cave Creek Rodeo Days Royalty Competition & Banquet
January 18, 2025

Horsemanship Competition:  9:30AM at the Cave Creek Memorial Arena.

Banquet:  Doors open at 4:30PM at the Holland Community Center. Dinner buffet opens at 5:00PM.  Public speaking and modeling begins at 5:30PM.

Visiting Royalty are welcome at our 2025 Cave Creek Rodeo Days event.  The PRCA Royalty Parade Entry form and Visiting Royalty Registration Form are available below.   Please contact our Queen Chairperson at queens@cavecreekrodeo.com for coordination and information.

ROYALTY SPONSORS AND DONORS

Royalty Donors:   Anna Marsolo, Amy’s Little Plant Company, Carefree Distillery, Cowboy Pizza Company, Creekers Skulls, Dynamite Horseman Supply, Harold’s Corral, Holistic Hollow, Inspiration and Passions, Julie Carlson, Karsten’s Ace Hardware, Kimes Ranch, Knock’em Dead in Jennifer’s Web, Kristina Folcik, Lazy Lizard, Mary Hart, Michelle Garcia, Robbie Hall, Sugar Mamas Cookies.