One of the country’s largest rodeos, at Denver’s National Western Stock Show, is run by a woman

By Jeff Gurney | CBS Colorado

Caroline Lukens was born a cowgirl.

“I got this cute little quarter horse named Ranger and he was my first horse,” Lukens said.

Now she’s running the one of the nation’s premier livestock, rodeo and horse shows at the National Western Stock Show in Denver. As the rodeo operations coordinator, Lukens is responsible for producing one of the largest rodeos in the country.

“Sometimes there are advantages to being a woman in a male-dominated industry; and it’s becoming less and less male-dominant too,” Lukens said.

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