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Miss Rodeo USA arrives, marking start of Statesboro’s Kiwanis Rodeo week

Rodeo Thursday, Friday and Saturday; gates open 5 p.m., shows start 7:30 p.m.

Miss Rodeo USA 2026 Ashley Polson visits Blue, the horse she'll be riding Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings, April 23–25, to carry the U.S. flag into the Bulloch County Ag Complex main arena at the start of each Statesboro Kiwanis Rodeo show. Several previous Miss Rodeo USA winners have ridden Blue, a pick-up and flag horse provided by Hedrick Rodeo Company. (AL HACKLE/staff)

Miss Rodeo 2026 & Blue 2.jpg — Miss Rodeo USA 2026 Ashley Polson visits Blue, the horse she'll be riding Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings, April 23–25, to carry the U.S. flag into the Bulloch County Ag Complex main arena at the start of each Statesboro Kiwanis Rodeo show. Several previous Miss Rodeo USA winners have ridden Blue, a pick-up and flag horse provided by Hedrick Rodeo Company. (AL HACKLE/staff)

Ashley Polson, 2026 Miss Rodeo USA, arrived Monday in Statesboro and visited the Bulloch County Agricultural Complex, signaling that the 15th annual Statesboro Kiwanis Rodeo is about to begin.