Sort Pink! Ridin' For The Cause!
Brought to you by
Tough Enough to Wear Pink of Montana
Join Us For the 4th annual
Sort Pink
April 20, 21 & 22, 2012
Sapphire Event Center, Corvallis, MT
Custom Made Gist Silversmith Buckles to 1st Place
Prizes for 2nd, 3rd & 4th Places
$500 Added Money to Draw Class! (no prizes or buckle for draw class)
Friday April 20, 2012 @ 4pm
Open Sorting $40 - 60% Payback
Youth Draw (15 & Under) $15 - 55% Payback
Saturday April 21, 2012 @ 8am
#9 Class $35 - 55% Payback
#3 Class $25 - 55% Payback
Draw Class $25 - 55% Payback plus $500 added money!
6pm Celebrity Sorting & Calcutta
(limited to 20 teams)
Finish Draw Class if needed
Sunday April 22, 2012 @ 8:30am
#7 Class $35 - 55% Payback
#5 Class $30 - 55% Payback
*Highest "Club" Rating Applies
* 1N's are Not Recognized
*Enter up to 4 times per class
*Must Sort to Advance
*1-75 Teams will bring 50% back for 2nd go
*75 + Teams will bring 33% back
*Top 10 in All Classes!
Pre-Entries are Appreciated!
Email your entries to
sortpink.entries@yahoo.com
or call Sandy Meyers @ 406-531-5596
Please request your stalls and hook ups NOW!
Stalls are $25 / day and Hook ups are $15 / day
The Sapphire Event Center is a beautiful facility with inside stalls & hook-ups for our event!
CONTACT US for questions and how to sponsor this great event.
click on the link below
http://sortpink.org/Contact_Us.aspx
Please Consider SPONSORING This Worthwhile Event
ALL PROCEEDS go to Tough Enough to Wear Pink of Montana
http://www.toughpinkmontana.org/
Host Hotel:
Townhouse Inn of Hamilton
www.townhouseinnhamilton.com
Special Rates apply when you mention Sort Pink!
406-363-6600
We reserve the right to change the number of entries to fit herds.
Announcements at the event supersedes all written materials.
And we'll see you there,
Ridin' For The Cause!
PAST EVENTS
2011 Sort Pink
A sincere Thank You to ALL that attended, volunteered their time, and worked hard to make the 3rd annual Sort Pink Celebrity Team Sorting a record success!
Thanks to All, for 2011, Sort Pink Raised $32,000
which makes Sort Pink the Highest Money Earning Equine Fund Raiser for Tough Enough to Wear Pink of Montana!
To find photos of Sort Pink 2011 please go to the website:
John Atwater
Photography
John took thousands of photos and now has many of them uploaded to this website.
He said he is still adding more, so please check back periodically.
April 15th 16th & 17th, 2011
Location: The Diamond A Arena
2275 Eastside Hwy, Corvallis, Montana
Special Events You Won't Want to Miss!!!
Friday April 15, 2011 @ 2pm
Open Division Team Sorting, $40 60% Payback
Wylie Gustafson will ride in the Open
Saturday April 16, 2011 @ 9am 55% Payback
#9 Class, $35
Draw Class, $25, open to all ratings $500.00 Added Money!
Celebrity Calcutta
Celebrity Team Sorting
BBQ Dinner
Live Auction
Sunday April 17, 2011 @ 9am 55% Payback
#7 Class, $35
#5 Class, $30
Youth, 2 full goes, $15
#3 Class, $25
Friday's Open Division Followed by
A Live Concert Performance from
Wylie Gustafson and his Band!
The Concert will be held at The Diamond A Arena at 7pm April 15, 2011.
Bring your own chair. No alcohol please.
Concert Ticket Sale Locations:
Don't Miss the 2011 Sort Pink Celebrity Team Sorting!
Fresh Cattle
Enter up to 4 times in all classes
Jackpot Paybacks 60% Open / 55% all other classes
Custom Gist Silversmiths Buckles
Special Prizes & Awards
Concessions & BBQ Dinner by UpNSmokin
Professional Photography all 3 Days!
Will Capture & Remember this Special Event.
Friday, Saturday & Sunday Photography by
John & Sherry Atwater Photography
View the 2011 Live Auction Items
Go to the Sponsors Page and
The Featured Artists Page
2010 Sort Pink, Thank You!
Our heartfelt thanks to all that competed, sponsored, donated and volunteered for the 2010 Sort Pink event. Because of you, Sort Pink was able to contribute $20,000 to Tough Enough to Wear Pink of Montana, which will directly help our Montana neighbors dealing with breast cancer. Thank you.
A Sincere Thank You to All our Sponsors!
Please click HERE to see them now.
There are many ways you can help. Contact us HERE if you would like information on how you can help support this worthy cause.
Sort Pink is on YouTube!
Go to www.youtube.com and search "Sort Pink Team Sorting" to find 2 videos filled with the great images taken by Andrew Kemmis Photography during both days of the 2010 event.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxZ0XK7sfzA
Sort Pink in the News.
"Generosity shines on Sort Pink". Read the rest Here
"Sorting Event Benefits Wear Pink Campaign". Read the rest Here
"Sort Pink in Corvallis to help cover costs for breast cancer survivors". Read the rest Here
"Saddle Up". Read the rest Here
"Breast Cancer fight aided by Pink Donation". Read the rest Here
"Tough Enough to deserve credit". Read the rest Here
Thank You! 
Magazine for your support for Sort Pink & Tough Enough to Wear Pink of Montana. Click on their logo to view the article.
Sort Pink has our own logo!
Thank You to Kevin & Craig Piazza of Crevin AMD in Missoula, Montana for designing and sponsoring this great logo!
Read on to learn more about the Tough Enough to Wear Pink of Montana 2011 Sort Pink Celebrity Team Sorting.
You don't need to be the first to register your team for this celebrity team sorting event, but you sure don't want to be the last because entries will be limited for the day!
Whether you have never used your horse in a competitive cattle sorting event, or you are a professional team sorting champion, you are invited to join us and support a great cause! We will have classes specifically designed for the absolute beginner at the sport all the way up to a Pro-Open, unlimited rating class!
No matter which classes you choose to participate in, there will be a jackpot for you to win and even a trophy buckle that you might just take home! No matter win, lose or draw, you will be supporting a wonderful charity organization that helps Montana women deal with their battle against breast cancer!
This year's event will set the stage for the 2011 Sort Pink event in support of the Tough Enough to Wear Pink of Montana organization. In addition to the peer-to-peer level jackpot classes, we will have a Celebrity Sorting with local, regional and state celebrities (some of whom have never even been on a horse before!) in a head-to-head Ranch Sorting competition. Come watch these celebrities show that they too are Tough Enough to Sort Pink! Buy your favorite celebrity team in the Pink Calcutta and get the chance to win big if your team tops the sorting competition!
If you would like more information, you can visit the other pages of our web site, or send us an e-mail and we will be happy to answer any questions you might have. We do ask that you pre-register your teams so that we can plan the day's operation to be a smooth, successful event for you, and for the Women of Montana suffering with breast cancer.
Never heard of Team Sorting before?
Team sorting (aka Ranch Sorting or Cattle Sorting) is a sport that was born in the ranches and feed lots of the Great Northwest. Just like the cowboys on the ranch have to pick out, separate and move cattle from a herd into smaller groups, the sport of Ranch Sorting involves Cowboys, Cowgirls and Cowkids with their horses.
While the concept is the same, the spirit of the event differs from traditional ranch or feed-lot sorting. The real cowboys might use their skill and their horse to split a cow-calf pair for weaning, or cull out a sick heifer for doctoring. The competitors at a Ranch Sorting employ the same skills and horsemanship to split out cattle from a small herd of 11 cattle, based on the number plate visible on the back of the animal, and move them from one holding pen into another. The big difference is that the real cowboys don't have a stop-watch running in the background to measure their speed and efficiency!
The sport of Ranch Sorting consists of two adjoining 60 foot diameter pens that share a common "gate". The "gate" is really nothing more than a 12-16 foot opening between the two pens. At the beginning of the competition for each team (typically 2 mounted riders), the herd (usually 11 cattle) is resting quietly at the back-end of one pen, while the competitors stage themselves in the other pen. Each of the cattle bears a number plate which is highly visible on the animals back. Each cow having a different number from 0 to 9. In a herd of 11, that accounts for 10 cows. The 11th cow bears no number plate (or tag) and is commonly referred to as "the dirty".
When the event judge is ready for the team to begin their run, a flag is raised and the announcer will declare "the flag is up", which is the competitors queue that they can approach the cattle and start their sorting job. Once a competitor moves from their original pen into the cattle pen, the judge drops their flag, starts a timer and the announcer calls out a random number from 0 to 9. The game is on! The team's objective is to start with the cow bearing the number that the announcer provided and work sequentially through the remaining 9 numbers while skipping the "dirty". Each cow is to be sorted out of the herd and moved into the adjacent pen, in order. Simple as pie!
Where the fun really starts to roll and everyone in the arena (especially the competitors) start to get the adrenalin running is when the cows have a different idea about the job than the competitors do! The rules are pretty simple. It is a timed event and there is a time limit for each team. The more cows you successfully sort, the better your chances of winning some money or even taking home the Buckle. At the end of the competition, the team with the most cows in the least amount of time wins.
It is truly a sport for the entire family! It is particularly fun for anyone who enjoys their horse and being around a bunch of fun-loving friendly folks. Skill and experience are NOT REQUIRED! Heck, everyone had to do it for the first time some time! In fact, at the Sort Pink Celebrity Ranch Sorting, we have design tiered classes to keep the level of competition on as level a playing field as possible. Every team in a class will be as evenly matched with the other teams in the class as we can make them. Plus, there will be classes for ALL levels of skill from the absolute beginner, to the small handful of competitors who view the sport as a means of income.
If you can fog up a mirror, and have a horse that's been standing around all winter without a job, this is THE perfect opportunity for you to get him/her out of the pasture and reacquaint yourselves.
Please come join us for a day of fun with friends, horses and celebrities as we raise money for the Tough Enough to Wear Pink of Montana organization.