We’re down to the final month of the 2011 ProRodeo campaign, and contestants within reach will be doing everything they can to finish the regular season among the top 15 in the world standings.

The first big push for those in the top 24 in the Wrangler Million Dollar Tour standings comes this weekend in Puyallup, Wash., home of the Justin Boots Playoffs — the top 12 on the tour’s money list after that event will earn the right to play at the Justin Boots Championships, set for Sept. 22-24, at the River City Rodeo in Omaha, Neb. But plenty of others will be chasing the dollars at other great locals, like Pendleton, Ore.; Lewiston, Idaho; and Fort Madison, Iowa, just to name a few.

No matter what happens, it’s going to be a great race.