Rodeo

Many for you may think of rodeo as a lame sport that takes no talent, and some of you may have never heard of rodeo before, so here's some information about rodeos. Rodeo has a unique quality of origin to which no other professional sport can lay claim. It emerged from an industry... from the daily routine and tasks of a low paying job with long hours performed by ranch hands who came to know very well the animals with which they lived. If it were any other kind of job, leisure hours might have produced another kind of ball game rather than a recreation involving the very animals one had already spent long hours tending. But cowboying has always been more of a way of life than a job or an opportunity to get rich. Critics speak of an inherent…

events can be both depressing and inspirational. Examples of life altering events may include the loss of a loved one, the birth of a child, near-death experiences, or even participating in large scale events that comply with either their life goals or career paths. One event that has helped to shape my own life was attending the NHSFR, or National High School Finals Rodeo. I qualified as the only sophomore in bull riding, being the only competitor in the top 8 that was not an outgoing senior…

And They Call the Thing Rodeo “It's boots and chaps, it's cowboy hats. It's spurs and latigo, it's the ropes and the reins, And the joy and the pain” - Rodeo by Garth Brooks. Many are quick with opinions, whether they are educated or they read one article on the topic. These cowboys thrive on the thrill of rodeo, and the experience that is given to them within seconds. To be completely educated in a topic you must study both sides of the issue to come up with a reasonable conclusion. The art and…

Rodeo We had been in Weatherford, Texas for almost 8 months. Coming from rural California we were no strangers to rodeo. Just a few weeks back the wife and I had attended the Fort Worth Stock Show Rodeo with our 5 year-old son, Dylan. I asked Dylan, “so what do you think?” and Dylan said, “I can do that, I want to be a bull rider.” I thought to myself, wow! Is my boy being serious? Watching the rest of the rodeo was such a joy seeing my son light up and talk about all the cowboys. Once we…

“Let’s now turn our heads to chute number one, a hometown cowboy riding this magnificent bull name Chicken on a Chain.” This same phrase is heard all around the world from Rodeo Announcers. Did you know almost 31 million people from all around the world pay large amounts of money to see nearly 600 Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association (PRCA), National Finals Rodeo (NFR), and local hometown rodeos a year?(Ryan) The thrill of cowboys and cowgirls loading onto 1500 to 2000 pound animals to conquer…

Bull Riding Rodeo Who knew that a regular school day could turn into a rodeo of fun and excitement? I was coming home from school when mom told me,” Tonight we are going to go to a bull riding rodeo!”. I was so excited, it was my first ever rodeo! We got ready and left. After driving for a while, we parked in a parking station and walked to a nearby train station. It was a cold winter night, there was icy slush on the ground. When we got off the train, a black man came up to us. He said he…

Would you like to learn about barrel racing? So, barrel racing has no judges, which means it depends on time. Barrel racing is a graceful, and simplistic event when one woman goes around three barrels as quickly as possible in a clover leaf pattern. Ride quickly and win, hesitate and lose. The horse not only must be swift but it has to be intelligent enough to get around the barrel without tipping them. The horse must be able to withstand the long roads a every person has to go to get to the…

Have you ever wondered how rodeo contestants don’t have any fear towards riding the animals they ride or risk getting seriously injured for a few minutes of fun? Rodeo is unique in the world of sport that consists of many different things, not just about winning or losing. Rodeos are competitions that are defined as judged or timed events, but mostly timed. The judges events consists of bareback riding, bull riding, and saddle bronc riding. The timed events consists of barrel racing, tie…

Gayatri Parameswaran, the author of “Bucking the Trend,” implies that rodeos are cruel, abusive, and stuck up towards the animals. First emphasized in the article is that rodeos/contestants are cruel towards the animals. “A cowboy mounted his horse. Right next to him was a small caged enclosure. As soon as the gate to the cage was opened, a timid looking calf came sprinting out. The cowboy riding his horse followed the running calf and lassoed it. In a second, the calf came crashing down to the…

National Junior High Finals “It is guts and love and glory one mortals chance at fame his legacy is rodeo and cowboy is his name.” Baxter Black. This quote represents how I feel about rodeo. I made it to Junior High National Finals in Lebanon, Tennessee. You have only two weekend rodeos and then a state rodeo to make it to the finals, so you have to work extra hard and have consistent good runs. The year before I missed making it to the Finals by two points, all I needed was two more points…