Australian rodeo
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Rodeos have long been a popular competitor and spectator sport in Australia, but were not run on an organised basis until the 1880s.
Alan Wood on the great bucking mare, Curio. Photo taken shortly before Alan regained his seat and went on to make the required time.
Bull riding
Rope and tie
Boddington Rodeo
Bull riding
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Bull riding is a rodeo sport that involves a rider getting on a bucking bull and attempting to stay mounted while the animal tries to buck off the rider.
Bull riding
Statuette of a Mexican charro bull riding, ca. 1830
Mexican Vaqueros Riding Wild Cattle in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show (1885)
Charro bull-riding (1910)