It’s almost time for the most prestigious rodeo event in the world, the NFR Finals 2023. The event is scheduled from December 7 to 16 at the Thomas & Mack Stadium in Las Vegas. The top 15 contestants, each in bareback riding, steer wrestling, team roping (headers and heelers), saddle bronc riding, tie-down roping, barrel racing, and bull riding, compete for the…
In the beginning, rodeo competition was a natural extension of the daily challenges on the ranch, roping calves and breaking broncs into saddle horses. Bull riding competition, intentionally climbing on the back of a 2,000-pound bull, is a competition where risk is evident and severe injury is always possible for fearless cowboys as they try to sit astride an animal that weighs…
