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Rodeo is a traditional folk North American sport with influences from the history of Mexican vaqueros (cowboys) and American cowboys. Rodeo events include the rough stock events bull riding, bareback bronc riding, saddle bronc riding, the timed events steer wrestling, team roping, calf roping, the rarely seen steer roping, and women's barrel racing, breakaway roping, goat roping and pole bending. The participants include cowboys, cowgirls and also rodeo clowns or bull fighterss. See also gymkhana and polo.

The oldest and largest sanctioning body of professional rodeo is the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) which sanctions around 700 rodeos annually. The Professional Bull Riders (PBR) is a recent organization dedicated to Bull Riding and puts on a number of events. There are also high school and college rodeos, amateur rodeos, and rodeos for women.

There are numerous rodeos held throughout the United States and Canada. Among the more prominent are the Calgary Stampede; Frontier Days in Cheyenne, Wyoming; the National Western Stock Show in Denver; Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo in Houston, Texas; and the National Finals Rodeo (NFR) in Las Vegas, Nevada. The NFR is held each December at the Thomas and Mack Center and features the top 15 (in terms of earnings) competitors from each of the events. In 2003, it is estimated that attandance at the 10 days of the National Finals Rodeo will top more than 170,000 with another 9 million people watching the rodeo on television.

Rodeo first appeared as an exhibition Olympic sport at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Some colleges, such as the University of Montana have a rodeo team. The National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association is responsible for the College National Rodeo Finals.

Native Americans are active in rodeo and have their own associations, see Indian rodeo.

Animal rights and animal welfare organizations are vocal critics of rodeos, because of injuries and distress to the animals involved. Dr. C.G. Haber, a veterinarian who spent 30 years as a United States federal meat inspector, described the animals discarded from rodeos for slaughter as being “so extensively bruised that the only areas in which the skin was attached [to the flesh] were the head, neck, leg, and belly. I have seen animals with six to eight ribs broken from the spine and, at times, puncturing the lungs. I have seen as much as 2 to 3 gallons of free blood accumulated under the detached skin.” Rodeo supporters contend that injuries are uncommon.

Here is a list of notable rodeos worldwide:

See also: calf; cow; horse; steer; straw man

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The word Rodeo is also used as a euphemism for a brothel.

Rodeo (in this context pronounced "roh-day-oh") is also a ballet written by Aaron Copland.


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Cowboys.com
Large directory of rodeo related sites.
http://www.cowboys.com/rodeo.htm

RodeoAttitude
A quick and easy to use directory of rodeo links. Designed by professionals in the rodeo industry. For fans, and contestants alike to find information on the sport of Rodeo.
http://www.rodeoattitude.com

About Rodeo
Online community with chat, articles, and links.
http://rodeo.about.com/

Western2 Roping and Barrel Racing
Dedicated to promoting the sport of barrel racing, team roping, calf roping, cattle penning horsesgirls breakaway, bulldogging, and various other rodeo-related subjects.
http://western2.com/mall/mall4/

Cowboy, Rodeo Web Portal
Standings, schedules, and news for all major rodeo and horse show organizations.
http://www.ecowboy.com

Billy Joe Jim Bob's Rodeo Links
Includes numerous rodeo links. Seems to be frequently updated.
http://www.gunslinger.com/rodeo.html

Rodeo Cowboys Web Ring
Small but growing collection of links relating to rodeos, horse events, or any cowboys or cowgirls fan club all linked to one another through the web ring.
http://g.webring.com/hub?ring=prcwr

Rodeo Wild
An informative site about professional rodeo for fans, committees, stock contractors, and competitors. Photo galleries, cowboy profiles, and event listings.
http://www.rodeowild.com.au/

Suite 101 Rodeo and Cowboys
Articles, discussions and links related to rodeo.
http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/rodeo_and_cowboys



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