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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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World Of Rodeo
News and information site serving the rodeo community. The site contains prca results, schedules, news, standings, rodeo links, plus audio reports from the circuit.
http://www.worldofrodeo.com

Rodeo World
Provides information for the rodeo community. Includes chat rooms, message boards, and rodeo listings.
http://rodeoworld.topcities.com

American Western Magazine
Information on up to date PRCA news, standings, events, and rodeo books.
http://www.readthewest.com/rodeo.html

Cowboy Sports News
Rodeo news and information site. Get results, standings and upcoming show information as well as a photo gallery with some great shots.
http://www.cowboysportsnews.com/

In the Loop
Roping, news, western rodeo events and team roping. Continual coverage of Pro Team Roping.
http://1fine.com/intheloop.html

Rodeo Illustrated
Focuses on all of the many professional events throughout the country.
http://rodeoillustrated.com/

Rodeo Information
Provides professional rodeo standings, watch video clips, visit the Hall of Fame and meet cowboys riding and roping today.
http://rodeo.about.com

Canadian Cowboy Country Magazine
Complete rodeo and cowboy event listings, photos and cowboy marketplace with western art and cowboy accessaries.
http://www.canadiancowboy.ca

Arkansas Rodeo News
News on Arkansas cowboys, cowgirls, and rodeo related businesses. Useful information for fan and contestants to find information from schedules, western stores, horse trailers, and rodeo personnel.
http://www.arkansasrodeonews.com



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