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delalluvia:

--- Quote from: injest on February 12, 2007, 09:52:29 pm ---I thought they has always graded the bull riding that way??

On one hand it is good...I mean if you ride one that jumps and circles and kicks hard...you SHOULD get more points than some guy that rode a bull that just strolled out and stood around waiting for the bell...LOL!!

by grading the bull too, they encourage the stock contractor to have bulls that WILL buck good...

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Yes, how the cowboy rides the bull, his style, has always been scored, but how the bull bucks??!?!?  What makes the bull buck is that belt tied around his groin area.  Tie it tight enough and he'll buck.  Now, how they would breed for a bull that bucks and changes direction and bucks up and town and kicks up when a belt is tied around his sensitive parts?   ??? ??? ???

2robots4u:
Just to add a note...if the bull does not perform up to par, the rider can ask for a re-ride, or the judges can decide the bull was sub-par and award the re-ride.  In the PBR the absolutely best bulls are held for the final 15 qualifiers....Doug

injest:

--- Quote from: delalluvia on February 12, 2007, 10:10:51 pm ---Yes, how the cowboy rides the bull, his style, has always been scored, but how the bull bucks??!?!?  What makes the bull buck is that belt tied around his groin area.  Tie it tight enough and he'll buck.  Now, how they would breed for a bull that bucks and changes direction and bucks up and town and kicks up when a belt is tied around his sensitive parts?   ??? ??? ???

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I do believe it has always been scored like that, Del.

but the belt does not make him buck...he is bucking to get the man off his back...the back strap is to encourage him to KICK...

and you breed for a bucking bull just like for anything else. You pick out the bull that shows the characteristic you want...(in this case bucking)  and breed him to a cow whose father shows the same characteristics..

Brown Eyes:
Heya,

So, I'm watching bull riding on TV again.  And, I think I'm understanding what I'm watching a little bit better!  Thanks to all the info here.

I have a new question.  How did 8 seconds become the standard?  Is there a story behind that?  Why not a nice round 10 seconds... or 7 seconds, etc., etc.?

injest:

--- Quote from: atz75 on March 10, 2007, 11:25:08 pm ---Heya,

So, I'm watching bull riding on TV again.  And, I think I'm understanding what I'm watching a little bit better!  Thanks to all the info here.

I have a new question.  How did 8 seconds become the standard?  Is there a story behind that?  Why not a nice round 10 seconds... or 7 seconds, etc., etc.?

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 ???

got me stumped...don't know why!!  :laugh:

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