11 Facts About Bull riding

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 itself has its direct roots in Mexican contests of equestrian and ranching skills now collectively known as charreada.

Scottish noblewoman Frances Erskine Inglis, 1st Marquise of Calderon de la Barca witnessed Bull Riding while living in Mexico in 1840, and wrote about it in her book Life in Mexico :.

Bull riding rules require for judges to be former bull riders themselves.

Bull riding, judges look at the animal's overall agility, power and speed; his back legs kick, and his front end drops.

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Bull riding riders wear a protective vest which is made of high density foam that allows the shock to disperse over a wide area, thereby reducing pain and injury.

Lambert based the bull riding protective vest on the one worn by his brother who was a horse jockey.

Some bull riding vests include a neck roll for protection to the neck, although very few riders use a vest with said modification.

Bull riding riders compete in these organizations as they are climbing the ladder to the professional ranks and to supplement their income.

World Challenge of Professional Bull riding Riders was held on 29 May 2010 at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre .

Spurs used in bull riding do not have a fixed rowel, nor can they be sharpened.