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Rodeo bronc rider hanging on with one hand high as a bucking horse kicks up dust. Download this free printable PDF and color the action-packed scene.
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Download coloring page (PDF)PrintA cowboy in a hat, Western shirt and fringed chaps riding a bucking horse with hind legs kicked up, an arena fence, a gate and dust clouds.
Use light browns for the dust and leave some white areas to show motion.
Time eight seconds and imagine holding on to a bucking horse that long.
Top rodeo bucking horses are often specially bred for the sport.
A rodeo bronc rider has one simple-sounding job: stay aboard a bucking horse for eight seconds. Anyone who has watched it knows those eight seconds can feel like forever.
The rider may hold on with only one hand, gripping a rein in saddle bronc or a leather rigging in bareback. The free hand has to stay in the air for the whole ride, and touching the horse, the equipment or yourself with it means a no-score. Saddle bronc riders must also mark out, keeping their spurs above the horse’s shoulders as it leaves the chute.
Two judges score each ride, giving up to 25 points to the rider and up to 25 to the horse, for a possible 100. A horse that bucks high, hard and with a steady rhythm helps its rider score well, so drawing a great bronc is half the battle. The rider earns points for control, rhythm and a smooth spurring motion that matches the horse’s jumps.
When the horn sounds, pickup men ride alongside to help the cowboy off safely and guide the horse away. Bronc riding goes back to ranch hands breaking horses, and it remains one of rodeo’s signature events.
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