What are horses used for in rodeos?

Answer 1

Horses are used for all kinds of things in rodeos, but mostly for bucking, saddle bronc riding and bareback riding, where the rider must stay on for 8 seconds without getting bucked off. The horses that do this aren't made to buck, they have a natural inclination to buck and that's why they end up at rodeos, and sometimes cost up to $10,000. Rodeos are competitive sport which arose out of the working practices of cattle herding in Spain, Mexico, and later the United States, Canada, South America and Australia. It was based on the skills required of the working vaqueros and later, cowboys in what today is the western United States, western Canada, and northern Mexico. Today it is a sporting event that consists of events that involve horses, as well as other livestock, designed to test the skill and speed of the human cowboy and cowgirl athletes who participate. Horses are necessary for rodeos and without horses, there probably wouldn't be any such thing as the rodeo.