How did rodeo begin?

Answer 1

Cowboys at the end of a cattle drive would compete to prove who was the best bronco buster, who could rope a calf the fastest and other work related skills. This gave them prestige and showed perspective employers who really had the skill they wanted. Also a lot of money was gambled away.

Answer 2

repressed coyboys would rate their ability to wrangle wild horses. lusty competition between farm hands would later become a professional 'sport'. many gay rights groups consider the practice cruel and abusive to animals (often drugged).

Answer 3

Rodeos originated in the mid 1800s. All the way from Mexico to Canada, or wherever cattle and cowboys were. After a while, cowboys who raised cattle and worked on ranches would gather to show off their skills. Who could ride the unridable wild bucking horse would earn bragging rights as the toughest and handyest cowboy in the west. Such events as calf roping originated when a cowboy rode through his herd and spotted a sick calf, he would then rope the calf off his horse, dismount, tie the calf up (to prevent stress and injury) and then administer medicine or whatever the calf needed to become healthy. It is still a method used today. On big ranches, its easier to quietly ride through the herd and rope and doctor the calf, rather than gathering the whole herd and moving them long distances to put them in a corral and doctor the calf. Basically, the rodeo way of life came from the wild west. The methods of cowboys evolved into a competition that shows their skills

Answer 4

Rodeos came from cowboys in the old west competing to see who was a better cowboy.

Answer 5

Spain and Portugal, primarily. Rodeo is a sporting event involving pitting man versus beast (except in team roping and barrel racing), not a language.

Answer 6

I think it originated from Spain.