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Bull ride

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Bull ride

In the seventh rodeo event, the rider tries to stay on the back of a wild bull with only the help of a rope in one hand. This is the 50th Southland Rodeo, in February 2007.

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Jock Phillips, Rural recreation – Rural horse sports, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/17711/bull-ride (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Jock Phillips, published 1 March 2009.