Bucking Bulls

PBR Institutes Drug Testing Policy
[Jan. 7, 2008] In recent weeks steroid use has taken center stage in the sports world. As major league baseball players have had to respond to the questions and speculations, so have bull riding athletes. But it’s not the bull riders who are the target of the rumors - it’s the bulls.

Nebraska issues import order on cattle
[Dec. 28, 2007] The Nebraska Department of Agriculture (NDA) today issued an

On December 27, 2007, the ABBI office will begin relocating to Pueblo, Colorado.
[Dec. 22, 2007] ABBI Announces new general manager - Andrea Lamoreaux to Take the Helm of American Bucking Bull Inc.

January 19 PBBA Sale
[Dec. 20, 2007] Garrison Arena in Clemson, SC. The consignment deadline is December 31

Bucking bulls to sell Dec 27 at Wheeler & Sons Sale in Osceola, MO.
[Dec. 17, 2007] C-R McKellips Rodeo will be selling several award winning bulls and bulls with genetics you just don't find everyday at this sale. The complete list is on their site.

Animal activists criticize rodeo for treatment of horses
[Dec. 17, 2007] ATTENTION RODEO - We must take SHARK as a serious threat. We must not hide our heads in the sand when they pull this kind of press!

PBR announces new draft system for three-day Built Ford Tough Series events
[Dec. 11, 2007] PBR announces a new draft system that will allow bull riders to choose their bulls at three-day Built Ford Tough Series events. The new format kicks off on January 4-6 at the VERSUS Invitational at Madison Square Garden in New York City. This will mark the first time in PBR history that a rider can choose his bull in competition.

PBBA Bucking Stock Sale
[Nov. 15, 2007] The first annual PBBA (Professional Bucking Bull Association) bucking Stock Sale is January 19, 2008, 10:00 AM at the Garrison Arena in Clemson, SC.

For Chester County man, it’s all about the bulls
[Nov. 11, 2007] Three former bull riders loaded eight nameless bulls into the gray metal maze of the small arena. The animals have no names because they haven’t earned them. This recent Saturday is a testing ground, where the handlers separate the rodeo potential from the walking hamburgers.

2007 PBR World Champion Bull and other PBR World Finals Awards Named
[Nov. 6, 2007] As you study the list catch all the wonderful members of Rodeo Attitude who received awards and were in the top of the final standings. We extend a huge congratulations to them all.

Berger and Ryken Earn the Coveted PBR Stock Contractor of the Year Honor
[Nov. 2, 2007] The partnership of Chad Berger and Larry Ryken brought the most impressive bull power to the table in 2007 to earn the coveted honor of Professional Bull Riders (PBR) Stock Contractor of the Year.

Hill riding, Mufasa among stock at PBR World Finals
[Nov. 2, 2007] West Glacier bullrider Beau Hill is riding in the event and Columbia Falls native Shane Gunderson's bull, Mufasa, is in the competition.

The PBR's bovine athletes compete for World Champion Bull honors
[Oct. 31, 2007] More than just the $1,000,000 PBR World Championship race between the world’s top 45 bull riders is happening in Las Vegas on October 26-28 and November 1-4; the bulls are in action, competing for their own world championship title.

The bull supplier
[Oct. 30, 2007] With a string of outstanding bulls to his credit, the name Hempenstall is quickly associated with legendary Brahman "Chainsaw". Universally regarded as the greatest Rodeo Bull of all time, Chainsaw was a direct product of the Hempenstall Brothers, George and Richard.