Jul. 15—Cooper McCarty of Mounds showed a lot of grit at Friday's mutton busting competition at Muskogee's Party Like it's 1776 celebration. You can see it all over his face and teeth. Mutton busting ...

GRIDLEY — Hold on to your muttons, and hold them tight. Cowboy and cowgirl trainees held on for dear life Saturday for a classic Mutton Bustin’ during the Bulls and Broncs rodeo, hosted by Rockin M ...

Ten-year-old Texan Marlie McDonald has retired from mutton busting, having outgrown the sport. But in her time she could outride the best of them. Marlie’s exploits in the arena are documented in the ...

One of the most popular, and comical, events at the Greeley Stampede rodeo is the mutton bustin’. Each year the Greeley Stampede organization gets hundreds — yes hundreds — of names of kids ages 5-7 ...

CHEYENNE — It’s never too early to get kids started in the rodeo world. At least that seemed to be the prevailing thought among the adults Tuesday evening at the Archer Complex arena. This ...

Twelve more intrepid mutton busters “rode the wool” Friday evening during the rain-delayed Dick Stull Memorial PRCA Rodeo. Some were quite successful, some less so, and one or two tried to combine ...

Like Charlie Bucket and his golden ticket, Daniel Caballero sprinted up the stadium steps at Eagle County Fairgrounds to show his parents and many-siblinged family his new $10 bill and victorious grin ...

WHAT: Mutton Bustin’, rodeo event in which youngsters compete to see who can stay on a sheep the longest. WHEN: New Mexico State Fair Rodeo, 6:45 Saturday and 4 p.m. Sunday. State fair hours are 10 ...

Kids went for a wild ride — not at the carnival, but on sheep — during the Clark County Fair’s Mutton Bustin’ rodeo earlier this week. Kids ride sheep and hold on for as long as they can to win a ...

Mammas, don’t let your babies grow up to be cowboys. Don’t let ‘em pick guitars or drive them old trucks. Let ‘em be doctors and lawyers and such. Mammas, don’t let your babies grow up to be cowboys.

Winds whipped against the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo's mutton bustin' arena Tuesday, but 5-year-old Jiana Morris sat resolute as she awaited her woolen steed. The Houston native swapped her ...

Eight seconds lasts forever when you are strapped to an unhappy 1,000-pound steer. It’s why the bulls win more than they lose. Only a few of the professional bull riders were able to last eight ...