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<p><b>Mutton busting</b> is an event held at <a href="Rodeo" title="Rodeo">rodeos</a> similar to <a href="Bull_riding" title="Bull riding">bull riding</a> or <a href="Bronc_riding" title="Bronc riding">bronc riding</a>, in which children ride or race <a href="Sheep" title="Sheep">sheep</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<p>In the event, a <a href="Sheep" title="Sheep">sheep</a> is held still, either in a small chute or by an adult handler while a child is placed on top in a riding position. Once the child is seated atop the sheep, the sheep is released and usually starts to run in an attempt to get the child off. Often small prizes or ribbons are given out to the children who can stay on the longest. There are no set rules for mutton busting, no national organization, and most events are organized at the local level.
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<p>The majority of children participating in the event fall off in less than eight seconds. Age, height and weight restrictions on participants generally prevent injuries to the sheep,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and implements such as <a href="Spur" title="Spur">spurs</a> are banned from use. In most cases, children are required to wear helmets and parents are often asked to sign waivers to protect the rodeo from legal action in the event of injury.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<p>Mutton busting was first introduced by Jack Daines at the Daines Ranch Pro Rodeo, near <a href="Innisfail%2C_Alberta" title="Innisfail, Alberta">Innisfail, Alberta, Canada</a>, in the early 1960s. He wanted an event that would keep the younger children from riding the rougher stock. He brought some of the family sheep to the bucking chutes.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>The practice has been documented as having been introduced in the United States at the <a href="National_Western_Stock_Show" title="National Western Stock Show">National Western Stock Show</a> in <a href="Denver" title="Denver">Denver, Colorado, United States</a>, at least by the 1980s when an event was sponsored by Nancy Stockdale Cervi, a former rodeo queen. At that event, children ages five to seven who weighed less than 55 pounds could apply, and ultimately seven contestants were selected to each ride a sheep for six seconds.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
There are no statistics about the popularity of the sport, but anecdotal reports suggest thousands of children participate in such events every year in the U.S.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Supporters consider the event both entertaining and a way to introduce young children to the adult rodeo "rough stock" riding events of <a href="Bull_riding" title="Bull riding">bull riding</a>, <a href="Saddle_bronc_and_bareback_riding" class="mw-redirect" title="Saddle bronc and bareback riding">saddle bronc and bareback riding</a>, and may liken its <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rough-and-tumble" class="extiw external" title="wiktionary:rough-and-tumble">rough-and-tumble</a> nature to the way youth sports such as football are played.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Organizations such as the <a href="ASPCA" class="mw-redirect" title="ASPCA">ASPCA</a> discourage the practice on the grounds that it does not promote kindness to, or respect of, animals.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>The practice was banned in <a href="New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> in 2012 and in <a href="Alameda_County%2C_California" title="Alameda County, California">Alameda County, California</a>, in 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<ul><li><b>Main articles: <a href="Rodeo" title="Rodeo">Rodeo</a></b></li>
<li><b><a href="History_of_rodeo" title="History of rodeo">History of rodeo</a></b></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Competition</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Australian_Professional_Rodeo_Association" title="Australian Professional Rodeo Association">Australian Professional Rodeo Association</a></li>
<li><a href="Calgary_Stampede" title="Calgary Stampede">Calgary Stampede</a></li>
<li><a href="Canadian_Professional_Rodeo_Association" title="Canadian Professional Rodeo Association">Canadian Professional Rodeo Association</a></li>
<li><a href="Cheyenne_Frontier_Days" title="Cheyenne Frontier Days">Cheyenne Frontier Days</a></li>
<li><a href="Miles_City_Bucking_Horse_Sale" title="Miles City Bucking Horse Sale">Miles City Bucking Horse Sale</a></li>
<li><a href="Pendleton_Round-Up" title="Pendleton Round-Up">Pendleton Round-Up</a></li>
<li><a href="Professional_Bull_Riders" title="Professional Bull Riders">Professional Bull Riders</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Professional_Bull_Riders_Champions" title="List of Professional Bull Riders Champions">List of Professional Bull Riders Champions</a></li>
<li><a href="Professional_Rodeo_Cowboys_Association" title="Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association">Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Professional_Rodeo_Cowboys_Association_Champions" title="List of Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association Champions">List of Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association Champions</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Canadian_Rodeo_Champions" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Canadian Rodeo Champions">List of Canadian Rodeo Champions</a></li>
<li><a href="Lists_of_rodeo_performers" title="Lists of rodeo performers">Lists of rodeo performers</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_rodeos" title="List of rodeos">List of rodeos</a></li>
<li><a href="Women's_Professional_Rodeo_Association" title="Women's Professional Rodeo Association">Women's Professional Rodeo Association</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Culture and people</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Cowboy" title="Cowboy">Cowboy</a></li>
<li><a href="Cowboy_church" title="Cowboy church">Cowboy church</a></li>
<li><a href="Country_music" title="Country music">Country music</a></li>
<li><a href="Cowboy_poetry" title="Cowboy poetry">Cowboy poetry</a></li>
<li><a href="Pickup_rider" title="Pickup rider">Pickup rider</a></li>
<li><a href="Stock_contractor" title="Stock contractor">Stock contractor</a></li>
<li><a href="Vaquero" title="Vaquero">Vaquero</a></li>
<li>Women in rodeo</li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Events</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="All-Around" title="All-Around">All-Around</a></li>
<li><a href="Barrel_racing" title="Barrel racing">Barrel racing</a></li>
<li><a href="Bronc_riding" title="Bronc riding">Bareback and saddle bronc riding</a></li>
<li><a href="Breakaway_roping" title="Breakaway roping">Breakaway roping</a></li>
<li><a href="Bull_riding" title="Bull riding">Bull riding</a></li>
<li><a href="Calf_roping" title="Calf roping">Calf roping</a></li>
<li><a href="Chuckwagon_racing" title="Chuckwagon racing">Chuckwagon racing</a></li>
<li><a href="Chute_dogging" title="Chute dogging">Chute dogging</a></li>
<li><a href="Rodeo_clown" title="Rodeo clown">Rodeo clown</a></li>
<li><a href="Dally_ribbon_roping" title="Dally ribbon roping">Dally ribbon roping</a></li>
<li><a href="Flag_racing" title="Flag racing">Flag racing</a></li>
<li><a href="Goat_tying" title="Goat tying">Goat tying</a></li>
<li><a href="Miniature_bull_riding" title="Miniature bull riding">Miniature bull riding</a></li>

<li><a href="Pole_bending" title="Pole bending">Pole bending</a></li>
<li><a href="Steer_riding" title="Steer riding">Steer riding</a></li>
<li><a href="Steer_roping" title="Steer roping">Steer roping</a></li>
<li><a href="Steer_wrestling" title="Steer wrestling">Steer wrestling</a></li>
<li><a href="Team_roping" title="Team roping">Team roping</a></li>
<li><a href="Trail_course" title="Trail course">Trail course</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="American_Bucking_Bull" title="American Bucking Bull">American Bucking Bull</a></li>
<li><a href="Bucking_bull" title="Bucking bull">Bucking bull</a></li>
<li><a href="Bucking_horse" title="Bucking horse">Bucking horse</a></li>
<li><a href="Corriente" title="Corriente">Corriente</a></li>
<li><a href="Stock_horse" title="Stock horse">Stock horse</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="Bandanna" class="mw-redirect" title="Bandanna">Bandanna</a></li>
<li><a href="Bolo_tie" title="Bolo tie">Bolo tie</a></li>
<li><a href="Chaps" title="Chaps">Chaps</a></li>
<li><a href="Cowboy_boot" title="Cowboy boot">Cowboy boot</a></li>
<li><a href="Cowboy_hat" title="Cowboy hat">Cowboy hat</a></li>
<li><a href="Jeans" title="Jeans">Jeans</a></li>
<li><a href="Western_shirt" class="mw-redirect" title="Western shirt">Western shirt</a></li>
<li><a href="Western_wear" title="Western wear">Western wear</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="Bridle" title="Bridle">Bridle</a></li>
<li><a href="Flank_strap" class="mw-redirect" title="Flank strap">Flank strap</a></li>
<li><a href="Lasso" title="Lasso">Lasso</a></li>
<li><a href="Mechanical_bull" title="Mechanical bull">Mechanical bull</a></li>
<li><a href="Spur" title="Spur">Spur</a></li>
<li><a href="Straw_man_(dummy)" title="Straw man (dummy)">Straw man (dummy)</a></li>
<li><a href="Western_saddle" title="Western saddle">Western saddle</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">International</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Acoso_y_derribo" title="Acoso y derribo">Acoso y derribo</a></li>
<li><a href="Australian_rodeo" title="Australian rodeo">Australian rodeo</a></li>
<li><a href="Charreada" class="mw-redirect" title="Charreada">Charreada</a></li>
<li><a href="Chilean_rodeo" title="Chilean rodeo">Chilean rodeo</a></li>
<li><a href="Coleo" title="Coleo">Coleo</a></li>
<li><a href="Deporte_de_lazo" title="Deporte de lazo">Deporte de lazo</a></li>
<li><a href="Jineteada_gaucha" title="Jineteada gaucha">Jineteada gaucha</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Affiliated events</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Hay_buck" title="Hay buck">Hay buck</a></li>
<li><a href="Hog-dog_rodeo" title="Hog-dog rodeo">Hog-dog rodeo</a></li>
<li><a href="Miss_Rodeo_America" title="Miss Rodeo America">Miss Rodeo America</a></li>
<li><a href="Miss_Rodeo_USA" title="Miss Rodeo USA">Miss Rodeo USA</a></li>
<li><a href="Gymkhana_(equestrian)#O-Mok-See" title="Gymkhana (equestrian)">O-Mok-See</a></li>
<li><a href="Rattlesnake_round-up" title="Rattlesnake round-up">Rattlesnake round-up</a></li>
<li><a href="Rodeo_queen" title="Rodeo queen">Rodeo queen</a></li>
<li><a href="Trick_riding" title="Trick riding">Trick riding</a></li>
<li><a href="Trick_roping" title="Trick roping">Trick roping</a></li>
<li><a href="Whipcracking" title="Whipcracking">Whipcracking</a></li>
<li><a href="Wild_cow_milking" title="Wild cow milking">Wild cow milking</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Halls of Fame</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Australian_Stockman's_Hall_of_Fame" title="Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame">Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame</a></li>
<li><a href="Cheyenne_Frontier_Days_Old_West_Museum" title="Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum">Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum</a></li>
<li><a href="National_Cowgirl_Museum_and_Hall_of_Fame" title="National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame">National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame</a></li>
<li><a href="National_Cowboy_%26_Western_Heritage_Museum" title="National Cowboy &amp; Western Heritage Museum">National Cowboy &amp; Western Heritage Museum</a></li>
<li><a href="Bull_Riding_Hall_of_Fame" title="Bull Riding Hall of Fame">Bull Riding Hall of Fame</a></li>
<li><a href="Professional_Bull_Riders%3A_Heroes_and_Legends" title="Professional Bull Riders: Heroes and Legends">Professional Bull Riders: Heroes and Legends</a></li>
<li><a href="ProRodeo_Hall_of_Fame" title="ProRodeo Hall of Fame">ProRodeo Hall of Fame</a></li>
<li><a href="Rodeo_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Rodeo Hall of Fame">Rodeo Hall of Fame</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_ProRodeo_Hall_of_Fame_inductees" title="List of ProRodeo Hall of Fame inductees">List of ProRodeo Hall of Fame inductees</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Canadian_Pro_Rodeo_Hall_of_Fame_inductees" title="List of Canadian Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame inductees">List of Canadian Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame inductees</a></li>
<li><a href="Texas_Rodeo_Cowboy_Hall_of_Fame" title="Texas Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame">Texas Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame</a></li></ul>
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