User:Dawnleelynn/Glossary of rodeo terms

Glossary of rodeo terms

This is a basic glossary of rodeo terms that includes both technical terminology and jargon developed over the centuries for rodeo sports such calf roping, barrel racing, steer wrestling, bull riding, and bronc riding, as well as various rodeo-related concepts. Where noted, some terms are used only in American English (US), only in British English (UK), or are regional to a particular part of the world, such as Australia (AU).

B

 * Branding
 * Marking a horse, bull (or other animal) by burning the skin with a hot iron, or alternatively with a frozen implement (freeze branding). The skin may be balded, or the hair may grow back in a depigmented color.


 * Breeding
 * 1) The pedigree of an animal
 * 2) Horse breeding, or the selective breeding of animals.

bucking bull
 * Bucking bull

Built Ford Tough Series
 * Built Ford Tough Series (BFTS)

bull
 * Bull

bull rider
 * Bull rider

bull riding
 * Bull riding

D
The female parent of an animal and especially of a domestic animal.
 * Dam

G
A dam's or sire's dam —used of an animal.
 * Granddam

A dam's or sire's sire —used of an animal.
 * Grandsire

P
An ancestral line; line of descent; lineage; ancestry.
 * Pedigree

Professional Bull Riders
 * Professional Bull Riders (PBR)

Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association
 * Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA)

R
A public exhibition of cowboy skills, as bronco riding and calf roping.
 * Rodeo

S
The male parent of an animal and especially of a domestic animal.
 * Sire