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Bronc riding, either bareback bronc or saddle bronc competition, is a rodeo event that involves a rodeo participant riding on a horse (sometimes called a bronc or bronco), that attempts to throw or buck off the rider. Originally based on the necessary horse breaking skills of a working cowboy, the event is now a highly stylized competition that utilizes horses that often are specially bred for strength, agility, and bucking ability.

Working terrain
Hard pan dirt, rodeo arenas

Rest place/daily stay
Paddocks and pastures

Horse characteristics
Usually draft crosses are used for broncs. Broncs need to have good thick bones and big feet to sustain the movement of bucking hard.

Shoeing location
Stocks

Advice
Typically bronc horses are not shoed

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A cowboy in a bareback bronc riding contest

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