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 ...

Sep. 15—Isaiah Lovato, 4, of Albuquerque's West Side, clinches his hands into tight fists to show how he intends to grip the sheep's wool. Isaiah is one of 10 youngsters preparing to take part in the ...

Kids took a shot a riding sheep Saturday, June 7, 2008, in the Mutton Busting competition of the Perry County Community Rodeo in Altenburg, Mo. Kids took a shot a riding sheep Saturday, June 7, 2008, ...

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.

A child wrestles with a sheep while competing in a mutton-busting competition in Westminster, Md., in 2014. (Dylan Slagle / Carroll County Times ) Earlier this fall, Alameda County supervisors ...

Signs up for the annual California Rodeo Salinas mutton busting competition are opening up on Tuesday. Children ages 4 to 7 who weigh 60 pounds or less on their competition day are eligible to ...

Festivities continued Friday as the second day of the Boulder County Fair brought more livestock, more events and more entertainment to the table. Friday’s big event was the high-energy bull fighting ...

Ethan Dubois tries to hang on during the junior bull riding competition at the Salem County Fair, Tuesday, August 3, 2021.Get Photo Cole Brace loses his grip on his ride during the mutton busting ...

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 ...