Bovine sports

Bovine sports

Bovine sports is an overarching term that describes a group of sports that involve a bovine, commonly a bull, ox, cow or calf. This can be for sporting, recreational or work purposes.

American rodeo

American rodeo is a sporting event that consists of different events that involve cattle and horses, designed to test the skill and speed of the cowboy/cowgirl, for example bull riding.

Asian water buffalo festivals

In South-east Asia, water buffalo racing or fighting is a feature during various festivals in Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia and Cambodia.

Basque oxen trials

The "idi probak" (Basque for "oxen tests") is the most popular form of the Basque dragging games. It involves oxen, usually a pair, dragging a rock from one side of a quare to another.

Bovine bingo

Bull-baiting

Bullfighting

Bullfighting is a traditional sport in Spain, Portugal, some cities of southern France, and several Latin American countries.

Bull-leaping

Bull-leaping is an ancient sport depicted in Bronze Age art. It is often interpreted as a ritual performed in connection with bull worship and consists of acrobatic leaps over a bull.

Cantabrian bovine dragging

The "concurso de arrastre" (Spanish for "dragging test") is a pulling game where oxen or cows drag a weight. It is also known as "tiru güeis", "tira bueis" ("oxen pulling"), "arrastre de narras", "arrastre de basnas" ("sleigh dragging"), "arrastre de piedra" ("stone dragging") or simply "arrastre" ("dragging").

Chilean rodeo

Chilean rodeo has been the national sport of Chile since 1962. It is different from the rodeo found in North America. In Chilean rodeo, a team consisting of two riders and two horses ride laps around an arena trying to stop a calf, pinning him against massive cushions.

Cow tipping

Okinawan bullfighting

Tōgyū is a spectator sport native to the Ryukyu Islands of Japan, especially in the Okinawa Prefecture. In Tōgyū, two bulls fight each other.

Indian rodeo

Indian rodeo is a rodeo subculture of Native American/First Nations rodeo performers

panish bullfighting

wiss cow fighting

Swiss cow fighting involves contestes between cows.

Tamil bull baiting

In Jallikattu, one or more agitated bulls are let loose in an open space. Bare handed participants then try to wrestle the bull by its horns.


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