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.
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[edit] 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.
[edit] Asian water buffalo festivals
In South-east Asia, water buffalo racing or fighting is a feature during various festivals in Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia and Assam.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Bovine bingo
[edit] Bull-baiting
[edit] Bullfighting
Bullfighting is a traditional sport in Spain, Portugal, some cities of southern France, and several Latin American countries.
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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").
[edit] 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.
[edit] Cow tipping
[edit] 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.
[edit] Indian rodeo
Indian rodeo is a rodeo subculture of Native American/First Nations rodeo performers
[edit] Spanish bullfighting
[edit] Swiss cow fighting
Swiss cow fighting involves contestes between cows.
[edit] 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.
