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Fun activities for American children – Mutton Bustin

Posted on Mar-20-2011· by


Fun activities for American children - Mutton Bustin

Do you want to see 5-year-old children lying on the sheep, control alone race sheep weighting 150 pounds? Go to Texas to see the local competition of riding sheep(Mutton Bustin).

At the annual Houston Rodeo, 15 children participants were riding sheep in front of 72,000 spectators. In the past three weeks, the small players attended games every night. On Sunday night, the game will enter into the white-hot championship final.

Fun activities for American children - Mutton Bustin

Wearing protective equipment, future cowboys and cowgirls must grasp firmly these lovely sheep, and adhere to keep on the sheep for at least six seconds. The staff said, organizers would buy a total of 175 sheep from San Angelo for the race each year, then sold the sheep after the game. In order to protect these sheep, even organizers have even asked participants to control the weight within 60 pounds.

In U.S., Children’s sheep riding contest more and more popular, In California, the local champion is known as the title “sheep Warrior.”

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