No trip to NRG Stadium for the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo is complete without watching the mutton bustin' competition. Up late on a school night, 15 tiny tykes hit the stadium dirt atop a sheep ...

SILVERTHORNE ” As two grown men restrained an exceptionally woolly sheep, the eager Sebastian Boch, equipped with a protective mask and vest, was hoisted on top. Seconds later, the 5-year-old was ...

Jul. 15—Cooper McCarty of Mounds showed a lot of grit at Friday's mutton busting competition at Muskogee's Party Like it's 1776 celebration. You can see it all over his face and teeth. Mutton busting ...

GRIDLEY — Hold on to your muttons, and hold them tight. Cowboy and cowgirl trainees held on for dear life Saturday for a classic Mutton Bustin’ during the Bulls and Broncs rodeo, hosted by Rockin M ...

Pain is temporary. Glory is forever. Especially in Mutton Bustin’. Just ask 4-year-old Kennedi Sullivan. The little girl from San Antonio got the high score during the competition at the San Antonio ...

Kids went for a wild ride — not at the carnival, but on sheep — during the Clark County Fair’s Mutton Bustin’ rodeo earlier this week. Kids ride sheep and hold on for as long as they can to win a ...

Children must be 5 or 6 years old to compete in mutton bustin' at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. Credit: Photo by RodeoHouston The rules of the eight-second ride are simple: hold on for dear ...

Sep. 8—A pair of mutton-busting brothers who competed at the Lewiston Roundup on Thursday night have royal bloodlines in the rodeo world. The Scott boys are the great-great grandsons of the late Paul ...

Once you’ve been strapped to the back of a stampeding sheep, a job interview probably pales in comparison. Tommy G. Giodone thinks there’s no better way to prepare your kid for real life than to take ...

Like a champion bull rider who just had the ride of her life, Kalli Knuth acknowledged the crowd. The little girl raised her hand in triumph and was greeted by applause after she was helped up off the ...