{"id":334111,"date":"2026-03-17T15:08:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T15:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/334111\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T15:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T15:08:09","slug":"sheep-jumps-on-5-year-old-girl-in-mutton-bustin-rodeo-event-in-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/334111\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheep jumps on 5-year-old girl in Mutton Bustin\u2019 rodeo event in Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"
The young riders, typically between 4 and 7 years old, are placed on top of a sheep in a chute before the animal is let go and sprints across the arena.<\/p>\n
A sheep turned on its young rider at a rodeo event in Texas. Photo \/ Instagram<\/p>\n
Riders\u2019 arms are wrapped tightly around the sheep\u2019s neck or they hold on to its wool for as long as they can before they are eventually thrown off.<\/p>\n
The recent Mutton Bustin\u2019 event was held as part of the wider Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo.<\/p>\n
The annual event combines rodeo competitions, concerts, carnival rides and agricultural events, drawing millions of visitors to the Texas city over its three-week run.<\/p>\n
Each evening begins with professional rodeo competitions such as bull riding and is usually followed by a concert performance.<\/p>\n
Country artists Lainey Wilson, Parker McCollum and Tim McGraw are set to perform at the event this year.<\/p>\n
The livestock show gives spectators the opportunity to see cattle, pigs and other animals raised by students across Texas.<\/p>\n
Livestock auctions are held regularly at the event, with last year\u2019s grand champion steer selling for $1,154,991 (US$675,000).<\/p>\n
However, this falls short of the record US$1 million ($1.7 million) bids made in both 2022 and 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The young riders, typically between 4 and 7 years old, are placed on top of a sheep in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":334112,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[103976,179142,8231,6868,78,17090,179141,111,139,69,90,1071,131151,12969,213,9939,14920,19054,9938],"class_list":["post-334111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-5yearold","tag-bustin","tag-event","tag-girl","tag-in","tag-jumps","tag-mutton","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-on","tag-rider","tag-rodeo","tag-sheep","tag-sports","tag-states","tag-texas","tag-turned","tag-united"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=334111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334111\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/334112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=334111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=334111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=334111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}