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<\/p>\nPBR bull riding is happening this weekend at Sacramento’s Golden 1 Center<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHOLD ON TIGHT. BULL RIDING IS TAKING CENTER STAGE AT THE GOLDEN ONE CENTER THIS WEEKEND, BUT YOU\u2019LL HAVE TO LEAVE IT TO THE PROFESSIONALS. KCRA 3\u2019S TEO TORRES STOPPED BY TO GET A LOOK AT TODAY\u2019S ACTION. WELL, IT ALL COMES DOWN TO THIS. THIS IS THE SHOOT. TECHNICALLY, IT\u2019S CALLED THE BUCKING CHUTE, WHERE THE BULL RIDERS STRAP IN. GOT HIS HAND IN THAT THAT LEATHER STRAP SO HE DOESN\u2019T GET BUCKED OFF OR HOPING HE DOESN\u2019T GET BUCKED OFF. WHAT WOULD POSSESS SOMEBODY TO DO THIS? WELL, LET\u2019S GO TO THE SOURCE. WE GOT HUDSON. BOLTON. HE IS THE CURRENT 20 YEAR OLD REIGNING ROOKIE OF THE YEAR CHAMPION FOR 2025. DID YOU BEG YOUR PARENTS AT 11 YEARS OLD, PLEASE? CAN I RIDE BULLS? NOT REALLY. I MEAN, THEY THOUGHT IT WAS PRETTY CRAZY ME TO DO IT, BUT THEY WERE SUPPORTIVE. AND FIRST TIME I DID IT, IT JUST FELL IN LOVE WITH THE SPORT AND GOT HOOKED TO IT. SO. ALL RIGHT, SO YOU DID IT THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL, THAT KIND OF THING. CORRECT. WHEN DID YOU DECIDE I WANT TO PURSUE THIS EVEN DEEPER AND GO PROFESSIONAL? YEAH, I\u2019D SAY ONCE I WAS I WAS PLAYING FOOTBALL AND RIDING BULLS AT THE SAME TIME. AND IT WAS KIND OF GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE I HAD TO PICK ONE AND I HAD TO PICK ONE AND WENT HOME SCHOOLED AND PURSUED MY RIDING CAREER AND WENT ALL IN. ALL RIGHT. WELL, WELL, THEY RAISED THEM TOUGH IN TENNESSEE, OBVIOUSLY, BUT YOU STAY TOUGH BY PROTECTING YOURSELF. KIND OF WALK US THROUGH SOME OF THIS STUFF. THAT\u2019S RIGHT. WE GOT THE BULL RIDING BEST RIGHT HERE THAT KEEPS THE HORNS FROM GOING INTO US. IT KIND OF SLIDES RIGHT OFF WITH THAT VEST ON. THIS IS WHAT WE HOLD ON TO THE BULLS WITH. I MEAN, IT\u2019D BE PRETTY HARD TO HOLD ON TO WITHOUT THIS. YEAH, WE GOT THE CHAPS RIGHT HERE. THOSE ARE FOR STYLE. AND THEY JUST KIND OF FLASH AROUND BECAUSE IT\u2019S A JOKE. THEY DO JUDGE YOU ON STYLE, TOO. YEAH, IT\u2019S A JUDGE SPORT. SO I MEAN THAT\u2019S THAT\u2019S WHAT THAT\u2019S FOR. AND THEN WE HAVE OUR BOOTS AND SPURS RIGHT HERE. A LOT OF YOU HAVE TO RIDE BULLS WITH YOUR FEET. SO THAT HELPS US HOLD ON INSTEAD OF SLIDING AROUND EVERYWHERE. AND THEY\u2019RE NOT SHARP AT ALL. A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THEY\u2019RE SHARP, BUT THEY\u2019RE NOT. SO THEY DON\u2019T HURT THE BULLS AT ALL. AND THEN WE HAVE OUR HELMET RIGHT HERE THAT KEEPS OUR TEETH IN OUR HEAD AND KEEPS US FROM HEADBUTTING THE BULLS AND KEEPS US SAFE. AND THEN WE GOT OUR GLOVES SO WE DON\u2019T GET CALLUSES ALL OVER OUR HANDS. MAKES SENSE. TEETH AND HEAD. THAT\u2019S GOOD FOR STYLE POINTS AS WELL. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH I APPRECIATE IT. SO ONE OF THE BULLS THAT WOULD BE IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP IS A BULL. I\u2019D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO CALLED MERCY. ISN\u2019T THAT KIND OF IRONIC? YEAH. MERCY IS. THEY USUALLY RESERVE IT FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND BECAUSE MERCY IS VERY HARD TO RIDE. HERE IS HER OWNER, HIS OWNER. RATHER TO TALK ABOUT WHAT MAKES MERCY SO VERY SPECIAL. HE KICKS REALLY HARD. SO HE HAS A LOT OF UP AND DOWN, WHICH IS KIND OF DIFFICULT FOR SOME RIDERS TO, I MEAN, KIND OF MATCH UP WITH. AND THEN HE CHANGES DIRECTIONS. SO HE\u2019S NOT REALLY HE\u2019S NOT GOING TO DO THE SAME THING EVERY TIME. HOW MANY SHOWS DOES MERCY DO A YEAR? IT KIND OF DEPENDS. LIKE HE HE MAY GO TO LIKE I\u2019M GOING TO SAY 15 MAYBE A YEAR. SO WITH THAT IT IS THREE DAYS OF INTENSE BULL RIDING. SO MUCH FUN TO WATCH. TONIGHT IT BEGINS THEN SATURDAY AND THE CHAMPIONSHIP IS SUNDAY. COME ON DOWN TO THE GOLDEN ONE CENTER AND TAKE IT ALL IN. PBR BEGINS TONIGH\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
PBR bull riding is happening this weekend at Sacramento’s Golden 1 Center<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\tUpdated: 2:36 PM PST Jan 30, 2026\n\t\t<\/p>\n
\t\tEditorial Standards \u24d8<\/a><\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\tProfessional bull riding takes center stage at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento this weekend. Ariat PBR events are planned for Friday and Saturday at 6:45 p.m. and Sunday at 1:45 p.m. You can also watch the event on Paramount+. Hear from a bull rider and the owner of a bull named Mercy in the video above. Learn more here. See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tSACRAMENTO, Calif. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n Professional bull riding takes center stage at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento this weekend. <\/p>\n Ariat PBR events are planned for Friday and Saturday at 6:45 p.m. and Sunday at 1:45 p.m. <\/p>\n You can also watch the event on Paramount+. <\/p>\n Hear from a bull rider and the owner of a bull named Mercy in the video above. <\/p>\n Learn more here<\/a>. <\/p>\n See more coverage of top California stories here<\/a> | Download our app<\/a> | Subscribe to our morning newsletter<\/a> | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PBR bull riding is happening this weekend at Sacramento’s Golden 1 Center HOLD ON TIGHT. BULL RIDING IS…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":157145,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[2820,76865,76864,76862,8010,23615,14675,17841,73158,224,6336,76861,76863,121,123,122,669,776,2734,2695],"class_list":["post-157144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-app","tag-ariat-pbr-event","tag-bull-rider","tag-bull-riding","tag-center","tag-download","tag-golden","tag-golden-1-center","tag-mercy","tag-p-m","tag-paramount","tag-pbr","tag-pbr-bull-riding","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news","tag-subscribe","tag-sunday","tag-top-california-story","tag-weekend"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157144\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}