Catch a Chilean Rodeo

by admin on April 2nd, 2011

Since 1962, the national sport for the country of Chil has been the rodeo. A Chilean rodeo differs in many ways from a rodeo in the United States.

A team of two Chileans on horses ride laps around an arena to stop a fleeing calf by pinning it between the horses and cushions. Each rodeo in Chil is performed in a medialuna, a half-moon shaped arena. Points are scored by how many times the team of riders can drive a calf properly More