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The Rodeo

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A few of the words

BRONCO
The word comes from the Spanish 'bronco,' meaning rough or wild, a fitting name for an unbroken range horse that has no intention of being ridden.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
CLOWN
Rodeo clowns, also called bullfighters, do far more than entertain the crowd, their real job is to draw the bull away from a fallen rider the moment the ride ends.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
CINCH
The cinch is the strap that holds the saddle snug around the horse's girth. The everyday phrase 'it's a cinch,' meaning easy, comes straight from this piece of tack.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
CHUTE
The narrow loading chute is where horse and rider wait together before the gate swings open, a few tense seconds that every competitor knows by heart.Find this word in the grid to read its note.

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About The Rodeo

A rodeo is equal parts sport, spectacle, and tradition, the smell of leather and arena dirt, the thunder of hooves, the crowd leaning forward as one. Events like bareback bronc riding, bull riding, and barrel racing trace their roots to the working skills of the open-range cattle drives that shaped the American West. From small-town fairgrounds to the grand stages of Cheyenne and Pendleton, the rodeo has carried those skills forward for well over a century.

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