Example Sentences

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People here are enjoying bull rides, barrel racing and bucking broncos.

From BBC • May 1, 2025

In barrel racing, Black women on horseback sprinted at breakneck speed, plucking flags from each obstacle they circled.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2022

Logan is an original member of the Maryland-based rodeo team Cowgirls of Color; in rodeos she formerly focused on relay racing and barrel racing but now specializes in mounted shooting.

From Washington Post • Aug. 2, 2022

Scriver has been atop a horse since learning to walk — as a little girl in 4H in Curlew, Wash., and barrel racing at rodeos as an adolescent.

From New York Times • Jul. 19, 2021

Her specialty was barrel racing, where the horse and rider run a pattern around barrels in the fastest time.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 10, 2021