This file photo shows cowboy Tyler Pearson in a steer wrestling event — not a steer tripping event — during the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas on Dec ...

Steer-tailing involves a mounted cowboy grasping the tail of a steer and bringing the animal to the ground. Horse-tripping is a roping event in which the competitor lassos the animal’s legs and ...

None of these events are standard ranching practice anywhere in the United States. They should all be banned outright, along with rodeo events such as calf roping, steer wrestling and steer tripping.

CHEYENNE - Oklahoma's Blake Deckard won the steer roping qualifying at the 129th anniversary Cheyenne Frontier Days rodeo ...

'Horse tripping' video fuels debate over Oregon rodeo event. Updated: Jul. 02, ... Critics also worried that the prohibition might lead people to go after calf and steer roping next ...

A House committee planned to start work Monday on a bill (read entire bill) outlawing steer-tailing and horse-tripping. Both events are sometimes performed in Mexican-style rodeos called charreadas.

Because steer tailing and horse tripping are legal in Minnesota, Pringle said, "Maybe this is a wake-up call to the state Legislature. Maybe they need some stronger laws on the books." ...

As with calf roping, steer tripping — commonly called “steer busting” — puts a rodeo animal at extreme risk of injury or death.

Horse tripping will be banned in Lyon County, but steer tailing will not. The Lyon County Commissioners on Thursday unanimously approved an ordinance that would ban the practice of horse tripping, ...