bucking horse†

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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at stampedes, rodeos, etc., a horse specially given to bucking and, for this reason, used as a mount in bronco-riding competitions.

Quotations

1919

Miss Tillie Baldwin, World's Champion Lady Bronk [sic] Rider, will ride bucking horses, and also attempt to bulldog a steer from a running horse.

1962

A top bucking horse is valued from $1000 to $1500 and works, in periods of ten seconds each, for four or five minutes each year.