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Article: Top bulls, riders to battle at Eugene Pro Rodeo.(Sports)(The event's four-night run begins tonight at the Oregon Horse Center)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- July 1, 2006
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Byline: Chris Hansen The Register-Guard
Let the bucking begin.
The Eugene Pro Rodeo, now in its 15th season at the Oregon Horse Center, begins its four-day run today with the first round of this man vs. beast event scheduled for a 7:30 p.m. start.
Though it's the cowboys who earn hero status, it's often the animals that become the stars of the show.
No more is that the case than in bull riding, where an 8-second stay on the back of a 1-ton bucking bull can seem like an eternity.
Thus, the Eugene Pro Rodeo will feature some of the best bull riders in the country throughout its three rounds of action, as well as in Sunday ...