Children must be 5 or 6 years old to compete in mutton bustin' at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. Credit: Photo by RodeoHouston The rules of the eight-second ride are simple: hold on for dear ...

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- An adorable 6-year-old with dreams of becoming a fisherman caught a big one on his line Sunday night at NRG Stadium. Louis Macey, of Houston, was the victor in Sunday night's Mutton ...

A lot of work goes into making the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo a prime attraction, from the sophisticated stage production that makes the concerts so memorable to the logistics behind the dirt on ...

The Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo is well underway filled with many memorable moments, including one over the weekend that brought many to tears. Saturday, a 7-year-old boy visiting from ...

The field for mutton bustin' at the Reno Rodeo fills up quickly very year, and your child's chance arrives starting Saturday. Starting Saturday, Feb. 1, the Reno Rodeo will be accepting applications ...

Winds whipped against the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo's mutton bustin' arena Tuesday, but 5-year-old Jiana Morris sat resolute as she awaited her woolen steed. The Houston native swapped her ...

Children looking to join in on the rodeo can enter in the Mutton Bustin' competition Mutton busting is a rodeo staple. Perfect for kids who love adventure and who don't mind ending up in the dirt.

Mammas, don’t let your babies grow up to be cowboys. Don’t let ‘em pick guitars or drive them old trucks. Let ‘em be doctors and lawyers and such. Mammas, don’t let your babies grow up to be cowboys.

So how is it that one of the top crowd-pleasers is a bunch of schoolchildren hanging onto the backs of sheep for dear life until they inevitably fall and roll around in the dirt? Today, we’re talking ...