Meet the cowboys bringing bull riding — and 750 tons of dirt — to a city near you
For those who follow the burgeoning sport of bull riding, the stars are naturally the riders themselves — who train for years to master the art of staying atop a 1,700-pound bucking bull for a full eight seconds, while maintaining a certain control, if not graceful authority.
Spraggins, an independent contractor who’s worked with the Professional Bull Riders organization — PBR, for short — since its inception 31 years ago, is the “soil savant” behind the sport, as one industry insider refers to him.
In Spraggins’s case, there’s the sheer challenge of bringing the dirt into traffic-filled Midtown Manhattan. His solution: He does his trucking in the stealth of night, one load at a time. The animals, raised by specialty breeders much like racehorses, also require ranch-style sleeping accommodations—not a simple find in congested metro areas, so for New York City events, the PBR heads to rural New Jersey two hours away.
Many first-time attendees fail to understand a bull rider doesn’t automatically “win” by staying atop the bull for the requisite eight seconds. Rather, he’s scored by judges on how well he handled the ride, presuming he makes it through those eight seconds.
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