The Arcadia All-Florida Championship Rodeo recently came through Arcadia, Florida. It is known as the ‘Granddaddy of ‘Em All’ and for 95 years this Central Florida rodeo has delighted fans.
One of the unorthodox events at the Arcadia Rodeo involves a lot of kids chasing a handful of bulls in training. There are close to 100 kids who enter the rodeo ring as three young bulls (bulls in training) are let loose and the object is to catch them.
My family was in attendance last week for the March Rodeo in Arcadia and witnessed this firsthand. They also had a front-row seat to one of the future rodeo bulls flattening a kid who was in the way.
Kids Chasing Bulls At Rodeo In Arcadia, Florida
I tweeted that video over the weekend and the first reply was ‘I’d love to see their insurance waiver.’ That really got me thinking.
My assumption was this is a ‘enter at your own risk’ even like the running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain but I honestly have no idea.
If anyone out there has ever signed their kid up for this rodeo event, hop into the YouTube Shorts comments and let us know what the process was like.
Later in the rodeo, the professional cowboys got back to action riding the 1,500-pound bulls. This slow-motion video of a cowboy holding on for dear life is wildly impressive:
The March Rodeo in Arcadia, Florida ran from March 9-12 and culminated on Sunday. There is a Fall Rodeo in Arcadia that will circle back most likely sometime next October.