6-year-old Hawaii boy wins kiddie sheep rodeo
In this photo taken June 19, 2011, three-year-old Stevie Primera hangs onto a sheep during the Mutton Busting event at the 2011 GMC Truck Rodeo Roundup presented by Rodeo Alaska at the William Clark Chamberlin Equestrian Center in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Anchorage Daily News, Bill Roth) THE MAT-SU VALLEY FRONTIERSMAN OUT
GREELEY, Colo. >> Maybe surfing makes good practice for hanging onto a sprinting sheep.
A 6-year-old Hawaii boy was champion of the opening Mutton Bustin’ in the Park Saturday. Stone Jesse of Oahu says he likes surfing and practicing jiu jitsu but has never ridden a sheep before. Mutton Bustin’ is a popular rodeo event in which kids 6 and under wear miniature chaps and helmets and try to hold on a running sheep
Mutton Bustin’ events are held every day of the Greeley Stampede rodeo and festival held each summer.
Jesse nearly fell from his 150-pound sheep, but he held strong to the sheep’s side for a winning score of 88. The boy told the Greeley Tribune he "just had a tough grip."
Jesse will take home his prize, a T-shirt, when he returns home from visiting relatives near Greeley.
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