Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jiana Morris hangs onto the sheep while doing mutton busting at Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo at NRG Park in Houston, Tuesday, ...

The Franklin Rodeo's popular Mutton Bustin' event will have unlimited participants this year for children 50 pounds or less.

Dressed in felt hats, pink boots and checkered plaid shirts, 15 five- and six-year-olds sat tight-lipped as they eyed their competition Tuesday evening. They squeezed side-by-side into a horse-drawn ...

Kids took a shot a riding sheep Saturday, June 7, 2008, in the Mutton Busting competition of the Perry County Community Rodeo in Altenburg, Mo. Kids took a shot a riding sheep Saturday, June 7, 2008, ...

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 ...

SANTA FE, N.M. — It’s 30 seconds before his big rodeo ride, and Julian Apodaca looks like he wants to disappear under the wide brim of his white cowboy hat. He’s staring down at his boots, tugging at ...

Kelly O ALSO, WTF IS MUTTON BUSTING? (According to event organizer “Tommy G,” it’s the answer to what’s ailing American children.) “Tommy G” is the king of mutton busting, and he says the unusual ...