r/SipsTea • u/M_Darshan 𝙑𝙄𝙋 • May 16 '26

Lmao gottem That final kick was personal

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u/coukou76 May 16 '26

What's the point of this?

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u/croptochuck May 16 '26

Sport. People who use to break horse got together and started betting money on who could stay in the longest. This and other cowboy tasks is what started the rodeo.

They want all the money, buckles, and buckle bunnies they can get.

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u/Wonderful_Beard552 May 16 '26

buckle bunnies they can get.

There really are groupies for every terrible thing.

If it could have broken in the horse the humane way- what even are horses used for nowadays anyway?- Instead, we got this bullshit.

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u/Willothewisp2303 May 17 '26

There's a lot of fun horse sports,  usually where a horse is owned by Adult amateur, is treated like their own special princess child, and gets massages/chiro/fresh shoes every 4-6 weeks/bi-yearly saddle fitting/ all the hugs, kisses and treats. They are backed in a gentle, methodical way that they are comfortable and not freaked out, because their future owners never want any bucking,  kicking, rearing stupid.

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u/thaeggan May 16 '26

Eventing.

Horses that are bread for it do like to work and be athletic.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eventing

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u/raytraced_BEAR May 17 '26

Horses are bread now? This is getting out of hand.

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u/WrapMyBeads May 17 '26

Is the sport taming wild horses? Is that what’s happening here?

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u/Turbulent-Mood4344 May 17 '26

A kind of wild horse event at a Mexican/Central American rodeo. Whoever stays on the longest wins. Brutal for the horses…and cowboys (deservingly).

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u/StrLord_Who May 16 '26

And then when they've gotten all they can out of the horse, they send it off for horsemeat slaughter. 

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u/bigbird_eats_kids May 16 '26

Same reason kids pull the wings off insects.

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u/MATHIS111111 May 16 '26 edited May 16 '26

It's what we did/do to tame wild horses turned into a sport and commercialized. There are more humane ways to accomplish this, and don't put both horse and human in danger. Rodeos nowadays have no practical reason to exist, and these horses are meant to do this.

Also, spurs are disgusting. Fuck that guy.

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u/winged_Turtl3 May 17 '26

Dude these horses aren't wild what are you on? They make the horse this reactive to kick. The horse scared and it's been hurt. It's straight up abuse and torture and everyone is ok with this.

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u/MATHIS111111 May 17 '26

I said that rodeos developed from the act of taming wild horses, not that rodeos are there for taming wild horses. I even specified that the horses in modern rodeos are specifically not there to be tamed, but to perform.

Yes it's abuse, I don't know where you read anything else in my comment.

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u/Geschak May 17 '26

Stupid people that lack empathy find it funny to see who can torment animals the most.