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Raising bulls for bull riding5/20/2023 ![]() “I’m just another “guy” to them now,” says Lindsy.Īlthough raising bulls takes hours of daily dedication, Lindsy feels complete when she’s working with her bulls. Nowadays, Lindsy has earned respect in the rodeo world. “The guys said we were just girls and came there to meet guys. “In the beginning, we were in a guy dominated world,” says Lindsy. Over the years, her tenacious spirit kept on shining as she raised bulls and competed to win. Although she is more cautious approaching bulls nowadays, she didn’t allow this life-threatening moment to become an obstacle in her path towards success. Lindsy suffered a severe concussion but no broken bones. He threw me over the tall gates and into the other pen. ![]() “He tossed me up, up, up in the air,” says Lindsy. ![]() As she turned around, she was hit squarely in the chest. Lindsy brought her first few bulls to rodeos, and continued to grow her herd as she found success such as placing second in the yearling bull competition in Oregon and Colorado.ĭuring one of Lindsy’s long days working with the bulls, she opened a gate to let a bull into the nearby pen. Rodeo men looked at Lindsy raising rodeo bulls as slightly comical and unrealistic, but Lindsy silenced their snickering when her bulls started to show up strong at bull-riding events across the Northwest. Meanwhile receiving Grand and Reserve Grand Champion ribbons, Lindsy excitedly expanded Two Bucks Rodeo, breeding competitive bucking bulls. Lindsy won local competitions and placed third nationally with her bucking bull project. So, during high school, they bought two bulls and joined Oregon FFA. Lindsy and her twin sister, Kyley, wanted to redefine the stereotypical male-owned rodeo bull industry. She spent most of her childhood around rodeos and her family’s Angus cows. Lindsy grew up with parents who always encouraged her to chase her passions. Lindsy Houston is the main caretaker of her family: a family of bucking rodeo bulls. A young woman stands in her blue jeans, long brown hair and thick brown jacket her feet firmly planted on the muddy ground. Set back from the road lies an open field dotted with barns and houses. Driving the 126 highway through Powell Butte, a cattle ranch appears with a small wooden sign reading Two Bucks Rodeo.
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