Children must be 5 or 6 years old to compete in mutton bustin' at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. Credit: Photo by RodeoHouston The rules of the eight-second ride are simple: hold on for dear ...

So how is it that one of the top crowd-pleasers is a bunch of schoolchildren hanging onto the backs of sheep for dear life until they inevitably fall and roll around in the dirt? Today, we’re talking ...