The best American movie this critic has seen in the past year, Chloé Zhao’s “The Rider,” is the kind of rare work that seems to attain greatness through an almost alchemical fusion of nominal opposites. An account of rodeo riders on a South Dakota reservation, it is so fact-based that it … Bronc riding - there are two divisions in rodeo, bareback bronc riding, where the rider is only allowed to hang onto a bucking horse with a type of surcingle called a "rigging"; and saddle bronc riding, where the rider uses a specialized western saddle without a horn (for safety) and hangs onto a heavy lead rope, called a bronc rein, which is attached to a halter on the horse. Below are 22 words you should know when you attend a rodeo. Directed by Chloé Zhao. Pickup men - Two mounted cowboys that help riders dismount, release a bucking horse’s soft flank strap, and escort bucking horses and bulls to the exit gate after a ride. After suffering a near fatal head injury, a young cowboy undertakes a search for new identity and what it means to be a man in the heartland of America. With Brady Jandreau, Mooney, Tim Jandreau, Lilly Jandreau. Called "the Babe Ruth of rodeo cowboys", Jim Shoulders was a rough stock rider who won 16 world championships in the 1940s and 50s. 22 Rodeo Terms You Should Know Whether you’re new to rodeo, what we would call a “greenhorn,” or an avid rodeo fan, it never hurts to learn new things or test your rodeo knowledge. Each is called a go-round, and all cowboys entered in that rodeo compete in each go-round unless there is a semi-final, final or progressive round.