"When you got a 2-year-old bull or a 3-year-old bull looking like Arnold Schwarzenegger, there is some form of steroid there," he said. Gilbert Carrillo, a former rider who now raises bulls, said he would welcome drug testing considering what he's seen on the circuit. The board will meet with Warner and PBR's attorney before fine-tuning the language, according to Bernard, who said the policy likely will call for the testing of the top-performing bulls at each event. 20 to discuss the implementation of an anti-steroids policy, tour CEO Randy Bernard said. Gary Warner, a prominent veterinarian in the world of bull riding, said he recently received calls from two bull owners asking him to look into the possibility of drug testing what some in the industry refer to as "the bovine athletes." Warner intends to bring the matter up for discussion at this month's World Finals in Las Vegas.
It's not going to slow down until you legislate (against) it." It's just like baseball, football, whatever. I even remember one bull named Captain Crunch after the morning cold cereal."Oh, I think damn near everybody's doing it," said Jerry Nelson, one of the sport's top bull owners. I always get a kick out of the names stock contractors come up with for their bulls. Yellow Jacket obviously took his handle from that nasty stinging insect, but rodeo stock can be named for people, places or the even the area they came from. To me the bull and name Bodacious is the ultimate one-name, name. Movie titles provide bull owners with name ideas like Red Dawn and Black Sunday.Some names that describe a bull can become as famous at the bull himself. The legendary bull, Tornado, fits in this category. Others are named for color as is the case in The Orange Blossom Special. Some bulls are named after songs such as Wipe Out. The trend to name bulls memorible names gave rodeo announcers more to talk about and caught the attention of the crowd. Many early day rodeo bulls were identified by just announcing their number. After all the time, work, and luck it takes a producer to get a bull ready to perform in a rodeo, one last item has to be completed and that is giving that bull his stage name. Most bulls performing in the rodeo arena these days are produced using a planned breeding and development program aimed at achieving superior bovine athletes.
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