Let’s open a thread about Rodeo worldwide, particularly in the Americas. Let’s see how many varieties of Rodeo exist, what are the origins, who are the cowboys, the music, etc. Rodeo in Australia? Rodeo in the Patagonia? Anything!
The first modern horses were brought by the Spaniards to the Americas, and they also brought the first cattle (cows) and techniques of riding horses. Some people, particularly Jared Diamond, were particularly impressed by the traditional riding skills of the Spaniards. Let’s start with a proto-Rodeo tradition that existed in Spain since the Medieval age, or perhaps even earlier: the Jineta.
Watch this video, from the minute 2:40.