Does a bull rider get to pick his bull and what is a draw?
A bull rider never selects the bull he rides in PBR competition. Rather, for each event the PBR’s national headquarters in Colorado is provided a list of bucking bulls selected to compete (the list is provided by PBR Livestock Director Cody Lambert). Once this list is received, the bull riders are randomly matched with a bull via a computer. The list of bull riders and the bulls with which they are paired is called the ‘draw.’ The draw for each event is posted on pbrnow.com each week, usually the Wednesday prior to an event. If a bull rider says he has a ‘good draw’ it means he is happy with the bull that he was randomly selected to ride. Q: What is a ‘reride’? A: Judges are allowed to award a cowboy a reride a second ride on a different bull – if they feel his first bull did not perform at the level of other bulls in the competition and, therefore, did not give the rider a fair chance to earn a high score. The reride bulls are selected prior to the event and kept with the other bulls
