Meet Thor; he’s a cowboy I enjoyed meeting. I learned why he wears the colors he wears, and met his pooch. I hope to have both of them in a painting one day.

One of the 7 standard events in rodeo is bull riding. These seven events are broken down into two categories, the roughstock or judged events (involving the riding of wild horses and bulls) and the timed events.The roughstock, or judged events are judged by 2 to 4 judges, depending on the rodeo. Scores are given to both the cowboy and the horse or bull. Each judge scores 1-25 for cowboy and 1-25 for animal, with the maximum score being 100 points or a perfect ride (in the case of 4 judges they score the same but divide by 2). All the cowboys competing in the roughstock events must use only one hand to ride and touching yourself or the animal results in a no score.