(AU) The action (of a horse) of aggressively attempting to buck a rider.
(AU) The action (of a horse) of aggressively attempting to buck a rider.
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(Australia) To take part in a competition where riders attempt to stay on a horse that jumps in this way.
(Australia) Of a horse, to jump upwards with arched back and head down in an attempt to throw its rider.
(equestrianism) The final round of an equestrian showjumping event.
(Australia, horse racing) An unofficial trial race.
(Australia) A rodeo event in which the rider attempts to stay in the saddle of a bucking horse for a set period.
The well-known Australian horse-play, called buckjumping, — the like of which I do not remember seeing in any other part of the world, — is not only very disagreeable but extremely dangerous even to the good horseman.
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