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Cowboy up: Bull riding championship returns

Event continues today at Chicopee Woods

Justin Ethridge rides a bull Friday during the Southeastern Bull Riding Championship at Chicopee Woods Agricultural Center in Gainesville. Thirty bulls were used during for event. - photo by Erin O. Smith

0422BULL 0003 — Justin Ethridge rides a bull Friday during the Southeastern Bull Riding Championship at Chicopee Woods Agricultural Center in Gainesville. Thirty bulls were used during for event. - photo by Erin O. Smith

Bull riding can be a dangerous sport. It’s why people were sitting on the edge of their seats and jumping to their feet when one of the 30 cowboys at Friday’s Southeastern Bull Riding Championship was bucked from his mount. “We like to have fun,” said event organizer and rodeo clown Brian Hope.