What is the most common bull in bull riding?

Bull riding started as a fun thing to do. Bull riding was a thing a cowboy didn't have to do in daily chores.There is not a most common breed in bull riding. Some of the early bull types were just bulls that had a mean streak.

Along the was the Brahma breed became popular because of the horns and the big hump on the back. As they were cross bred for beef production the cross breeds came to the rodeo also. Rodeo producers began looking for bulls that gave the riders difficulty and started experimenting with various breeds and cross breeds.

Tornado was unridden for over one hundred rides before Freckles Brown rode him at the National Finals Rodeo in Oklahoma City. Years later Bodacious came on the scene and the breeding business went into high gear.