Maggie Parker, the diminutive cowgirl who is America's only female bull rider
Maggie Parker stands at just 5ft 5inches tall and weighs just over nine stone - but don't let her diminutive size fool you.
Maggie Parker's current
percentage of staying on bulls is 35-40 per cent - which is a normal average for
professional riders Photo: Incredible Features /
Barcroft Media
11:06AM GMT 05 Feb 2013
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The slender Michigan native is America's only female bull rider to compete
against men, regularly taking on beasts that weigh in excess of 2,000lbs.
Aged just 20, she is already the veteran of nearly 200 rodeos, competing
alongside brawny cowboys in one of the most dangerous sports in the world.
Maggie Parker stands at just 5ft 5inches
tall and weighs just over nine stone (Incredible Features / Barcroft
Media)
"You're up against an animal and you don't know what he is going to do or
what he's thinking," she said. "You can't ride against them, you have to ride
with them."
Ms Parker became professional last June after tackling a bucking bull for the
full eight seconds needed to qualify as a pro. She relocated to Santa Maria,
California, where she is being trained by top mentor Gary Leffew.
