Cowboys have come from a far and wide to ride this bull
Guns and Roses record he's bucked for six years,
he's done 35 buck-outs with some of the best riders in the country.
No one's come close, three seconds is probably the longest anyone's stayed on him.
And this is his last one tonight.
If you knew how much respect this cowboy has for this bull.
and how much respect this bull has this, his owner and cowboy friend is contractor Dallas.
Then you will know that behind that shoot right there tonight.
There are emotions boiling up inside everybody.
I'm Dallas, I'm the stock contractor for the Noonamah Tavern Rodeo.
So, I supply all the bulls and I'm responsible for what goes on in the arena.
Yeah, I ended up in a wheelchair when I was at Gatton Ag college,
down in Queensland. I was actually going to the library which I never went to the bloody library.
If I had known. So I go to the library to copy some notes and
got hit by a truck at the turnoff to there.
So I ended as a paraplegic, semi paraplegic. I can move my legs a little bit.
But then um which is not a big deal it's never bothered me since day one.
Noonamah Tavern Rodeo it's something we started eight years ago rodeos were
I thought at an all time low in the Territory
so started back in I think it was 08.
Taking the cowboy down to the ground. and slowly build it up.
I mean when we started here we had no grandstands nothing and really quickly built.
And now it's probably well it is considered one of the best outdoor rodeos in the country.
The aim or the goal of the bull rider is to stay on that bull for eight seconds.
Once the gate opens the gate and you're out there,
the nerves shut down they're gone and it's just pure adrenaline and fun.
I've done lots of crazy things but bull riding tops them, its a great thing.
There are dangers and risks but you're not doing it unless you do love it.
You got two guys out there, three guys out there. They're bull fighters watching your back
Now-a-days they've all goy vests and helmets, on we never did in our day.
I'd find it hard to ride with the gear on but they're protected pretty well.
But yeah, the nerves are all gone once the gate opens
You'll see a guy, some of the guys I've seen shaking on the back of the bull and get bucked off
or ride and come screaming back happy as and want to do it straight away again.
On the night here, if you win the bullride, then you get a chance to ride Guns and Roses.
So you have to get the highest score.
That's the aim, they all want to win the bullriding firstly and then they want to get a crack at Guns and Roses being an un-ridden bull.
Tonight is his final ride.
I'll back him all the way.
This is the last chance for the Northern Territory to appreciate this bull.
We do have one of the best riders in the country here
Rohan Markham he just won Cloncurry next week won Mt Isa and
the week after that second in Townsville heat so,
I'll still back the bull, hundred percent.
he gets it real fast.
He gets the rider off his rope a little bit
and goes into the first corner really hard.
Ladies and gentlemen, that man right there on your screen.
Stand up and give him your applause.
They're just like pets, I mean they've all got a different personalities.
Are big scary bloody things but you look after them.
I can get a bit of trust in between you and the bull.
You feed them well you look after them well and I poke around them in a wheelchair at home no worries at all.
But that's it for him and then he'll be he'll still stay at home with me and
a few cows I'll by a few bucking heffas for him.
Because you have to have good hefas as much as your average cow.
They've gotta be able to buck as well and that it.
He'll live out his live with us.