They sure do make their cowboys young in Colorado. For the 108th edition of the National Western Stock Show, which is considered the 'Superbowl of stock shows', kid cowboys have their chance to play with the big kids. The annual festival, which this year is expected bring over 600,000 people to the Coloradoan capital, introduced 'mini-bucking bulls' that has ushered in a new generation of westerners. The budding buckers took to the pint-sized bovines that, despite being young, definitely had full-sized tempers. Ryan Grace, 10, hangs on in the mini bull riding competition at the 108th National Western Stock Show in Denver on January 11, 2014
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It's the 'Superbowl of stock shows', but the highlight of the National Western Stock Show 2014 in Denver, Colorado, has so far been the the amateurs, not the pros
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Children as young as five and six have competed in a competition using 'mini-bucking bulls' as part of a beginners rodeo
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Riders attempted to stay on the animals for six seconds or longer
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Seven-year-old Austyn Smith, from Connecticut has been riding for years and said the key is to 'go hard or go home'
He's off: @placeholder takes a tumble during the miniature bull-riding competition