Bulls, not riders, under steroids cloud in bull riding

      Comments Off on Bulls, not riders, under steroids cloud in bull riding

The steroids scandals have claimed the latest and perhaps most unlikely suspect yet.

The sport of bull riding may start drug testing some of its athletes – not the riders, the bulls.

As if the four-legged beasts that weigh up to 2,200 pounds don’t have enough testosterone, some bull owners allegedly are injecting the animals with anabolic steroids.

“Oh, I think damn near everybody’s doing it,” said Jerry Nelson, one of the sport’s top bull owners. “It ain’t going to slow down. It’s just like baseball, football, whatever. It’s not going to slow down until you legislate (against) it.”

For more info click here