Suburban ‘backyard rodeos’ feature steers being chased, knocked down and, at times, stripped of their tails

Suburban 'backyard rodeos' feature steers being chased, knocked down and, at times, stripped of their tails

A man on horseback in a corral rides feverishly alongside a fleeing steer while reaching for the animal’s tail, which he quickly but skillfully wraps around his right cowboy boot while maintaining a grip on the appendage.As intended, the maneuver causes the steer to twist and tumble to the dirt.The rider — part of a “backyard rodeo” in the far northwest suburbs last summer — gallops off, holding something grotesque in his hand: part of the steer…

Suburban ‘backyard rodeos’ feature steers being chased, knocked down and, at times, stripped of their tails

A man on horseback in a corral rides feverishly alongside a fleeing steer while reaching for the animal’s tail, which he quickly but skillfully wraps around his right cowboy boot while maintaining a grip on the appendage. As intended, the maneuver causes the steer to twist and tumble to the dirt. The rider — part of a “backyard rodeo” in the far northwest suburbs last summer — gallops off, holding something grotesque in his hand: part of the ste…