you are wrong bull riding jaripeo and bull tailing coler originated in the bull rings of colonial mexico they were later adopted by the charros and only later by vaqueros see the following guarner enrique historia del torreo en mexico mexico editorial diana historical synthesis of charreria artes de mexico steiner stan dark dashing horsemen harper row slatta richard cowboys of the americas yalre university press for a detailed discussion of the evoluation from bullgiht to charreria to rodeo see mary lou lecompte the hispsnic influence on the history of rodeo journal of sport history spring