Bucking and bronking

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What exactly is the difference between bucking and bronking? I have always assumed that bucking refers to kicking out behind and bronking involves all four legs of the ground (like an equine pogo stick). However, I am wondering whether this is actually correct.
 
Bucking to me is a clean buck with the back legs, usually quite controlled.

Broncing is lots of bucks in a row with the front end flying around all over the place as well haha.

Or in short, bucking I can stay on, broncing I cannot :D
 
Pigrooting to me is just kicking out the back legs. An actual buck requires a head toss which lifts the front legs then the head lowers front legs hit the ground and back legs go flying. Broncing is just a very energetic bucking fit!
 
ausipaliboi said:
Pigrooting to me is just kicking out the back legs. An actual buck requires a head toss which lifts the front legs then the head lowers front legs hit the ground and back legs go flying. Broncing is just a very energetic bucking fit!
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Pigrooting is a new term to me. Do you think it might be unique to Australia?
 
Bucking to me is 2 or more feet off the ground possibly a few at a time, broncing is when the head and front end disapear and they twist their back when they are in the air and sometimes to add to the fun they turn in mid air as well, usually with broncing the rider requires a parachute for any sort of controlled landing :D
 
crabbymare said:
Bucking to me is 2 or more feet off the ground possibly a few at a time, broncing is when the head and front end disapear and they twist their back when they are in the air and sometimes to add to the fun they turn in mid air as well, usually with broncing the rider requires a parachute for any sort of controlled landing :D
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I used to ride a pony that did that. Success was measured not in whether I fell off or not but in how long I could stay on. My record was 5 successive broncs :D
 
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crabbymare said:
Bucking to me is 2 or more feet off the ground possibly a few at a time, broncing is when the head and front end disapear and they twist their back when they are in the air and sometimes to add to the fun they turn in mid air as well, usually with broncing the rider requires a parachute for any sort of controlled landing :D
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I'd agree with this - but would call one round of it a fly-buck, and plural ones broncing.

Never heard of pigrooting either :confused:
 
I call bucking when the front feet stay on the ground and just the hind feet kick out. My old horse used to love a good buck when he was feeling good, so i got pretty good at sitting them.
I call broncing when the back is humped, all four feet off the ground, bouncing around, throwing a couple of changes of direction in for good measure. Current horse does it when he really wants the monkey ( me :D ) off his back.
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To me bucking is just back legs, bronking the head disappears, all 4 legs off the ground, leaping into huge bucks, arched back etc. Whoever said their record of bronks to to sit to was five, that's mine too, then either horse stopped or i hit the deck Haha.
 
To me, bucking is when just the back legs come off the floor (unless its fly bucking!) and bronking is when all 4 hooves come off the ground and their whole body arches a bit like a dolphin as they kick out with their back legs.
 
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