She entered the contest on a whim and left with thousands of dollars and the title of mechanical bull riding world champion.
Laura Moore, a 33-year-old Moscow resident who coaches the Washington State University equestrian team, stopped in Spangle, Washington, earlier this month with her husband, Cody Moore, and noticed a flier advertising a mechanical bull world championship held in the small town along U.S. Highway 195.
“I said, ‘Hey, I think I can probably do this,’ ” she said.
While she had very little experience riding mechanical bulls, she had plenty of experience riding and breaking horses since she was a child.