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Tasmanian rodeo girls keeping their eyes on the prize in male-dominated sport

It's a man's world, or at least it is in the world of bull riding; but one Tasmanian girl is challenging that — one second at a time.

Eight seconds may not seem like a long time — except when you are on the back of a 900-kilogram bull.

And when you are a 17-year-old girl weighing in at just 60 kilograms, you might question why you would do it at all.

Jaz Hutchins is the only female bull rider in Tasmania and one of only a few Australia wide.

Please click here to read the rest of the article as it appears on the ABC Rural News website

Article written by: Edith Bevin

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