Competitive skill-type game

A competitive skill-type game including a figure toy horse which is pivotally mounted to a base to simulate bucking or jumping similar to a bucking bronco of a rodeo contest. A figure toy cowboy is provided for removable mounting on a saddle of the horse and includes a pair of pivotally mounted legs for grasping the body of the horse. Two independent selectively actuatable devices are provided, one for each player of the game, one to cause the horse to pivot about its mounting in a bucking manner and one to cause the legs of the cowboy figure toy to engage the sides of the horse. The players compete in an attempt to simulate a rodeo contest where a rider attempts to ride the horse for a predetermined period of time which is calculated by a timer provided on the base. One of the players of the game operates one of the actuation devices to cause the horse to pivot in a bucking manner in an attempt to "throw" the rider from the horse. Simultaneously, the other player operates the other actuation device in an attempt to cause the legs of the rider to grasp the horse during each bucking or pivoting motion caused by the first player in an attempt to cause the rider to remain on the horse for the length of time determined by the timer.