The

Rough Riders The Rough Riders was a nickname given to the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry, one of three such regiments raised in 1898 for the Spanish–American War and the only one to see combat. The United States Army was small, understaffed, and diso ...

were the 1st US Volunteer Cavalry Regiment during the Spanish American War. Rough riders, roughriders, rough rider or roughrider may also refer to:

Military and police

City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders) The City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders) was a yeomanry regiment of the British Territorial Army, formed in 1901 from veterans of the Second Boer War. In World War I it served dismounted in the Gallipoli Campaign but reverted to the mounted r ...

, a defunct British Army regiment *

4th New Zealand Contingent The 4th New Zealand Contingent was one of ten contingents of New Zealand volunteers for service during the Second Boer War. History It served from April 1900 through to June 1901. The contingent went from New Zealand to Beira, Portuguese East ...

during the Second Boer War * Rough rider (rank), a now defunct rank and appointment in the British Army, still used in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police * The Rough Riders, a corps of expert horsemen established by the Canadian

North-West Mounted Police The North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) was a Canadian para-military police force, established in 1873, to maintain order in the new Canadian North-West Territories (NWT) following the 1870 transfer of Rupert’s Land and North-Western Territory ...

in 1873

Sports

* A participant in a

rodeo Rodeo () is a competitive equestrian sport that arose out of the working practices of cattle herding in Spain and Mexico, expanding throughout the Americas and to other nations. It was originally based on the skills required of the working va ...

, especially: ** any

Australian rodeo Rodeos have long been a popular competitor and spectator sport in Australia, but were not run on an organised basis until the 1880s. History The term ''buck-jumping'', as a regular activity involving horses, was in use in Australia by 1855. Newsp ...

** the

Angola Prison Rodeo The Angola Prison Rodeo, staged at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, is the longest running prison rodeo in the United States. It is held on one weekend in April and on every Sunday in October. On each occasion, thousands of visitors enter the ...

in Louisiana ** a bullrider *

Saskatchewan Roughriders The Saskatchewan Roughriders are a professional Canadian football team based in Regina, Saskatchewan. The Roughriders compete in the Canadian Football League (CFL) as a member club of the league's West Division. The Roughriders were founded in 1 ...

, a Canadian Football League team *

Ottawa Rough Riders The Ottawa Rough Riders were a Canadian Football League team based in Ottawa, Ontario, founded in 1876. Formerly one of the oldest and longest-lived professional sports teams in North America, the Rough Riders won the Grey Cup championship nine ...

, a former Canadian Football League team *

Frisco RoughRiders The Frisco RoughRiders (often shortened to 'Riders) are a Minor League Baseball team of the Texas League and the Double-A (baseball), Double-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers (baseball), Texas Rangers. They are located in Frisco, Texas, and are nam ...

, a minor league baseball team in Texas *

Cedar Rapids RoughRiders The Cedar Rapids RoughRiders are a Tier I junior ice hockey team playing in the United States Hockey League (USHL). Before moving to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in 1999, the team was based in Mason City, where they were known as the North Iowa Huskies ...

, a junior ice hockey team in the United States Hockey League *

Long Island Rough Riders The Long Island Rough Riders are an American soccer team based in South Huntington, New York, United States. Founded in 1994, the team plays in USL League Two, the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid. The team plays its home games at Hofst ...

, an American soccer team in the USL Premier Development League *

Peoria Pirates The Peoria Pirates were a professional arena football team that last played in AF2, the minor league to the Arena Football League (AFL). They played their home games at Carver Arena, part of the Peoria Civic Center in Illinois, and were coached b ...

, known as the Peoria Rough Riders while in the United Indoor Football league *

Catasauqua High School Catasauqua High School is a public high school serving grades 9 through 12 in Northampton, Pennsylvania in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. As of 2021-22, the school had 498 students, according to National Center for Education S ...

Rough Riders, Catasauqua, Pennsylvania *

Roosevelt High School (Seattle, Washington) Roosevelt High School (RHS) is a public secondary school located in the Roosevelt neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, United States. Opened in 1922 to relieve overcrowding at Lincoln High School, it ranks as the second-largest high school in Se ...

Roughriders *

Port Angeles High School Port Angeles High School (PAHS) is a public high school in Port Angeles, Washington, United States, and is part of the Port Angeles School District. It is the largest high school in the North Olympic Peninsula region. Built in 1953, the faciliti ...

(Port Angeles, Washington) Roughriders *

Center High School (Texas) Center High School is a public, 4-year high school located in Center, Texas and is classified as a 4A school by the University Interscholastic League. It is part of the Center Independent School District and is located in central Shelby County, ...

, Center, Texas, Roughriders *

West Virginia Roughriders The West Virginia Roughriders are a professional indoor football team based in Wheeling, West Virginia. They were founded in 2016 as the Richmond Roughriders and played at the Richmond Coliseum in 2017 and 2018. They were members the Arena Pro ...

, an American indoor football team in the American Arena League

Arts and entertainment

Rough Riders (rollercoaster) Rough Riders, also known as Over the Rockies, was a roller coaster built by William F. Mangels and located on Bowery Street in New York City's Coney Island from 1907 to 1916. It was known for its many accidents which led it to its closure. Hist ...

, a themed rollercoaster that operated in New York's Coney Island from 1907 to 1914 * ''The Rough Riders'' (film), a 1927 fictional film set during the Spanish–American War * ''Rough Riders'' a 1940s Western film series starring

Buck Jones Buck Jones (born Charles Frederick Gebhart; December 12, 1891 – November 30, 1942) was an American actor, known for his work in many popular Western movies. In his early film appearances, he was credited as Charles Jones. Early life, milita ...

* "Rough Riders", a 1943 march by

Karl King Karl L. King (February 21, 1891 – February 19, 1971) was a United States march music bandmaster and composer. He is best known as the composer of "Barnum and Bailey's Favorite". The most expensive painting in Iowa, the "Karl L. King Portrait ...

* ''The Rough Riders'' (TV series), a 1950s U.S. series set in the American West * ''Rough Riders'' (miniseries), a 1997 miniseries about the Spanish–American War * ''Rough Rider'' (film), a 2014 documentary * "Rough Rider", a song by

Prince Buster Cecil Bustamente Campbell (24 May 1938 – 8 September 2016), known professionally as Prince Buster, was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer. The records he released in the 1960s influenced and shaped the course of Jamaican contemporary ...

* ''Rough Riders'' comic book, published by Aftershock, written by

Adam Glass Adam Glass (born August 12, 1968 in Decatur, Georgia) is an American comic book writer, screenwriter and television producer best known for his work on the TV series ''Supernatural,'' ''Cold Case'' and ''Criminal Minds''. As a comic writer, he ...

, drawn by

Patrick Olliffe Patrick Olliffe is an American comic book artist and penciller. His most notable clients include Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Disney Publishing Worldwide, Disney Publishing, and AfterShock Comics, Aftershock Comics. Career Olliffe is best known for ...

, about a team of heroes led by

Teddy Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Jr. ( ; October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919), often referred to as Teddy or by his initials, T. R., was an American politician, statesman, soldier, conservationist, naturalist, historian, and writer who served as the 26t ...

. * ''Rough Riders'' (album), third album by Lakeside

Other uses

Rough Rider Award The Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Award is an award presented by the governor of the state of North Dakota. It is bestowed upon prominent North Dakotans. Recipients ''Note: date in parentheses indicates date of award'' *Lawrence Welk, entertaine ...

, presented to prominent North Dakotans by the governor of the state * A series of toy cars made by

Matchbox Phillumeny (also known as phillumenism) is the hobby of collecting different match-related items: matchboxes, matchbox labels, matchbooks, matchcovers, matchsafes, etc. Matchbox A matchbox is a box made of cardboard or thin wood and designed ...

* Tamiya Rough Rider, a 1979 1:10 radio-controlled off-road buggy by Tamiya

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