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Rodeo Christmas pudding inside its red-and-black inflatable surround at an evening event

Rodeo Christmas Pudding Hire

A mechanical Christmas ride for exhibition stands, festive brand activations, Christmas markets and conference after-parties. It needs a 16ft x 16ft clear area and two 13A sockets; a trained operator, digital timer and £5 million public liability cover are included. Hire starts from £395.

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A mechanical rodeo ride in a pudding cover

The centre of the ride is a padded Christmas-pudding attachment: dark brown with a cream top, green holly, red berries and a black handhold. It sits on a mechanical rodeo base inside a cushioned inflatable bed. A giant pudding with a person sat on it tends to get a room laughing before anyone has ridden it, and once a run starts the ride bucks and spins until the rider slides off onto the inflatable surround.

One of our operators runs the separate control station for the whole hire and matches the movement to whoever is riding. A digital timer records every attempt, so we can keep a longest-time leaderboard going through the session.

You'll also see the same thing called a bucking Christmas pudding or a Rodeo Xmas Pudding. It's a seasonal attachment for the rodeo base, not a freestanding inflatable game.

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Holly-trimmed rodeo Christmas pudding on its red, white and blue inflatable safety bed
The pudding installed under a marquee at a winter market.
Clear footprint
16ft x 16ft
Sockets within 25m
2 x 13A
Longest-ride leaderboard
Digital timer
Public liability cover
£5M

Where the pudding works

  • Trade Shows and Exhibitions

    Allow the full 5m square in the stand plan; the timer gives each visitor a recorded score.

  • Brand Activations

    Our operator runs every attempt and the leaderboard, leaving the campaign team free to work the stand.

  • Christmas Markets

    It can be installed on grass or hard standing, provided the weather cover and power arrangement are agreed for the site.

  • Conference After-Parties

    A staffed, one-rider-at-a-time competition that can run alongside the evening programme.

  • Corporate Christmas Events

    The timer can keep one leaderboard running across the guest list.

  • Shopping Centres and Foyers

    Indoor installations need around 3m headroom and a 3ft 3in clear access route.

Space, access and power

  • Clear operating footprint: 16ft x 16ft (approximately 5m x 5m)
  • Indoor headroom: allow around 3m
  • Minimum clear access width: 3ft 3in (1m)
  • Power: two standard 13A sockets within 25m
  • Indoor surfaces: artificial grass or hard flooring
  • Outdoor surfaces: grass or hard standing

If the ceiling is anywhere near 3m, send us the measured height and don't go off the figure in the venue brochure. For an exhibition, include the stand dimensions, floor covering and loading route when you enquire. If you haven't got two suitable sockets, say so and we'll quote for temporary power.

What's included

  • Padded Christmas-pudding attachment and mechanical rodeo base
  • Circular inflatable safety bed and electric inflator
  • GS Engineering control station and digital ride timer
  • Trained operator for the booked session
  • Longest-time leaderboard when required
  • Safety matting and power cable up to 50m
  • Delivery, setup and collection by our own team
  • £5 million public liability insurance, including indemnity to principal
  • Risk assessment and method statement sent before the event

Hire starts from £395. Delivery charges and minimum order values depend on the venue, operating period and the rest of the booking.

Operator, timer and rider planning

The ride's GS Engineering control station has a joystick, speed controls, a key switch and an emergency stop. It stays outside the inflatable with the operator, who controls each run and matches the ride to the person on it, so nobody from your team has to touch the equipment.

It takes one person at a time. Their time comes up on the digital display and goes on the leaderboard before the next person climbs on, which gives an exhibition or an activation a ready-made competition without you having to invent a scoring system.

Riders need to be at least 10 years old and 1.1m tall. Tell us the age range you're expecting when you ask for a quote and we'll check the ride suits.

GS Engineering rodeo control station with joystick, speed controls and emergency stop beside the Christmas pudding ride
The separate control station lets the operator manage each ride and its recorded time.

Venue paperwork and UK delivery

We've been supplying event equipment since 1999. Around 95% of the kit listed on this site is ours and run by our own staff, and the pudding goes out from our 25,000 sq ft warehouse in Rotherham in our own vehicles. The warehouse is five minutes from the M1 and we deliver nationwide.

Because it's a staffed hire, the £5 million public liability insurance includes indemnity to principal. We'll email the risk assessment, method statement and insurance documents to you or the venue before the event, so the compliance side is done before we turn up.

NEC Birmingham, ExCeL London, Manchester Central and first direct bank arena are all runs we know well. If this is one part of a bigger event, it can go on the same booking as other exhibition games or brand activation equipment.

Rachel Jolliffe booked the rodeo reindeer, the other festive attachment for the same ride, for a staff Christmas party and said: "Everyone enjoyed having a go on the Rodeo Reindeer at our staff Xmas party. It all went smoothly, which is what you need when you're planning a party."

Rodeo Christmas Pudding gallery

  • Christmas pudding ride with its brown inflatable surround and digital timer ready beside it

  • Holly-trimmed pudding on the red, white and blue inflatable bed at a winter market

  • GS Engineering control station with joystick and emergency stop beside the pudding ride

  • Complete Christmas pudding ride under an event marquee with safety matting at the entrance

  • Red-and-black inflatable surround installed with safety matting and barriers in an indoor foyer

  • Christmas pudding ride behind the safety barrier at Peddler Warehouse

  • Entrance to the red-and-black inflatable surround with blue safety mats in place

  • Rodeo Christmas pudding set beside the stage at an evening festive event

Other seasonal games and attractions

The rodeo reindeer is the more traditional Christmas character on the same base, and the rest of the hires below are the timed games, photo pods, snow effects and hot drinks that tend to go out alongside it for a fuller festive event.

Check availability for the Rodeo Christmas Pudding

Send us the date, venue postcode, operating times and expected rider numbers. For an exhibition or indoor event, include the available 5m square area, measured headroom, loading access, floor finish and power position. We'll check the practical details and come back with a quote.

Is it on grass or hard standing?
Do you have electricity on site (within 25 metres)?
Do you require the items to be staffed by us?
For event bookings
Are you VAT registered?