Five people were injured, two of them seriously, at Kari Haiyuva Habba, a bullock race and taming festival, in Kakhandaki village near Babaleshwar in Vijayapura district on Sunday.
Some bulls and bullocks that were used in the race, lost control of their handlers and began goring onlookers.
Two youths were injured seriously as they were thrown over or trampled upon by the animals. Volunteers shifted them to hospital. The other three injured were treated as out-patients, the police said.