Gymkhanas!
By: Suzy
Question: What are Gymkhanas?
Answer: Gymkhanas are mounted (as on Mounted on a horse) games. Theese game are for peopleof all ages. Some are more complicated than other Gymkhanas. In some Gymkhanas you might do something like race at top speeds around barrels or through poles.
Question: What other things do you do in a Gymkhana?
Answer: There are many many other things here are a few.
1.RING TOSS - Rider must toss or place rings around cones as they round barrels (that the cones are on).
2.PONY EXPRESS - Follow course to saddle bag, grab paper from bag and ride to finsh line. Must have paper in hand at finish line.
3.FLAG & BACK - Using six barrels, 2 sets of three parallel to each other. The two inside barrels have a bucket of flags on them. You must ride into (between) the barrels, grab a flag and BACK your horse out, spin and ride to the finish line!
4.SPEED BALL - Rider must drop a golf ball into the top of a cone while turning a barrel (that the cone is on) and ride to the finish line.
5. SPEAR RACE - Rider must ride around the ring with "spear" in their hand and spear rings hanging from each pole. Rider must bring all rings to the finish line or they are DQ'd!
6.PEPPERMINT TWIST - Rider figure 8's two barrels at bottom of ring, then pole bends three poles in center of ring, up and back and rides to finish line.
7.SLIP KNOT - Rider rides through the middle of two barrels at far end of ring turns either left or right, rounds that barrel rides STRAIGHT across to the second barrel, circles it and back between the barrels to the finish line
This takes quite a bit of experience to do. Can you imagine doing any of that? And those are only a few of the events! Sorry if any information seems flase to you, because if it does DEAL WITH IT! I know what I'm talking about!
- Your Hostess Suzy
