The guy in the following photo is not doing trick riding. He was bucked off but his hand got stuck. He was running along the side of the bucking horse. The two wranglers came to help. With their help he got back on the horse, freed his hand, and then got off onto one of the wrangler's horses. I bet his hand and arm were very sore the next day. But it could have been worse.
Before the Indian races a young boy came out and performed a traditional dance.
Before the Relay Race the Indians held a regular horse race. One guy fell off his horse going around the first bend.
The start of the Indian Relay Race is always chaos. The horses are high strung and ready to go. The starter tries to get the racers behind the starting flag but everyone is milling around and the horses are ancy to run. The riders at the front of the pack get an advantage. Some riders are facing the wrong way and turning their horse when the starter waves to start the race.
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| One of the two horse transfers during the race. |
For every race winner a photo is taken of the rider and their horse and apparently the extended family as all of a sudden a large group of men, women and kids rush the field to be in the photo.
Here is a 31 second video taken during the Indian Rely Race: https://youtu.be/Zj-RGJTyhsw
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| Barrel Racing |
This year the rodeo had a good rodeo clown. Not the same old corny jokes. He made a few local jokes and would whip off a few one liners that were not canned or stale. He also was an excellent trick rider and made a comedy act out of his trick horse riding routine. He was good.
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