Sunday, August 17, 2008

Little cowfolk



Yesterday afternoon, we stopped for a while at the SW Showdown Rodeo at the Montezuma County Fairgrounds. It was an indoor event, so we really weren't able to do much photography, but we had fun watching the kids and their horses. I especially got a kick out of the little kids in working ranch gear, waiting on dozing horses with their dads and moms in the on-deck area. Some of the kids wore spurs, of varying fanciness; some didn't.

The one event we watched was the pony express race, in which the rider races down the arena with a "letter," usually held in the mouth, and places it in a mailbox, then races back, all electronically timed to three decimal points of a second. Some of the older kids (13-19 class) made it in 12 seconds or less, if their horse cooperated in getting them close enough to the mailbox. 

Lots of proud parents and grandparents in attendance ... good family fun! tv

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