Entry fee: $15.00 per contestant
Age Groups: (Age as of August 1, 2013)
Junior 5-8
Intermediate 9 to 13
Senior 14-18
Adult 19 & up
Prizes will be awarded for 1st, 2nd and 3rd places.
Events:
Barrels
Poles
Keyhole Race
Flag Race
Goat Tying
Each participant will need to fill out an entry form and youth participants will need a parent release.
Entries will be take August 9 at 7:45 pm.
For more info. Please call Jule Wadsworth
@ 775-962-2784
Gymkhana is a term used in the United Kingdom, east coast of the United States, and other English-speaking nations to describe an equestrian event consisting of speed pattern racing and timed games for riders on horses. These events often emphasize children’s participation and may be organized by a recognized Pony Club or a 4-H club.
In most of the western United States, this type of competition is usually called an “O-Mok-See” (also spelled O Mok See or “Omoksee”) competition, a term derived from a Native American phrase meaning “games on horseback.” However, the term gymkhana is used in California.
Gymkhana and O-Mok-See classes include timed speed events such as barrel racing, keyhole race, keg race (also known as “down and back”), flag race, and pole bending. All of these events are designed to display precise, controlled actions and tight teamwork between horse and rider at speed, although most clubs offer a variety of classes, allowing riders to compete at the speed level they are most capable of, and comfortable with.