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Gymkhana competition, 2013 Mounted games at Windsor Castle, 2008. Gymkhana (/ ˈ dʒ ɪ m ˈ k ɑː n ə /) is an equestrian event consisting of speed pattern racing and timed games for riders on horses. [1]: 223 [2]: 95 [3] These events often emphasize children's participation and may be organized by a recognized Pony Club or a 4-H club.
The rodeo grand entry is a short form of mass riding for ceremonial purposes, where officials, rodeo queens, and many of the competitors enter the riding arena to be introduced at the beginning of each evening’s event. Such performances usually are combined with presentation of flags, music, and playing of the national anthem.
Team roping also known as heading and heeling is a rodeo event that features a steer (typically a Corriente) and two mounted riders. The first roper is referred to as the "header", the person who ropes the front of the steer, usually around the horns, but it is also legal for the rope to go around the neck, or go around one horn and the nose ...
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The American English word rodeo is taken directly from Spanish rodeo (), which roughly translates into English as 'round up'. [4] The Spanish word is derived from the verb rodear, meaning 'to surround' or 'go around', used to refer to "a pen for cattle at a fair or market," derived from the Latin rota or rotare, meaning 'to rotate or go around'.
Flag racing is a youth rodeo and O-Mok-See event for boys and girls in the United States in which a horse and rider attempt to complete a pattern around preset barrels in the fastest time. The contest must deposit a flag in one bucket and remove a flag from another bucket.
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Stampede was favorably reviewed in 1982 by Video magazine where it was described as a "thrilling representation of rope ridin'" boasting "charming visuals". The reviewers noted that although the game only utilized 2k of ROM, it demonstrated Activision's success in "marketing new and unusual games" and showed that "expanding memory isn't the only way to create solid, playable games".