Pole bending
Pole bending is a rodeo timed event that features a horse and one mounted rider, running a weaving or serpentine path around six poles arranged in a line. This event is usually seen in youth and high school rodeos, 4-H events, American Quarter Horse Association, Paint and Appaloosa sanctioned shows, as well as in many gymkhana or O-Mok-See events.
Nez Perce Stake RaceEdit
The Nez Perce Stake Race is a type of pole bending race which is also a match race: two horses race on identical courses laid out side-by-side, with the loser eliminated and the winner moving up the brackets to race the other winners. It is not a timed event.<ref name=ApHC730/> It is one of five game classes approved for horse club shows by the Appaloosa Horse Club (ApHC).<ref name=aphc/> The ApHC rules state that racing competition is traditional to the Nez Perce Native American people.<ref name=ApHC730>ApHC rulebook, rule 730, and "History", p. 11</ref> However, it is unclear if this particular competition is derived from any traditional competition.
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External linksEdit
- Pole Bending Event Information From Pro Rodeo Online
- National Pole Bending Association (2009). Retrieved from http://www.polebending.org.
- Smith, Ken. (2009, July 15). Ken and Pat Smith, Sunrise West Quarter Horses, LLC. Retrieved from http://www.sunrisewest.com/help.html
- National Little Britches Rodeo Association
- National High School Rodeo Association