games for horseback

lucky_pine · 08-06-2005, 03:16 PM

Flag race. Barrels set up in the barrel racing formation. Theres a bucket with flags on one barrel, then an empty barrel, then an empty bucket on the other. You run down, snatch a flag, go around the outside of the far barrel, then u have to get the flag into the empty bucket. i bet someone can explain it better than me.

coppers_girl · 08-07-2005, 12:22 AM

thank you guys soooooo much. i really am glad i found this forum you guys have been so helpful. by the way the others thank you too. iam gonna make flyers soon but if you have more suggestions thats fine too.i would love to hear them.

Meadow Wind · 08-08-2005, 12:48 PM

We have a FUN DAY HORSE SHOW 2x a year! Email me at mwf3460@hotmail.com and I will send you the games we play. We have over 20 and every year we have a blast and each year is better than the next! Look forward to hearing from you!- Diane

sirius-dressage · 08-08-2005, 01:02 PM

Oh, I want to do a fun show. I love playing games. I like playing capture the flag on horseback, or rather "capture the crop", but that's more of a team game than an individual game.

Asfaloth · 08-08-2005, 01:11 PM

Our farm has montly fun shows here are some of the things we have.

Sir Lancelot_ they have 4 tall poles tied tot he fence with an arm like an upside down L. From this they hang a piece of baling twine with a clothspin on the end. They use a clothes pin to hang the rings which are coffe can lids with the center cut out.
Each rider takes a broomstick or something similar and has to ride the course and snag each ring on their "lance". Fastest time wins, 1 secound penalty for missed or droped rings.

Ribbon race_ riders team up in pairs. Each holds one end of a piece of crepe paper. There are poles (like for pole bending) in each corner of the ring about 5 feet in to form a track. Riders race around the ring twice and who ever finnishes still with each rider holing an end of the intact ribbon wins. Breaking the ribbon earns a no time.

Obstacle course Can include a bridge, walk over a tarp, open a mailbox, cary a flage from one barrel to another and stick it into a sand filled coffe can, walk through a ribbon curtain or wahtever else you come up with.

We also do things like pole bending, down and back and barrels.

Pony express_ I saw it on tv. Teams of two riders. Use the track created for the ribbon race. Have one person holding a saddle bag race around the ring to the teamate and hand off the saddle bag to them. Ther secound teamate races around to the finnish line. This is safer if timed but can be run team against team in a large enough ring.

Nes · 08-08-2005, 01:28 PM

There are soooo many - check out some british pony clubs you guys will get a ton of ideas

I always wanted to try horse-ball (think basketball with horses - only no dribbling) looks like alot of fun

Nes.

thrghbrdrder · 08-08-2005, 01:49 PM

egg and spoon ---rider carries spoon w/ egg while w/t/c last w/ egg wins

musical chairs--- pairs of riders w/one horse. person one of teams rides horse at walk bareback while music goes and person 2 waits in middle. when music stops, person 1 jumps off and runs to center and person 2 springs on the horse. person 1 can't run until their team member is on the horse, last to center loses

coppers_girl · 08-13-2005, 05:07 PM

anybody know of any websites with diagrams?

codyntampa · 08-13-2005, 05:28 PM

Egg and spoon, simon says, dollar bareback, musical poles, skippy's pie in the eye (find a tootsie roll in whipped cream) suitcase race, (ride up, put clothes on, and run back with your horse) relay races..etc

Lou3 · 08-13-2005, 05:34 PM

www.mounted-games.org

loads and loads of ideas here. This is the international mounted games website so these are all the professional games but you can still do some of them with regular stuff you have lying about the barn etc.

08-08-2005, 12:48 PM	#23
Meadow Wind Full Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Georgia Posts: 251 Images: 37	Games on Horseback We have a FUN DAY HORSE SHOW 2x a year! Email me at mwf3460@hotmail.com and I will send you the games we play. We have over 20 and every year we have a blast and each year is better than the next! Look forward to hearing from you!- Diane __________________ "Now ask the animals and let them teach you that in the Lord’s hand is the life of every living thing and the breath of all mankind."

08-08-2005, 01:11 PM	#25
Asfaloth Senior Member+ Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Pennsylvania, south of Pittsburgh Posts: 1,025 Images: 36	Our farm has montly fun shows here are some of the things we have. Sir Lancelot_ they have 4 tall poles tied tot he fence with an arm like an upside down L. From this they hang a piece of baling twine with a clothspin on the end. They use a clothes pin to hang the rings which are coffe can lids with the center cut out. Each rider takes a broomstick or something similar and has to ride the course and snag each ring on their "lance". Fastest time wins, 1 secound penalty for missed or droped rings. Ribbon race_ riders team up in pairs. Each holds one end of a piece of crepe paper. There are poles (like for pole bending) in each corner of the ring about 5 feet in to form a track. Riders race around the ring twice and who ever finnishes still with each rider holing an end of the intact ribbon wins. Breaking the ribbon earns a no time. Obstacle course Can include a bridge, walk over a tarp, open a mailbox, cary a flage from one barrel to another and stick it into a sand filled coffe can, walk through a ribbon curtain or wahtever else you come up with. We also do things like pole bending, down and back and barrels. Pony express_ I saw it on tv. Teams of two riders. Use the track created for the ribbon race. Have one person holding a saddle bag race around the ring to the teamate and hand off the saddle bag to them. Ther secound teamate races around to the finnish line. This is safer if timed but can be run team against team in a large enough ring. __________________ Happiness is Owning and Riding Somthing Extraordinary

08-13-2005, 05:28 PM	#29
codyntampa Senior Member+ Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 3,171 Images: 280 Blog Entries: 1	Egg and spoon, simon says, dollar bareback, musical poles, skippy's pie in the eye (find a tootsie roll in whipped cream) suitcase race, (ride up, put clothes on, and run back with your horse) relay races..etc __________________ www.dunnrominfarm.com -Katie- Cinful - "Harold" - 8yr old 16h bay Thoroughbred gelding

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08-06-2005, 03:16 PM	#21
lucky_pine Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 6,423 Images: 810 Blog Entries: 14	Flag race. Barrels set up in the barrel racing formation. Theres a bucket with flags on one barrel, then an empty barrel, then an empty bucket on the other. You run down, snatch a flag, go around the outside of the far barrel, then u have to get the flag into the empty bucket. i bet someone can explain it better than me.

08-08-2005, 01:02 PM	#24
sirius-dressage Senior Member+ Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Northern VA Posts: 3,502 Images: 95 Blog Entries: 1	Oh, I want to do a fun show. I love playing games. I like playing capture the flag on horseback, or rather "capture the crop", but that's more of a team game than an individual game.

08-08-2005, 01:28 PM	#26
Nes Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Kemptville Posts: 778 Images: 39	There are soooo many - check out some british pony clubs you guys will get a ton of ideas I always wanted to try horse-ball (think basketball with horses - only no dribbling) looks like alot of fun Nes.

08-08-2005, 01:49 PM	#27
thrghbrdrder Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: illinois Posts: 1,173 Images: 29	egg and spoon ---rider carries spoon w/ egg while w/t/c last w/ egg wins musical chairs--- pairs of riders w/one horse. person one of teams rides horse at walk bareback while music goes and person 2 waits in middle. when music stops, person 1 jumps off and runs to center and person 2 springs on the horse. person 1 can't run until their team member is on the horse, last to center loses

08-13-2005, 05:34 PM	#30
Lou3 Senior Member+ Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: england Posts: 8,946 Images: 36 Blog Entries: 1	www.mounted-games.org loads and loads of ideas here. This is the international mounted games website so these are all the professional games but you can still do some of them with regular stuff you have lying about the barn etc.