O-Mok-See events are designed to provide the horse and rider with a fun challenge. Events, or “games” as they are sometimes called range from the traditional barrel race that you see at rodeos to pole bending, and the quick flag race. Some of the lesser known games include western jumping, a favorite of the younger competitors, and barrel & stake, a race that tests the stamina of both horse and rider.
O-Mok-See even has its own extreme category in the form of a number of team events, the first being Devil’s cowhide; a team of two, one rides the horse, the other a “cow hide” (a real hide was used in the past, now a canvas tarp is used) which is pulled by the horse via a rope dallied to the saddle horn, down the lane, around a barrel and back. The hide rider hangs on for the ride of his life!
Another popular team event is Rock n’ Roll, four riders and one bareback horse make up this team in which one rider starts mounted on the horse, races to the turn line at the end of the lane, picks up the second rider and races back to the start/finish line. There the first rider jumps off, the second rider scoots forward and turns the horse back to go pick up rider number three, then its back to the start/finish line where rider two jumps off. This continues until the fourth rider crosses the start/finish line by his or her self.
These are just a few events. With so many different games, every rider, from the beginner to the daredevil, will find an event that he or she is bound to love!
O-Mok-See events will be held in Morningside Park arena and is Free to the viewing Public! For a complete schedule of events, please go to the O-Mok-See Web site.
