Cowboy Mounted Shooters

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PRESENTS

THURSDAY

SEPTEMBER 2nd

Mansfield Park Arena

7:00 p.m. Cowboy Mounted Shooters Eliminator


FRIDAY

SEPTEMBER 3rd

Mansfield Park Arena

7:00 p.m. Cowboy Mounted Shooters

 


SATURDAY

SEPTEMBER 5th

Mansfield Park Arena

6:30 p.m. WILD WEST SHOW

Featuring

Cowboy Mounted Shooters Showcase

Saturday
General Admission
Saturday
Box Seating
Saturday
Reserved Seating

Tickets available at the gate or may be purchased in advance at the Bandera County Chamber of Commerce, or online at www.ticketderby.com

Cowboy mounted shooting is one of the nation's fastest growing equestrian sports. Mounted contestants compete in this fast action timed event using two .45 caliber single action revolvers each loaded with five rounds of specially prepared blank ammunition. Courses of fire are set in a variety of patterns. The first half (5 targets) of a course of fire will vary with each go and requires the horse and rider to stop, turn, change leads and accelerate rapidly. The second half (5 targets), called the "run down", is a straight course with targets set at 36 foot intervals.

Typically, a competitor crosses the timing beam at a full gallop and engages the first pattern of five targets. After a shooter fires the fifth shot, he or she returns the empty revolver to a holster and proceeds to and turns around a barrel and then races to the far end of the arena while drawing a second revolver. At the far end the horse and rider turn another barrel and then engage the five remaining targets of the run down at full speed. Scoring is based on elapsed time plus a five second penalty for each target missed or barrel knocked over. You may find more information by visiting www.cowboymountedshooting.com.

Dee Dee Trichter
President, Cowboy Capital Mounted Shooters
8777 FM 2828
Bandera TX 78003
713-248-7840 (m)