♥2htoohorse♥ asked:


Hi, so i am going to get more into shows this year and I was looking at some show sign up lists and found classes for gymkhana. What exactly is it? Are there always the same games? How do you know how to do them ( i mean the patterns? Could my 20 year old horse do it? or is it for younger horses ( yeah my horse is in great shape, i am just asking in general) are there older horses in these classes or would i look stupid?

Oh i have a really stupid question to ask, please dont laugh: how do you pronounce gymkhana?

thank you everyone!!
Whats key hole?
How do you know how to play those games? i never heard of any of them before.
thanks Katie i get keyhole now! now i am going to practice that one!
can you give me some more info about some other games. This is very interesting, thank you guys

Sarah T asked:


There’s going to be one at my barn on Saturday (next) and my instructor asked me to be one of the ‘attending riders’ on my own horse… I pretty much just supervise the events, but on horseback. I don’t EXACTLY know what is done in a gymkhana though… Could anyone tell me?
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Yeah, english style.. I don’t think we’ll be doing any wastern things like the keyhole etc. …
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I’m going to call him tomorrow if I don’t see him when I’m at the barn for sure, I was just wondering.

He said he wanted me to do some example runs of the ‘games’ so I dunno what to expect… It’s my first gymkhana… =P