Gymkhana Game Ideas?

[Jump The Moon]

I was with my sisters, and my friend, and we couldn't decide what to do tomorrow.
So far this week, we've jumped, schooled and been out on trails - so we came up with gymkhana games practise!

We're thinking of fun races, exercises etc. And I'd really like your suggestions if you would! [a camera will be present for the entire thing, taking photographs and video clips - and YES, they will be posted here!:p]

So far we've thought of...

- (between 2 set points) fastest no-handed canter
- Cup of water race
- Bending Poles race
- Scurry type race, going through markers etc.
- egg and spoon race (we're hard boiling the eggs, lol:p)

All other suggestions greatly appreciated! :D

[Country Girl 43]

We have one race, where you have a barrel at the end of the arena and a bucket on top of the barrel. In the bucket is candy or flowers or some little prize. The object is to run up, reach down and grab something out of the bucket and race home.

It's harder than it sounds, since the horses want to continue moving around the barrel. Or they move away from it when you bend over to try and get the prize.

[Jump The Moon]

Ohh! I like that idea Country Girl :)
I think we'll do that too! :p

[miatapony]

try getting a street cone a semi tall one then cut the top off of it an get some golf balls, put the cone down at the other end of the arena and run down on horses and try to drop the golf ball in the top of the cone.
or
there is the bareback dollar race you all get 1 dollar and sit on you horse bare back with the dollar under your leg and do a walk trot canter till only one has the dollar left. the one that is left gets the dollars ...lol or not its fun to try it
there are alot more i just really dont want to type them all out sorry ..

[Miracle Whip]

Its called RIDE A BUCK

I have seen a boot race, where you put one boot from each rider in a pile and the rider go out as a group and search for their boots. Run the horse out, dismount, find the boot and go back. First horse back wins.

Have you ever done Jump Figure Eight? Run out, jump a small jump, and weave between 3 barrels in a straight line (horizontal to the starting point) and back over the jump.

[Jump The Moon]

miata, thanks! :p
We have street cones that are allready open at the top so that idea will really work for us!
I'd try the dollar idea too, if only we were in the US! Being in the UK the smallest note is £5 - but we're all too tight to do that xD - BUT, we could use paper... coloured paper.. pretty! :p

Thanks for your suggestions! :)

[Jump The Moon]

Miracle, I love your ideas too! This is going to be great fun! :p

[miatapony]

there is also the ribon race.. you get streamer paper like 3 feet of it and on horse back you hold a side and the other person holds the other side and you run as fast as your partner can run around the cone or barrel at the end arena with out breaking the ribbon.

there is also the rescue race... one on horse back one on foot . the one on horse back starts at the other end runs down and with out getting off the other person has to get on and you have to go around a barrel and back to the starting point . the fastest time wins.

then you can do the soda chug too
if there are like three of you set up three barrels up apart at the end of the arena and get sodas (Carbonated) yes that makes it sooooo much harder ...lol set your soda on a barrel and be standing by you horse and then have some one time you then you have to mount and run and dirnk with out spilling any....lol run around the barrel then back to start as fast as you can.

[Horserider]

there is also the ribon race.. you get streamer paper like 3 feet of it and on horse back you hold a side and the other person holds the other side and you run as fast as your partner can run around the cone or barrel at the end arena with out breaking the ribbon.

I love watching that one! There's another one that our fair does where it's like a regular show, but two riders have to be holding on to one side of the ribbon each. Then they have to walk, trot, canter, back, reverse, everything that they'd have to do in a regular show.

Another one that I love to watch (I don't do speed yet) is where you have two boxes on each end of the arena. One rider holds a baton and stands in one box and the other rider waits in the other box. The first rider runs down the side of the arena, halts her horse (staying within the box), hands off the baton, and then the other rider gallops back. The hard part is getting the horses to stop in the box, stay in the box, and get close enough to hand off the baton.

[Jump The Moon]

Thank you to everyone for your great suggestions!
It sounds like we are going to be having a fun, if not slightly crazy day tomorrow experimenting with all our ideas AND any of yours we can physically do (equipment, etc, and err.. Billy can be a little tempremental - he's far from bombproof lets say, the other 2 are fine, but we might have to alter games to suit Billy a little:p).

[rodeogrl]

what about bleeding heart or the "T"

Bleeding heart is almost set up like barrels, but you would bring ur 3rd barrel down infront of the 1st and 2nd...

wait these r to difficult to explain let me see if i can draw em on paint n post em lol.

[FatSpottedAppy]

there is also the ribon race.. you get streamer paper like 3 feet of it and on horse back you hold a side and the other person holds the other side and you run as fast as your partner can run around the cone or barrel at the end arena with out breaking the ribbon.


One of my favs! Do that one and GET A VID!

[KittySawrus]

When we do pony games...
We always do the water race :P fastest person to go from start, weave thru the cones, then circle at the bottom and gallop STRAIGHT back whilst losing the least water is the winner!
Then...assume you start at A, trot/canter to C, dismount, leave your horses :P always difficult...run around the arena touching all the letters before getting back to C, jump back on and cross the finish line.
Beanbag race - bolt for the bucket at the bottom of the arena, pick up a beanbag, bolt back and throw the beanbag in from 5 feet away! (We always do flour lines on the floor). The first person to get all their beanbags in wins!!

It's thems or a sack race :P

[Jump The Moon]

Woo! Thanks for yet more fab suggestions!
I might do another gymkhana day, because we'll never fit everything in!
Billy did alot of work today; so I was thinking maybe I'd re-organise this for another day...

[offgridgirl]

We have poles to weave in and out of, barrel with a flag in it and trotting poles of many colors. I set some of it up in my front pasture. I'm hoping to get some video of us having fun. It is always tough finding someone to video while the rest of us are having fun!!:)