Another granddaughter, Sophia, 9, also competed in the time trials this week.Ĭathcart rides, too, saying the family was introduced to speed riding after moving to Lewisberry and meeting Tammy Eimerbrink, a neighbor. While Lily often rides by herself, this year, grandmother Susan Cathcart of Lewisberry held the reins as Artie made his way through the pole-bending course.Ĭathcart said her children and grandchildren all learned to ride early, with Lily riding at age 3. The youngest rider in the competition was Lily Fulton, 4, who took Artie, a palomino quarter horse, through his paces. “You’re racing against yourself,” she said. Asper’s sister, brother-in-law, and father, all take part. The race is laid back, she said, because many of the competitors are family members.
“The thing is practice, practice, practice even if you have a slower horse, if you can get him to take the turns quickly, you’ll do well.” “It isn’t always the fastest horse,” said Sabrina Asper, 37, of Spring Grove in York County, as she waited to take Bombshell, a 6-year-old thoroughbred with a braided mane, into the ring for her next competition.
In the latter, the horse enters a kehole-shaped area outlined in lime, and must maneuver out of it as quickly as possible. The event is like a rodeo: the riders compete in four categories: pole-bending, barrel racing, flag capturing, and keyhole racing. If any competition at the Pennsylvania Farm Show resembles play, it’s the speed horse demonstration.
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HARRISBURG – The theme from “Rocky” blasted from loudspeakers in the Farm Show’s large arena as Tanya Eimerbrink galloped her horse of the same name into the ring.īut while the movie was all about being a champion, winning doesn’t seem to be all that important to these riders, who are too busy having fun to care about who has the fastest horse.
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