Popular Aussie horse sport of Campdrafting comes to the U.S.!!!

This past weekend I had the privilege of watching the first ever sanctioned Australian-style Campdrafting competition on U.S. soil.  And it was right here in my (nearly) backyard of small town Kiowa, CO!

Campdrafting is a hugely popular horse sport in Australia, with 5 events per weekend and the larger events hosting 800-900 riders.  Top-ranked Campdrafting competitors and horse trainers Pete Comiskey and Steven Hart flew in all the way from Australia to teach a Campdrafting clinic and help supervise the first ever sanctioned event in the states.  They were great guys and my wife and I had a good time interviewing them during the competition.

I covered the event for The Fence Post magazine and the story and photos will be out in next week's edition (Sept. 02 edition).  It should also run online on the Fence Post's website and they will be featuring a video I created from the event, as well.  The video contains photography, video clips and audio interviews I was able to get during the competition on Sunday August 25, 2013.

You can aleady see photos from the event I have posted on my official Facebook page.
Here are two photos as samples - the first is of Australians Steven Hart and Pete Comiskey.  The second is local resident Sunni Valencia competing in Sunday's event. 

If you are interested in what Campdrafting is and what it is all about, you can find out all sorts of information from the following websites:
U.S. National Campdraft Association
Australian Campdraft Association
Wikipedia's Entry on Campdrafting
Wikihow.com's entry on Campdrafting - with tips 

If you love horses and horse events that involve cattle, you'll love learning about Campdrafting.

Take care, God bless, and have a great day.

Lincoln Rogers
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