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Fall Play Day, Saturday September 13, 2014

Event Roundup

Fall Play Day 2014 was held at Thundering Hooves Farm on Saturday, September 13, 2014. Mother Nature provided us a short rain shower which only slowed us down a little. The weather forecast limited our turn out. However, everyone enjoyed the food, company, and events. The horse speed events was exciting with 7 contestants going for the pay window, 7 in poles, 7 in barrels, and 4 in flags. Patrick Hunter acted as arena crew coordinator, time keeper, judge and announcer. We had a great crew of volunteers and spectators joining in the fun and camaraderie.

Your 2014 ASGRA Fall Play Day winners:

Our other contestants had good runs and lots of fun. They were Glenn Garelik, Jake Nodar, Jeff Murkey and Adam Romanik. ASGRA made $368 in profit on this fund raiser. Thank you, Michael Higdon for being the administrative assistant and keeping track of the paperwork, times, and money.

Everyone raved about the chefs Les Boggs and Lea Reed. Thank you so much.

Also, a big thank you for all the assistance provided by Glenn Garelik, Adam Romanik, Eric Gangloff, Jeff Murkey and Patrick Hunter.

Thank you to Louis Varnado and Andy Pittman for hosting this event at Thundering Hooves.

Thanks to all the people that came out and supported ASGRA either as a spectator, contestant, or volunteer. We really appreciate your support and participation!!

Check out more pictures on ASGRA's Facebook page.

Event schedule

Contestants:
Please pre-register by September 6, by e-mail to ,
or call (301) 579-6005

These events are fun for the contestants as well as the spectators. Each event will have a small entry fee and pay out to at least 1st and 2nd place finishers.

50% of the precedes will go to our 2014 charity, The Whitman Walker Clinic

Thundering Hooves Farm
13279 Croom Rd.
Upper Marlboro, Maryland 20772

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Directions
  1. From either I-95 (Capital Beltway) or MD-337 Suitland Parkway: Head southeast on MD 4 S/Pennsylvania Avenue about 7 miles
  2. Take US-301 S (Crain Hwy) exit, proceed about 0.2 mile
  3. Turn right onto US-301 S, proceed about 1.6 miles
  4. Turn left onto Croom Station Road (traffic light), proceed about 1.6 miles
  5. Turn left onto Croom Road (stop sign), proceed about 5.8 miles. (Just past Candy Hill Road, there will be a row of mailboxes located on the left side of Croom Road. The address 13279 will be reflected with a arrow pointing right)
  6. Turn right onto the shared drive, proceed about 1.0 mile. (There will be signs posted to direct you to Thundering Hooves Farm)
  7. Any questions, please call Louis at (240) 416-4505 or Andy at (301) 204-0533
What's Happening

Schedule of Events:

Spectators, $5 per person

Event Pay Out and Prizes:

Entry Fee Per Event $15.00

Entry Fees 50% goes to ASGRA and 50% paid out

Example:

Menu:

*Platters include chips, cookies and soda or tea or water

Volunteers Needed

Play Day Activities include the following:

Videos shot by ASGRA member and webmaster Cowboy Frank Harrell at the 2014 Arizona Gay Rodeo, Febuary 16, 2014

Equestrian Speed Events:

Pits the horse, under the skillful hand of its rider, against the clock. Negotiating the prescribed pattern is a test of the rider's skill and the horse's speed and agility. A running start is permitted in these events and the fastest time wins.

  1. Barrel Race--Contestants vie for the fastest time in running a 3 point, cloverleaf pattern around three barrels
    2. Barrel Racing
  2. Pole Bending--Horse and rider compete for fastest time working a linear pattern through six equally spaced poles
    3. Pole Bending
  3. Flag Race--A triangular pattern similar to that of the barrel race is used, with the substitution of a pole in place of barrel number three. The two other barrels will have a bucket that is 3/4 full of rabbit pellets placed on top of it, and a flag in one of these buckets. The rider on horse back picks up the flag out of the first bucket on the first barrel and attempt to place the flag in the second bucket. Contestants vie for the fastest time with proper placing of the flag in second bucket!
    4. Flag Race

Roping event:

Designed for beginners. This event always begin with the contestant in the "roping box." An imaginary start line runs across the front of the roping box and the chute where the calf or steer is held.

  1. Woody Roping--Contestant stands in a roping box and when the calf roping dummy (woody) clears the barrier, the roper attempts to throw the loop over woody's head. Once the loop passes over the calf's head, the contestant must pull up the slack in the rope. Contestants vie for catching woody with the fastest time!
    2. Calf Roping on Foot
    (We will be using a Calf Dummy, not a live animal)

Goat Dressing:

Another beinners event involving two contestants who must get a pair of men's jocky shorts on a goat. We will be using a dummy goat not the real thing.

  1. Dummy Goat Dressing--The team stands 50 feet from the point where the goat is tethered. One of the team members has a pair of jockey-style underwear worn over their forearms. When the whistle sounds, the team runs to the goat. The team member without the underwear picks up the goat's rear hooves, grabs the underwear from around the other member's arms, and pulls it up the legs of the goat. Both team members must then race back to the start/finish line and cross the finish line to stop the time. The underwear must stay over the goat's tail bone until the timer is tagged by both members.
    2. Calf Roping on Foot
    (We will be using a Dummy goat, not a live animal)

Sandwiches, snacks, sodas and other refreshments are provided for purchase. All proceeds benefits ASGRA and ASGRA's designated charity.

First posted Dec 16, 2013
Last update Jan 20, 2020