Saturday, March 01, 2008

Sunday: Shenandoah Valley Shootout at VA Horse Center

Lexington's Virginia Horse Center is hosting the Cowboy Mounted Shooting Association's "Shenandoah Valley Shootout" this weekend. The event continues Sunday beginning at 9:30 a.m. with "raw horsepower, hard ridin', straight shootin', and the thunder of hooves!" Tickets are $5; kids under 12 free. Info at (540) 833-5205.

The Cowboy Mounted Shooting Association event ...

- Considered the Equestrian Nascar in horse eventing
- Cowboy mounted shooting has over 7,000 members worldwide
- Riders compete wearing 1900s Old West costumes
- Courageous horses used from all breeds and disciplines
- .45 caliber revolvers and Winchester rifles
- Shooting at 10 targets set in over 52 different courses
- Cowboys and cowgirls ranging from all ages and levels of expertise
- See the Old West competing with guns and on fast-moving horses

Sunday, Lexington Horse Center just off I-64 west.

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