MFSR Stockmans Challenge

MFSR Challenge Preliminary Events

1. Four Peaks Pastoral Pack Horse

This even is based on an Australian tradition of packing through the mountains; competitors are to pack their horses and navigate an obstacle course resembling the challenging terrain of the Snowy Mountains. Open competitors are required to Shoe and Pack their horse before navigating an obstacle course, while maintaining their pack is tight and secure on the return to then be unpacked.

2. Prydes Easifeeds Bareback Obstacle

Riding bareback, all competitors are to complete a course within a set time, demonstrating maximum skill, control, and manouvability of their horse. Riders will then showcase a 60 second freestyle.

3. JC Milton Horseshoeing

Competitors are required to prepare and shoe one foot of their nominated. This section is to demonstrate the competitor’s ability to maintain the welfare of their horse if they were to lose a shoe when travelling across the bush terrain and to ensure their steed can complete the journey sure footed.

4. Cydectin Platinum Stockhandling

This event is showcasing one of Australia’s true horse disciplines, born on the plains of Queensland, Northern Territory and New South Wales over 100 years ago. A rider on horseback must ‘cut out’ one beast from the herd of cattle in the yard, AKA the ‘camp’, and block and turn the beast at least two or three times to demonstrate to the judge that they have the beast under control while on horseback. They then have to exit the yard and put the beast through a course of pegs involving right and left hand turns in a figure of eight style, before putting the beast through the ‘gate’.

5. 4CYTE Cattlemen’s Crack

This is a combination event of two of our classic events being the whip crack and the cross country. Our competitors will navigate a bush style obstacle course that will have whip crack targets placed throughout the course, plus jumps. The competitor will have a set time to complete this course and show their horsemanship to the highest of standards to the judge.

6. S & K Whiteheads Earthmoving Stockmen’s Cutout

Based on the working cow horse event, riders will have a cow released into the arena, they will then proceed to work the cow in a series of sections. They will complete a boxing section (cutting the cow), until they think the cow is ready to proceed to the next segment, down the fence. Once this section is complete, they are then required to manouver the beast into a figure of 8 pattern to complete their run.