High Velocity Trick Riding, which has performers based at Quirindi and Mullaley, are on show three times each day, with two performances and a demonstration, which includes a talk on training, equipment and horse selection.
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“It's an insight into all things trick riding,” group leader Sally Stockwell said.
Mrs Stockwell started the group in 2007 at the age of 24, with just her own horse and saddle.
While she's taken a back seat from performing since becoming a mother, she's still heavily involved, organising the events and mentoring the riders - Miah Bryant, and sisters Allie and Bridie Palmer.
The riders perform at agricultural shows, rodeos and corporate events, and they also run clinics throughout the year.
“I'd been training elsewhere and wanted to get my own show going, then I gradually started training other girls,” Mrs Stockwell said.
“Miah got a voucher to a clinic when she was 10, and she's 18 now.
“She's the current Australian trick riding champion and also Roman riding champion.
“She does some cool stuff, jumping over and weaving through fire with her horses.”
The Palmer girls have started young, and they've already got plenty of trick riding talent, Mrs Stockwell said.
“They've been in trick riding for two years and now and they're little rippers,” she said.
“They do some advanced stuff like the suicide drag, where they're hanging off horse with one leg, but they're still a bit short to do the vaulting tricks, so Miah does a lot of that.”
