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WHAT IS RANCH SORTING?

COWPUNCHING AT ITS BEST

RSNC has taken the ranch work of sorting cow/calf pairs and
established a set of rules

plus a rating system to create a fun and exciting cowhorse
competition. The playing field
is a pair of round pens constructed in a figure-eight with a 14ft -
16ft opening connecting
the two pens. A group of 11 to 12 cattle are gathered into one pen;
all but one or two animal is tagged with a number 0 to 9. Riders
compete as a two-man team; the objective is to sort the cattle, one
at a time, away from the herd and through the opening. So what
makes this difficult? The cattle must be sorted in sequential order
according to the back
numbers. The arena announcer calls out a number, at random,
between 0 and 9 as
the first rider enters the pen with the cattle while the other
rider guards the
opening between the pens. The sorter  must start with the animal
tagged with
the announced number and work through the sequence. Any  
untagged animal is left
in the pen. The sort has a timelimit; the team with the most cattle
in the least amount of time WINS!
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