Here's a headline I'm pretty sure you won't see every day.......

[marmar]

Horse herpes outbreak forces rodeo queens to ride stick ponies

May 26th, 2011 @ 9:53pm
By ksl.com


FARMINGTON -- While the state has yet to officially cancel any events involving horses that might have been exposed to a local recent equine herpes outbreak, owners and arenas are taking precautions.

Because of the outbreak, contestants at the Davis County Sheriff's Mounted Posse Junior Queen Contest had to cowgirl up Thursday night without their mares.

Instead of competing on horses, as is typically the case, contestants were asked to trot around the arena with stick horses as their show ponies.

"It's kind of weird, but you can't really help that the disease is going around," said former queen Savanna Steed. She said the stick horses will test the riders' knowledge of whether they know the routine, rather than letting the horse do all the work. ...........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=15716018&autostart=y

[NYC_SKP]

1. "Savanna Steed"??? Really?

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[Maru Kitteh]

5. It does sound like the worst porn movie ever, no?

[Sonoman]

2. I'll buy them all Harry Potter Brooms, if they'll use them.

I'm sorry, I just had this overwhelming mental image...

Sonoman

[OwnedByFerrets]

3. OMG, that is hilarious!

[dixiegrrrrl]

4. "rather than letting the horse do all the work"

Somehow I see this idea spreading to rodeos.
Esp. bull riding.

And, oh yeah, The Kentucky Derby.....

Is this a Monty Python sketch????

:rofl: :rofl:

[Catherine Vincent]

6. ...

:rofl:

[Fleshdancer]

7. Rachel Maddow opened her show with this tonight and it was totally worth it.

Cowgirls with 10 pounds of makeup hopping in the dirt with an actual toy stick horse while trying to wave and smile to the crowd. :rofl:

[krispos42]

8. That sounds like it came from a Sarah Palin speech generator

:rofl:

[Cerridwen]

9. *Junior* Queens. They look to be about 13-16 years old.

You should check out the pictures at the link as well as the rest of the article. The pictures are adorable.

Oh yeah, and Savannah Steed, she too looked to be about 16 or 17...well, maybe 18.

[Viking 1]

10. I dunno

Sometimes, those relationships can be pretty damn strong.