Another tough trick was to go under the neck of a running horse, she said. If the rider gets too low, it can trip a horse. After 26 years of trick riding, Pat quit to get married and raise a family.

Her riding stunts prompt the audience to “ooh” and “aah” — especially when Pletcher goes upside down, under the horse’s belly and up the other side of the thoroughbred as he gallops at ...

“She used to trick ride on one of them. “She outgrew a pony she was riding last year, so she passed it on to my youngest.

Harrison said he has seen wrecks that have ruined careers, and worse. "There was a lady I trained for years, a very talented trick rider, doing the easiest trick that there was on an intro run when ...

Her family thought her love of riding was a phase. She even tried college, but that horse didn’t run. Nicholson decided to pursue her love of trick roping and trick riding.

SALINAS – A newborn baby and an ankle recovery didn’t stop nationally renowned trick riders Madison Thomas and Haley Proctor from sharing their talents with the crowd at the California Rodeo ...

Enter horse trainer Tad Griffith, who took Reeves through all his complicated moves on horseback. “When he was trick riding the horses, he was able to hang on the side and recover,” Griffith ...