Darah Hubbard
On Aug. 3, the National Cutting Horse Association held the second annual Military Cutting Competition as part of the NCHA’s Summer Spectacular, which ran from July 13 to Aug. 3. Darah Hubbard snapped the above photo during a practice session on Thursday, Aug. 1. Though fiercely competitive, many of these men, some of whom are still serving in the military, had never ridden a horse. Yet, here they were, training for a cutting horse competition that would occur in less than 48 hours. “This is not an easy sport to learn at all, and they’re getting a crash course,” one of the cutting horse trainers said. “Riding a horse is one thing, but then riding a horse and cutting and working a cow and staying in time with the cow — there’s a lot to it.”
Photo by Darah Hubbard
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