Ranch Rock Race 2009 - 3rd Furlong

The third, and last , furlong consisted of a sprint around the loop in Dena's driveway in front of her house. The jockeys were to put their steeds on a spoon. Then they were to race around the loop without dropping the steed into the driveway dust. Well, everyone decided that the Steed Sticks would serve as well as a spoon; so, they balanced their steeds on their sticks and were to run around the loop. First across the finish line wins that furlong.

There was a lot of grumbling from two members of our group who had various ailments that prevented them running around the loop. They figured that was unfair, because when the points were added up, they would be down a LOT. So...we came up with the "Gimp Mobile". This was Dena's golf cart which Mary decorated with American flags in honor of memorial day. We used Shirley Blevin's handicapped hanger and taped it onto the golf cart. It was decided that a new rule had to be obeyed...Those in the golf cart were not allowed to run over any other contestants; so, that was a little handicap unless they did some creative steering. Everyone agreed, and we got ready at the starting gate.