page_title: Barrel racing
section_title: Camas Prairie Stump Race
hierarchical_section_title: Barrel racing / Camas Prairie Stump Race
caption_attribution_description: Diagram of the en:Camas Prairie Stump Race.
context_page_description: Barrel racing is a rodeo event in which a horse and rider attempt to run a cloverleaf pattern around preset barrels in the fastest time. Though both sexes compete at amateur and youth levels, in collegiate and professional ranks, it is usually a rodeo event for women. It combines the horse's athletic ability and the horsemanship skills of a rider in order to safely and successfully maneuver the horse around three barrels placed in a triangle pattern within a large arena.
context_section_description: The Camas Prairie Stump Race is a barrel race which is also a match race: two horses race against each other on identical circuits opposite the start-finish line; the riders start beside each other facing in opposite directions, and the first horse and rider back across the line win the race. The races continue until all but the last is eliminated. It is not a timed event. It is one of five game classes approved for horse club shows by the Appaloosa Horse Club. The ApHC rules state that racing competition is traditional to the Nez Perce Native American people.  However, it is unclear if this particular competition is derived from any traditional competition.
caption: Camas Prairie Stump Race course
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