Ranch sorting

Ranch Sorting practice in Ponca City, Oklahoma
Riders move cattle one at a time from one pen to the other.
Once the correctly numbered calf goes through the gate the team moves on to the next calf. The fastest time to get 10 calves from one pen to the other wins.[1]

Ranch sorting is a western-style equestrian sport that evolved from the common ranch work of separating cattle into pens for branding, doctoring, or transport. Ranch Sorting is an event that pits a team of two riders on horseback against the clock. Teamwork is the key with both riders working in harmony to cut out the correct cattle and drive them to the pen while keeping the wrong numbered cattle back. There are several variations of ranch sorting with one, two or three riders on the team, but all require sorting the cattle from one pen to the other in the correct order.[2]

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  2. ^ Play Pen Arena. "What is Ranch Sorting?" Archived 2011-01-07 at the Wayback Machine