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SignatureMT | 65 MT S At age 14, Destrie McGowan, has been riding since she was two. She likes to ride Dusty, a Welch quarter horse pony with her friends, however, she admits, "it is a lile scary when she rears; she's hot." Dallya McGowan, has been on Didget, her bay quarter horse for five years. "Didget is fast, and a champion," she says. Dallya and her father, Huck Mc- Gowan, ride the same horse. "Dad goes faster and I'm also lighter. I'm good as long as I can stop." is year, the fiy-first anniversary of the national competition, will be held (one week long) in Blackfoot, Idaho. Everyone camps, or sleeps in their horse trailer. e go-to-strategy becomes a social event for riders and horses, with a lot of friendly competition vying for the coveted silver belt buckles and fancy saddles- all reining in for the winners. ~Polly Kolstad lives in Great Falls and on a wheat ranch in Liberty County. She writes travel, fitness, and human interest stories when not cooking or tending to her field of Chinese lanterns. O-Mok-See events are for all ages, starting with young kids. "Going 40 mph on a horse feels more like 90." — O-MOK-SEE PARTICIPANT, BOBBIE SHULAR O-Mok-See is more descriptive and more Western American than other names used for the sport of pattern horse racing. Historically speaking, O-Mok-See was coined by people who were living here long before the Spaniards arrived with rodeo.