Local horsemen and women have found themselves among the winners at the tough King of the Ranges stockman’s challenge in Murrurundi on the weekend.
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Troy Brazier took on the novice section of the event and finished first at the end of the two-day competition.
It was the third time Brazier has taken on the challenge which involves a packhorse event where a rider leads a packhorse through an obstacle course, a stock handling event with a dog and three cattle through another obstacle course, a whipcrack where competitors are to cleanly hit targets, a bareback obstacle course, a shoeing challenge and a cross country course.
There are also two freestyle challenges in a bareback routine as well as a whipcrack before the finals.
Three competitors went into the final with each having two minutes to catch a brumby.
Brazier and his two competitors successfully managed to catch their brumbies. On a countback, Brazier was announced the winner.