Cavalry Heritage Day

Last Saturday we held a cavalry competition event for the public.  It was our first attempt to do something like this.  We invited the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment horse detachment from Fort Irwin, California, to join us.  We had a mounted saber event and a mounted pistol event in the morning and then individual riding demonstrations by each unit in the afternoon. 

We have ridden with the Fort Irwin guys many times in the past and have always had a good relationship with them.  As the two western-most Army horse detachments, we are kind of isolated from the rest of the Army horse community.  The 11th ACR detachment represents the cavalry as it existed in 1901 while B Troop represents the cavalry of the 1880's.  The two detachments together made for a colorful event.

It was a good day and both units had a chance to see what they need to work on before going to the National Cavalry Competition in September.  Hopefully, we will have an opportunity to do this again next year. 

B Troop and 11th ACR readying for the opening ceremony.

An 11th ACR rider on the saber course.

A B Troop rider on the pistol course. 

The 11th ACR demo team

B Troop pistol charge

Interacting sith the spectators after the demo.