00:00A bush sport, putting rider and horse to the test.
00:07He's good, he just gives you honest run every time, you know.
00:11In camp drafting, riders cut out cattle from a herd
00:14and guide them around obstacles.
00:20The champions can take home some big prizes,
00:23but it's not always about the money.
00:26Ticked off one of my main bucket lists
00:28and won the open at Daily Waters. How good's that?
00:32For many of the ringers here, this is their first social event
00:35after months of working at their stations.
00:38It's good to see faces other than the same six people you see every day.
00:41And then, yeah, just have a little party.
00:44Everyone muck around with some horses.
00:46Excitement is in the air here at Daily Waters
00:49for the very first camp draft and rodeo of the dry season.
00:53Now, more than a thousand people have signed up for camp drafting here,
00:57and it just shows just how popular the sport is becoming,
01:01not just in the territory, but across Australia.
01:04There's kids that are probably flat out walking, they're competing
01:07and right down to, you know, 60-odd-year-old fellas
01:11right mixing it with the young fellas, you know.
01:13It's something you can... that age is not such a barrier.
01:16Do you like going really fast?
01:18Yeah, sometimes.
01:20As the sport grows, the quality of the competition is increasing too.
01:26The ringers used to come in on pretty ordinary horses
01:29and now the stations have really stepped it up
01:31and they all have quite a good horse each now, which is great to see.
01:36After sunset, it's time for the bull riding,
01:41with plenty of narrow escapes.
01:46A sport not for the faint-hearted.
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