C’mon, admit it, most of you had never ever even heard of tent-pegging before reading about the 1897 Rough Riding Club of New York, right?

Well, believe it or not, the sport is still played today. It’s especially popular in Great Britain, Australia, India, Pakistan, Israel, and South Africa.

If you travel with the CAA to the Royal Windsor Horse Show in England, you can see this cavalry-inspired sport for yourself. As proof, here are a few photos from the tent-pegging competition at Windsor in 2009:

.

.

.

.

.