Local equestrians showed their riding skills Wednesday at the Chaffee County Fair & Rodeo Open Equine Gymkhana, with categories for peewees (kids 8 and younger), juniors (9-13), seniors (14-18) and adults competing in a variety of events. Riders competed in barrel racing and the flag race, in which they were timed as they rode to place a flag into a bucket, pick up a flag from another bucket and return to the start. In the pole event, riders had to weave in and out of a set of poles. In goat roping, adults had to ride, take a goat to the ground and tie the feet. Younger riders simply had to dismount and pull a ribbon off the goat for their timed ride.