I Guess,

many of us will be familiar,

with the term 'Drifting' when used in motor car events, a car slides around a course, well for me here is the equine equivalent, horse sliding, Cala de Caballo is one of several “charras” performed by charros (the Mexican equivalent of the cowboy) in charrerias, popular competitive events similar to the American rodeo, it involves a series of maneuvers, but the most impressive one has to be the sliding stop, where the charro makes his horse run at full speed and then stop abruptly by sliding on its rear legs, in a marked 20-meter-long rectangle, the competitor who leaves the longest slide marks in the marked area without going over the limit gets the most points, and here are a few videos of horse drifting, although to be fair I guess it should be called sliding stopping,

the Cala de Caballo was officially recognized as a national sport in the twentieth century, and is considered one of the most important charras, because it demonstrates the connection and communication between the rider and his/her horse,

judges score the speed of the horse, the posture of both the animal and the rider, and the length of the slide marks left inside a 20-meter-long rectangle filled with sand or dirt, to get the highest score possible, the horse has to begin its slide only after entering the marked area, and slide as close to the far end of the rectangle as possible, while it can slide over the limit of the marked area, only the marks inside will be measured, 

of course as in motor car drifting, sometimes things do not go according to plan,

and this is allegedly the first ever recorded horse slide in a competition, well both sports look like fun, but for me I will continue with dragster racing!