The National Cowgirl Museum in Fort Worth had a big weekend celebrating esacaramuza charra, horsewomen who compete in the rodeo arena sidesaddle. The sport of escaramuza consists of an eight-member team of equestrians executing intricate patterns at a gallop. It’s the only event for women in charreria, the official national sport of Mexico.
The sport found its way into Texas and the U.S, and the Cowgirl Museum is celebrating the girls and women who compete. Escaramuza teams from across the country were invited to The Cowgirl Museum for the Third Annual Escaramuza Recognition Ceremony.
Luis Rodriguez Bucio, the head of the Mexican Consulate in Dallas, called the women “guardians of tradition and ambassadors of Mexican culture.”…