Organisers hope the bid will draw much-needed international attention to the sport. Riders in bright costumes drive their lances into the targets, wooden pegs embedded in the dry ground, their aim sometimes obscured by the dust kicked up by other competitors. The cavalry sport requires a mounted horseman to pierce and pick up a peg from the ground at a full gallop. But, he told the crowd, they established a record for horses reaching the finish line in seconds, and for uprooting 90 tent pegs at once, among others.
Popular for centuries on the sub-continent, tent-pegging has become a dying pastime in Pakistan, mainly kept alive in wealthy Punjab province. There it remains part of cultural celebrations in urban areas, where riders dress up in traditional waistcoats and turbans of vibrant colors while horses are fitted with shining saddles. Muhammad Sohail, one of the participants in Tulamba, took the opportunity to call for more support for the sport.
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