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The 56-year-old woman had just finished competing in a barrel race at the Baker Rodeo on Saturday when she was thrown from the galloping horse on an exit ramp and struck a pole, the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office said in an email.

Demaris Alcon, a 14-year-old Ojo Feliz resident, is not faint-hearted or weak-minded, but she was injured during the Copper Springs junior barrel race in Andrews, Texas, last month.

A popular rodeo attraction is the barrel race, much like the pork-barrel race of practical politicking.

In a barrel race, the rider and their horse burst straight out of the gate, kicking up thick, russet clods of dirt.

Simonson jokes around with her aunt, Billie Jo, and her mother, Judy, while waiting for her brother’s run at the Copper Springs Ranch barrel race.