Carrera de Sortija
- 1 small metal ring, roughly the width of a finger, hung from a string or wooden arch
- A horse for each rider, and a slender wooden stick or short lance
The ring is typically hung from an overhead arch positioned along a straight galloping lane long enough to build up full speed, often 60-100m.
A small ring is suspended from an overhead arch at roughly the height of a mounted rider's outstretched arm.
Each rider takes a turn galloping their horse at full speed down the lane toward the hanging ring, holding a slender stick out in front of them.
As the rider passes beneath the arch, they try to thread the point of the stick through the center of the ring and lift it cleanly off its string.
A successful catch scores a point for that rider, while a miss or a ring that falls without being properly speared scores nothing.
Riders take turns making passes across several rounds, with the ring sometimes made progressively smaller to increase the challenge.
The rider who has speared the most rings after the agreed number of passes is declared the winner.