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SILVERTON, Colo. (KOB) — Think of it as ski racing with the help of a horse — skijoring is a marriage of water-skiing and a horse race, but it takes place on the snow.
For one weekend every year, Blair Street in Silverton, Colorado turns into a thousand-foot long "skijoring" course. The event draws about 1500 spectators and about 20 teams of competitors.
Darin Anderson has been racing for more than a decade.
"Who doesn't like seeing a horse going down the main street of a town pulling a skier, going off five-to-six foot jumps and getting rings?" Anderson said.
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