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Extreme cowboys to compete in risky rides at Chicopee Ag Center
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A rider competes in the Extreme Cowboy Racing event Aug. 12, 2017, at the Chicopee Woods Agricultural Center in Gainesville. - photo by David Barnes
Joe Holloway stumbled into riding horses. He didn’t start until age 72, after helping out his wife at a horse rescue. Dennis Tipton, who’s been riding for the better part of his life turned Holloway onto the idea, and now they ride together as part of the Extreme Cowboy Association. “I was volunteering at a horse rescue, just to be useful because I like horses,” said Holloway, member of the Extreme Cowboy Association. “(Tipton) offered one of his horses for me to come and ride and I did that, and the rest is kind of history.”