The wildest sport you’ve never heard of has some unlikely stars: American cowboys

By Jennifer Korn, CNN Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan (CNN) — It’s 4 p.m. on day two of the World Nomad Games, and eight horses are converging on a small patch of dirt. The riders elbow, kick and flail while USA team captain Ladd Howell leans off his saddle towards the ground, clenching a whip in his teeth