Luis Alfonso Franco chases a wild mare, during an event called Roping on Foot at a practice session in the Jalisco Highlands town of Capilla de Guadalupe, Mexico. The roping event is called Manganas a Pie or Roping on Foot and involves a charro on foot roping a wild mare by its front legs to cause it to fall and roll once. The wild mare is chased around the ring by three mounted charros.


Size: 6000px × 4000px
Location: Capilla de Guadalupe, Jalisco, Mexico
Photo credit: © Richard Ellis / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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