A U.S. participant rides with the 70-pound goat carcass to his taikazan, or goal. “It’s like rugby on horses,” captain Creed Garnick told The Washington Post. (Vladimir Voronin/AP)

A U.S. participant rides with the 70-pound goat carcass to his taikazan, or goal. “It’s like rugby on horses,” captain Creed Garnick told The Washington Post. (Vladimir Voronin/AP)

Like ‘rugby on horses’ with a decapitated goat: Inside first U.S. team at World Nomad Games

In this piece, I talked to a group of “nomad cowboys,” who became the first representatives of the United States to participate in a very unique tournament held at the World Nomad Games in Central Asia.