The Week contest: Hobbyhorse movie

This week's question: A group of teen and pre-teen girls recently staged the first U.S. championship competition in hobbyhorse riding — in which participants leap over obstacles while astride a stick fabric horsehead — in a Michigan school gym. If Hollywood were to make a movie about a young rider's quest for hobbyhorse glory, what would it be titled?
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THE WINNER: "Secreterrycloth"
Lidia Zidik, Reading, Pennsylvania
SECOND PLACE: "Prances with Wools"
Kenneth Burgan, Grass Valley, California
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THIRD PLACE: "They Scoot Horses, Don't They?"
Erica Avery, Greenfield, Massachusetts
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"My Friend Sticka"
Skip Flanagan, Roseville, California
"My Little Phony"
Sally Morrison, Rocky Point, New York
"The Peoplechase"
Rob Huffman, Fredericksburg, Virginia
"The Gallop Pole"
Jesse Rifkin, Arlington, Virginia
"Little Red Riding Wood"
Laurel Rose, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
"One Stick Pony"
Doug Richardson, Galveston, Texas
"May the Faux Horse Be with You"
Jason Schnuit, Santa Monica, California
"National Velcro"
Jeff Jerome, Northampton, Massachusetts
"Hi-Ho Splinter, Away!"
Steve Zoller, Baltimore, Maryland
"Stick: The Landing"
Michael B. Sullivan, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
"Easier Rider"
Tom Koloski, Ardsley, New York
"She Takes No Crop"
Daniel Hicks, Randolph, Massachusetts
"The Block Stallion"
Dan Clark, Seattle, Washington
"Pedestrian Equestrian"
Peteris Berzins, Mesa, Arizona
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