Some stuff about equestrian sport

Horses areе one of the cleverest animals in the world. Just look into their eyes and you'll understand that there and than.
I was engaged in equestrian sport about 4 years. And here I want to tell you about different kinds of equestrian.
And than you can choose weather you like it or no.
First is dressage. Very beautiful and hard "sport". It is not actually a kind of sport, dressage give horseman and horse the ability to show theirs grace, suppleness and control of a body. They must be like a single whole. They work hard for a many years to do it.
For three hundred years the aristocrats of Europe spent most of their time on horseback, learning how to make horses go sideways, to leap in the air on command and to show off these activities in extravagant equestrian pageants and carousels. Riding Masters on the Continent, especially in France, many of whom became court favorites, gradually evolved a logical series of steps for converting the untrained horse into an equine gymnast over a period of three or four years. Fortunately they discovered, too, that any reluctance to perform the complicated movements was not due to truculence and disobedience, which they would attempt to cure with sharp spurs, a long whip and atrociously severe bits, but to a lack of ability, muscle development, confusion and a failure to understand.
There are competition in this kind of sport. And you never can get what is going on inside the horse and horseman, but outside there
will be amazing dance, you 'll remember for long time.
Second is show jumping. Here everything is almost easy. You have certain route, where you need to ride a horse over fences and you must get the least number of penal points. There are many kinds of different fences. With water and without, like a bush, like trees, and sometimes it is so hard to get across them. The horse required for show jumping must move with balance, obeys instantly in any situation and can produce enough jumping ability, speed and agility to satisfy the high demands of today.
Third is military. It include all kinds of sports above and the endurance. An Endurance Ride is a competition to test the speed and the endurance ability of a horse. To be successful, the competitor must have knowledge of pace and efficient and safe use of the horse across country. The competition consists of a number of phases.. At the end of each phase, no phase to exceed 40 km in length (30 km for 1 Star level), there will be a compulsory halt for veterinary inspection. The Veterinary Commission should be consulted on the distance of each phase and the hold times in each Vet Gates. In a 160 km ride there must be at least five Vet Gates plus the final inspection. An Endurance Ride is a competition against the clock. The horse that finishes the course in the shortest time will, in general, be classified as the winner of the competition. Competitions shall be organized to allow competitors to establish their pace to compete against the clock. The length of the course under controlled speed and/or set pace depends on the given circumstances but should not exceed 5 km and there should not be more than one section under controlled speed and/or set pace per phase of the course. 70 % risk for a life.
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