Competitive Sports.
June 20, 2007
Some of the main competitie sports are:
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Dressage: is a path and destination of competitive horse training, with competitions held at all levels from amateur to the Olympics.
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Endurance Racing: a test of durability to see how long the horse and rider can go.
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Eventing: a competition where you are judged on your total score from a day of dressage, stadium jumping an d cross country.
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Reining: is a western ridingg competition for horses where the riderss guide the horses through a precise pattern of circles, spins, and stops.
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Show jumping: also known as “stadium jumping” or “jumpers,” is a member of a family of English riding equestrian events that also includes dressage, eventing, hunters and equitation.
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Tent Pegging: is a cavalry sport of ancient origin, and is one of only ten equestrian disciplines officially recognised by the International Federation for Equestrian Sports.
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Vaulting: is most often described as gymnastics and dance on horseback, and like these disciplines, it is both an art and a highly competitive sport.
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Polo: is a team sport played outdoor on horseback in which the objective is to score goals against an opposing team. Riders score by driving a white wooden or plastic ball (size 3-3,5 inches, weight 4,25-4,75 ounces) into the opposing team’s goal using a long-handled mallet.
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Horse Racing: an equestrian sport that varies upon the race, where horses are raced
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Combined Driving: is an equestrian sport involving carriage driving.
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Rodeo: was originally the vaqueros’ (“cowboys”) procedure for gathering up cattle for various purposes such as moving them to new pastures or to slaughter (matanza).
