Equestrian sports are actually the only ones where women and men compete in the same events. In dressage, a horse and rider are judged based on the form, obedience, suppleness, and balance of the horse as well as how well the pair executes the movements in the program.
There are progressive difficulty levels in dressage ranging from programs that include just walk, trot and stops, to Grand Prix level where complex movements such as piaffes and pirouettes are incorporated. Each sequence of movements is graded by a panel of judges or just one for lower-level competitions.
Para-Dressage is dressage for people with physical handicaps and forms part of the Paralympics and is also governed by the FEI. When competing, para-riders are grouped according to their functional abilities to ensure fair competition between pairs, otherwise, the ground rules, judging, and programs are the same as for classical dressage. Also, an Olympic Sport governed by FEI, show jumping is when a horse and rider jump fences made up of lightweight rails in an arena.
The difficulty rises with the increasing height of the obstacles, but also with the complexity of the layout of the obstacle course as well as the width, shape and make of the obstacles themselves.
Abrupt turns, for instance, demand great flexibility and obedience of the horse and brightly colored or oddly shaped obstacles can be potentially intimidating to the horse. Riders get penalty points for any rails that are knocked down during the round, any refusals where the horse stops before an obstacle and for exceeding the optimum time.
Show jumping is run both as individual and team events at an international level. This is a very physically demanding discipline for both horse and rider and is performed in a gallop. Cross country involves an up to 4 miles long course in varied terrain with fixed fences as well as natural obstacles like sandbanks, ponds, and deep ditches. Penalties are given for refusals and when a rider exceeds the optimal time for the course. This is also one of the most accident-prone equestrian sports due to the fixed nature of the fences, which sometimes cause horses to stumble and riders to fall off at high speeds.
Eventing is in many ways an equestrian trilithon and is the third and final Olympic Sport in the horse riding domain. It is usually a 3 or 4-day competition that combines all the three disciplines described above; dressage, cross-country and show jumping. Each discipline has one day allocated to it and the different competitions are designed to test the horse and rider on endurance, speed, precision, teamwork and lots more.
A single horse and rider must compete in all disciplines throughout the event. Riders accumulate penalty points throughout the competition and the winner is the one with the lowest combined score at the end of the 3 days. Western Dressage bears many similarities to classic English dressage. Toggle navigation MENU. Disciplines showcased at WEG. Dressage Driving Driving is the oldest competitive equestrian sport yet it continues to thrive in the 21 st century. Endurance Eventing Eventing is an Equestrian event which comprises dressage, cross-country and show jumping.
Eventing Jumping? Jumping Para-Dressage Para-Dressage is the only Equestrian discipline that is included in the Paralympic Games, where it has been a regular fixture since Para-Dressage Reining Reining is a western riding competition where the rider guides the horse through a precise pattern of circles, spins, and stops. Reining Vaulting Vaulting is gymnastics on horseback and combines the skills of both gymnastics and horsemanship.
The rider and horse that performs the best with the shortest time wins the round, with riders required to perform an additional pass if their scores are tied. Only four riders are allowed in team events and the worst score out of the four riders is discarded. The team that performs the best with the shortest time wins. The Dressage discipline is known as "horse ballet" because it tests the rider's ability to work the horse into performing a series of required moves. Judges will look at the horse's form and its willingness to perform each element with minimum prompting from the rider.
The rider should also look relaxed and in control. Based on this criteria, judges will award points 0 - 10 for each element performed and the rider with the highest score wins. Unaffiliated competitions almost always run under the affiliated rules for that particular discipline; it is easier to borrow an established set of rules from the appropriate governing body than create a whole new set. So even if you are not an affiliated competitor, you should be aware of the key rules that may apply at your unaffiliated competition.
One of the favourites which always catches people out is the difference between pure dressage, so a test run under BD rules where you can have a caller and can carry a long schooling whip, and the dressage element of an unaffiliated ODE or BE competition where neither a caller nor a schooling whip is permitted, so you will need to learn your test!
Finally, if you are a Pony Club member or a member of an affiliated Riding Club, these also have their own rules for competition but do tend to borrow and overlap those of BD, BE and BS. So check your PC or RC rules carefully as there will be restrictions at certain levels of qualifying competition for horses that carry affiliated points or winnings.
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