Equestrian events are unique in that women and men compete together—the only other sport in which this happens is sailing. Additionally, equestrian events are the only Olympic events that involve animals. The horses competing at these levels are incredible examples of equine athletes. Women were later allowed to compete in jumping in and eventing in Today, women and men compete on equal grounds—team events do not require any blends of gender and nations may simply choose the best riders to represent their respective countries.
Dressage , to the non-horse person, can almost be described as dancing. Dressage is scored based on artistic marks, harmony, and choreography. Each rider is ranked based on performance in the three tests, with team medals awarded to the team with the lowest number of penalty points.
Dressage and jumping are covered in the other events; cross country is unique to three-day eventing. This event is a test of both endurance and agility. This event is referred to as show jumping in the USA. Obstacles could include parallel rails, triple bars, and water jumps.
Penalties, or faults, are incurred based on course time and knocking down jumps or refusals. In this class, a lower score is better. In case of a tie, a jump-off can be used. The FEI, Federation Equestre International, was founded in by delegates of 10 national equestrian organizations, and held authority over the Olympic games from onwards.
FEI governs eight events, three of which are found at the Olympics. Barcelona Atlanta Sydney Athens Beijing Skip to main content. Toggle navigation MENU. About Equestrian at the Olympic and Paralympic Games. At the Paralympic Games, only Dressage is contested. Australian Paralympic Equestrian Record If you want to learn more Ballarat Summer Horse Trials. Dressage by the Sea, Willinga Park. The score is based on the accuracy of the movements and artistic impression.
The highest score wins. Show jumping tests the ability of the horse and rider to jump over a series of obstacles inside a riding ring. You will see horses and riders jumping over a preset course of 10 to 16 jumps that are up to 6ft 6in 2m high or wide.
Courses are designed with many tricky turns and colorful obstacles challenging both the mental and physical agility of horse and rider. The horse and rider teams must finish within a set time and penalties are given for knocking down rails and other faults.
Scores are based on the number of jumps knocked down, falls, touches, refusals to jump, and time penalties. The rider with the fewest penalties wins. Ties are broken by jump-offs with penalties and the fastest times used to break the tie. Riders inspect the course before riding to plan the best strategy for jumping these very challenging courses cleanly and quickly. Eventing is a test of the skill, versatility, courage, and endurance of horse and rider. Three-day eventing is held over three days and consists of three disciplines: cross country jumping, dressage and stadium jumping.
The cross-country phase takes place over a course of natural and man-made objects. There can be up to 40 obstacles that horses must jump or go through over the course that is up to four miles long. Scores are based on refusals, coming in under or over a set time, and falls of the rider. Read more about Olympic Equestrian Rules and Scoring. Olympic dressage is held in a flat 20 X meter arena. The horses wear minimal tack which are usually black in color. At the Olympic level, bridles will be a curb bit with a bridoon sometimes called a double bridle.
A plain cavesson, flash, figure-eight, or drop noseband may be used. Saddles will be dressage style with a straight flap and a white square saddle pad.
No boots or wraps may be used. The riders wear a shadbelly tailcoat, yellow vest, top hat, white gloves, white breeches, and black tall boots. Horses will have their manes braided and may be banded with white tape. Tails may be braided but are usually left flowing to encourage natural tail carriage. Rules for tack, clothing, and arena for dressage and jumping are similar to these individual sports. The cross country course consists of jumps made of very solid natural type obstacles.
Riders wear eventing watches with a large readout that allows them to keep track of their time and alert them when 'optimum time' has been reached. Horse's tack will be similar to jumping, but boots are secured with tape and shoes may have studs for extra grip on tight corners.
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