Equestrian is a competitive event at American horse shows, especially for horses like the American Quarter Horse. This is not to be confused with the general term "western riding," referring to many forms of equestrianism in which motorists use the western saddle; Instead, it refers to a particular class where horses and riders complement patterns that combine elements of empowerment classes and traces, but require horses to perform in a calm style similar to the Western class of pleasure. Horses are evaluated on "quality echoes, lead changes on the lope, response to riders, behavior and disposition." While all three gaits are required, most of the patterns are done with the lope. Emphasis is placed on the smoothness of the horse, even the rhythm, and the change leads a proper and clean flying.
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Procedures
Each horse performs individually. There are usually four patterns from which a judge can choose, all containing walking, jogging, jogging over logs, lopes, lopes above logs, jogging into transition lopes, large serpentine with four "crossing leads" changes, shallow serpentine with 3-4 lead lines change, stop and re-control. All lead changes must be completed within the specified change area of ​​the prospect.
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Leading Changes
Change in leadership is the most important part of the competition, although not all horses are judged. All lead changes must be precise, carried out at the marking center in the designated lead change area, forward and backward leads simultaneously while maintaining the frame and tranquility. The horse must be responsive and calm.
Example Pattern
Pattern One from AQHA Hand Book Show The Rule 453B Western Riding can be described as follows: Horses enter the ring while walking. It passes through the initial cone and keep walking a few steps before jogging. It travels to the long side of the arena. After running, he ran on wood, which has a cone placed on either side. After crossing the log and all four legs are on the second side of the log, the horse takes the lope. Lopes circled the short end of the arena through a cone to his left. Now the horse is moving down the long sides of the two arenas. After passing the cone, it moves the left switching lead in the right direction. The horse passed the next cone to its right and began to shift right and move to the left. Horses will proceed on this shallow serpentine through a cone for four loops completing four line changes.
Effectively about half of the pattern is completed. Next, the horse will continue under his left toward the short end of both arena spinning on another cone to 180 degrees round in a lope. This will traverse the arena completely making a lead change in the middle between the last cone and the next cone. Passing this cone to the right of the horse will do another 180 degrees on the lope that continues this large serpentine pattern around the cone for a total of four lead changes all settled around the center line of the arena. During a large serpentine, the horse will jump over the logs while jumping around the cone. After the horse finishes all the major changes, the horse will pass through its last cone on the left. Now he will do a 270 degree circle along the center line of the arena. This will stop parallel to the cone at the center of the backing pattern.
Scoring
The scoring method is very similar to reining. Scores will be on a scale of 0-100 with an average value of 70. Points added or subtracted based on credit or observed errors.
- A contestant must be punished every time he follows
occurs: One half (1/2) points
- (1) tick or light touch log
- (2) hind legs skipping or coming together during a change of prospects
- (3) non-simultaneous lead change (Front to back or back
forward)
One (1) points
- (1) pressing or playing a log
- (2) get out of tin over one step on either side
center point and between markers
- (3) separates the log (log between two front or two back )
feet) in the lope
- (4) break of gait when walking or running up to two steps
Three (3) points
- (1) does not do a particular running style (jogging or lope) or not
stop when called in a pattern, within 10 feet (3 meters) of the specified area
- (2) simple lead changes
- (3) exit tin on or before marker before designated
change the area or exit the lead on or after the marker after the specified change area
- (4) additional lead changes anywhere in the pattern (except )
when correcting additional changes or incorrect instructions)
- (5) in the pattern of one and three failures to start the lope in
30 feet (9 meters) after crossing the log while jogging
- (6) break the current gait while walking or jogging for more than two steps
- (7) break of gait in lope
Five (5) points
- (1) No lead outside of the next specified area of ​​change
(Note: failure to change, including cross-cantering. Two successive failures to change will result in two five-point penalties). 175
- (2) Big disobedience includes kicking out, biting,
bucking and rearing Disqualified - 0 scores
- (1) illegal equipment
- (2) intentional abuse
- (3) inactive
- (4) drop the marker
- (5) logs that are completely lost
- (6) main denial - stop and back more than 2 steps or 4
step with the front foot
- (7) large disobedience or school
- (8) failure to start lope before ending cone in pattern # 1 and # 3
- (9) four or more simple lead changes and/or failures to
change the prospect
- (10) upside over 1/4 rounds
(11) Errors, which will cause disqualification, except in an amateur or novice beginner class, which would be a score error according to severity:
- (A) The head is carried too low (the ears below the wilt
consistently)
- (B) Flex or tighten the neck on the head of the car so that
the nose is brought behind the vertical consistently.
- (g) The following characteristics are considered errors and
should be judged accordingly in the scores of the maneuvers
- (1) open mouth in excess
- (2) anticipate signal
- (3) staggered
- (4) the head is carried too high
- (5) the head is carried too low (the ears are below the wilted)
- (6) flex or stiffen the neck on the head of the train so
The nose is brought back vertically
- (7) removes excessive nosing
Credit awarded for
- (1) change of lead, back and front simultaneously
- (2) lead changes near the center of the change prospect area
- (3) accurate and fine pattern
- (4) even follow all
- (5) easy to guide and control with control and feet
- (6) etiquette and disposition
- (7) conformation and fitness
See also
- Turn on
- Tracks (horse show)
- Western pleasure
References
- AQHA Handbook
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