Ban'ei
Ban'ei (also Ban'ei Keiba ) are Japanese horse races for the heavy train, which are carried out on sand. Cold-blooded animals pull steel sledges, which weigh up to a ton, over sand-covered ramps. They are steered by a driver who stands on the sledge and drives them with blows with the end of the line . The team that is the first to completely cross the finish line wins. The spectators appreciate the strength of the calm and massive draft horses . Ban'ei are mainly held in the winter season.
The races run over a 200 m straight sand track. The lanes for the individual horses are separated with ropes lying on the ground. There are two sand-covered ramps on the route that must be overcome. The first ramp is 1 m high, the second ramp is 1.70 m high.
history
Ban'ei developed as a sport in the late Meiji period around 1900 on the large northern island of Hokkaido . The farmers in the area let their work horses compete against each other during various festivals to see which is the strongest and fastest horse. Official betting has been possible on Ban'ei since 1946. As a result, they became increasingly popular, especially on Hokkaido and in the northern part of the main Japanese island of Tohoku . In 1953, races were held regularly in four cities in Hokkaido: Kitami , Asahikawa , Iwamizawa and Obihiro . In 2007, the regular races were discontinued due to falling obesity in the first three cities.
run
The Japanese National Association of Racing (NAR) organizes Ban'ei races at Obihiro Racecourse, regularly on Saturday, Sunday and Monday, as well as on public holidays such as the New Year. In 2015 670 horses were registered, there were 1670 races with a total of around 280,000 spectators on 150 racing days. An important race is the Ban'ei Kinen . The Odds Park Cup was created for the sponsor Softbank , a mobile communications company. The NAR gives an annual award for the best Ban'ei horse.
The regional races are called Ban'ei Koshien . The sport has not yet gained a foothold in Europe.
Horses
For yearlings, regional Ban'ei Koshien races with lower tensile loads (e.g. 350 kg) are held in October . The two-year-olds are patterned between April and August , after which they can start in Ban'ei races. Horses that fail the examination come back to the breeder, are used for events or tourism. Former Ban'ei horses that are not bred are usually slaughtered.
Ban'ei Keiba
The Japanese draft horse, a heavy cold-blooded animals , was developed on the basis of a native mare strain with European imported cold blood stallions. The horses were originally used in agriculture, for horse meat production and for the Ban'ei. The focus of Japanese draft horse breeding is on Hokkaido.
An open stud book is kept for the Ban'ei Keiba , all colors are allowed. The goal of breeding is a medium-sized workhorse of the draft horse type with great traction. There is no known particular prevalence of hereditary diseases among the Ban'ei.
The Japan Equine Affairs Association JEAA leaves in its function as breeding association for the Ban'ei Keiba following Kaltblurassen for breeding to: Clydesdale , Shire , Ardennes , Belgian Draft Horse , Breton , Boulonnais and Percheron . Depending on the parentage, a Belgian, a Breton and a Precheron loft have developed.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ban'ei Keiba Obihiro, organizer website (en)
- ↑ Video Ban'ei in Obihiro , youtube.com
- ↑ Racecourse description , Obihiro (en)
- ↑ A unique race , City Obihiro Hokkaido (en)
- ↑ Origin of Banei-Keiba (en)
- ↑ a b A Horse-Racing Tradition Lumbers Into Its Final Stretch , New York Times, December 25, 2006 (en)
- ↑ Racing statistics 2006–2018 , Racing by Local Governments (en)
- ↑ NAR Racing , PDF (en)
- ↑ NAR Awards 2014 , section Ban'ei (en)
- ↑ Le trait-tract, c'est du lourd , Chevalmag (fr)
- ↑ 【お 知 ら せ】 10/25 ～ 26 全 道 祭典 ば ん ば 1 歳 馬 決勝 大会 - ば ん え い 十勝 オ フ ィ シ ャ ル ホ ー ム ペ ー ジ . March 22, 2015. Archived from the original on March 22, 2015.
- ↑ UFAW Electronic Supplementary Material - Appendices Horse breeds with inherited disorders (en)
- ^ Japan Equine Affairs Association , Horse Racing in Japan
- ↑ 輓 系 馬 の 部 , Japan Equine Affairs Association (page 3)