Hestadagar
Hestadagar are events with competitions for recreational riders . The word Hestadagar comes from Icelandic and means " horse days ". The basic idea of the Hestadagar is to provide a task program specially adapted to recreational riders with their own guiding principles. The focus is not on performance, but on fun, willingness to learn and horsemanship . The Hestadagar concept comes from the Icelandic horse riding. In principle, Hestadagar are open to all horse breeds if they are suitable for the task at hand. Hestadagar can be offered as separate events or as part of popular sports and sports tournaments. The requirements for fittings, equipment, saddles and bridles differ from competitive sports. Hestadagar should be assessed by specially trained judges.
history
The Hestadagar idea was developed by a group of Icelandic horse riders in northern Germany in the late 1990s. Hestadagar were then successfully tested in the region of the largest German riding club, the Icelandic Horse Breeding and Sports Club Nord eV (Hamburg / Schleswig-Holstein and Lower Saxony). The Hestadagar concept with the guiding principles, examples of competition tasks and guidelines was developed in 2007 after a broad participation process by the popular sports department of the IPZV umbrella association (Icelandic Horse Riders and Breeders Association) and published throughout Germany. The principles of the Hestadagar concept were included in 2008 by the German Equestrian Association (FN) in the “ Competition Regulations for Mass Sports (WBO) ”.
Special features of the concept
At Hestadagar, the dexterity and quality of the riding demonstration are assessed according to their own guiding principle with a special evaluation for seat and impact, harmony in the imagination and empathy of the rider under balance and horsemanship . The degree of skill and the level of difficulty in the performance are included in the evaluation. The creativity of the participants should be set as wide as possible. The individual tasks of the Hestadagar are called competitions, not exams.
“ The calm and serene solution of a partial task should help the rider to find his way better in the daily dialogue with his horse. The aim is to promote recreational riding on the solid foundation of training appropriate for the recreational rider on well-trained horses .... The calm solving of a task has absolute priority over speed and perfection. “The Code of Conduct of the Fédération Équestre Internationale applies to Hestadagar .
The judges should provide the guideline with comments. The annotated guidelines will be given to the riders on request.
Competition tasks
The Hestadagar concept is based on a multitude of competition options from the areas of gait competitions, couple competitions, couple riding, freestyle tasks, skill, trail , driving and hand horse riding . These include, for example:
- Tölt dexterity (completion of parts of the task that serve to demonstrate the tölt gait in a recreational way )
- Blind guide (A team of a rider on a horse and a blindfolded guide complete tasks.)
- Best of three-speed (three gaits of step , trot , tolt or gallop multiple times or simply shown in a Küraufgabe with specially chosen music)
- Driving from the ground (as an individual task , in the form of a freestyle or as a group competition with popular tasks according to the judges)
and many other possible tasks. The respective task design should be variable and adapted to the existing local situation. If a part of the task is not or not completely fulfilled, this does not lead to disqualification, but rather no points are awarded for this part of the task.
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literature
- IPZV department popular sport (ed.): The Hestadagar concept . 2nd edition, Bad Salzdetfurth 2008, page 3.
- German Equestrian Association (FN) (Hrsg.): Competition regulations for popular sport (WBO): Basic rules, tips and information . Warendorf 2008, ISBN 978-3885424413 .
Footnotes
- ↑ IPZV department popular sport (ed.); The Hestadagar concept, 2nd edition, Bad Salzdetfurth 2008, page 3