Canter
The canter , also known as Canter , is a light, relaxed canter that can be used to loosen up and relax, but also to build up the condition of young horses . This gait can be maintained over long distances by horse and rider .
With the Kanter, the rider avoids any influence on the horse as far as possible. To do this, he goes into the light seat and holds the horse by the long rein . In a canter gallop, a horse covers around 300 to 400 meters per minute - this corresponds to a speed of 18 to 24 kilometers per hour.
In the American- speaking world , canter describes a slow canter in contrast to gallop .
The term Kantersieg is derived from the term Kanter .
origin
The name is of English origin and was first used in the Canterbury Tales of the 14th century with "Canterbury gallop", "Canterbury pace" or "Canterbury trot" as an expression for the pilgrims who rode to Canterbury on horseback to the shrine of Thomas Beckets to visit - the otherwise much more arduous pilgrimage thus simplified, but rode more leisurely than usual.
From this, the verb "to canter", which was first verifiable in English in 1755, developed, which was adopted for formulations such as "to ride a horse at a canter" in equestrian sport for the gait between gallop and trot and later also in German with Kanter as a name for "Light gallop" or "work gallop" prevailed.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Louis G. Heller, Alexander Humez, Malcah Dror: The private lives of English words. Pp. 33/34
- ↑ Merriam-Webster's 2002. ISBN 08-7779-809-5 . P. 181
- ^ Arthur Penrhyn Stanley: Historical memorials of Canterbury. P. 210.