Riding off

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Solve before a dressage test
Warm up before a driving test

Riding off is in equestrian sports , the warm-up called the horse. All horses must be warmed up before the actual work and cooled down after work, including vaulting, driving and work horses. One also speaks of the "solution phase" because this is intended to relieve tension and stiffness by increasing the blood supply to the muscles and ligaments and thereby loosening them, and the muscles are warmed up.

The first phase of riding is a 10-20 minute step phase, during which not only the muscles are warmed up, but also more synovial fluid is formed. The synovial fluid reduces the friction in the joint and thus prevents cartilage damage and osteoarthritis . At tournaments, in addition to the actual tournament area, there must always be a work area for the respective disciplines.

After work, every horse has to be cooled down again.

Goal setting

The primary goal of the training is to keep the horse healthy; Specifically, it should lead to the physical and psychological relaxation of horse and rider, that is, to freedom . Right from the start, you should pay attention to rhythmic riding and diligent forward movement, i.e. swing in trot and canter. The horse's back is made to swing and the horse is ready to stretch forward, downward, to 'give its back'. For Seunig, frequent snorting is the “ catharsis in the art of riding” and signals the horse's slackness, that is, the “release of physical or mental tensions that have existed to a lesser or greater degree” and is rewarded with praise. Over the solution phase also should support be achieved, and depending on the level of training of the horse, it is at the end of the solution phase Assembly ready . All sub-steps of the training scale are thus affected.

Overall, riding leads to an increase in "willingness to perform, performance" and "inner satisfaction of the horse"; thereby "nervous horses become calmer and energetic horses more industrious". When riding before dressage tests, the horse is reminded of "the individual lessons" of the test task.

execution

The duration and structure of the solution phase depend on the individual circumstances. It begins with a step phase of at least 10 minutes on the long or surrendered rein and lasts about 30 minutes in total. Then at the latest, the serenity should be achieved. Before dressage tests, the guidelines recommend that you set an hour for the riding-in: "According to all experience, the riding-in before a test was seldom too long, but often too short." Before jumping competitions, it is important to ensure a "sufficiently long step phase". Differences result from the special features of the horses and the experience of the rider: “Lazy, lazy horses need a shorter but more intensive workload. The rider should ride forward more and thereby 'wake up' the horse. Fierce, easily aroused horses need a longer training phase. ”After they are relaxed and permeable, there are then“ a few test jumps ”.

Solution phase lessons

with more advanced level of training additionally:

  • Reduce and enlarge the square
  • Trespassing on the open circle side
  • switch through the circle
  • Riding an eight
  • Reduce and enlarge the circle
Cooling during the ride
Cooling during a forced break from a distance ride, at the same time the horse is guided so that it does not get cold

Lessons in the solution phase before jumping competitions

after achieving serenity:

Riding is not very effective if the horse is "exercised in a numbing or tiring manner". Therefore, when riding - whether during training or before exams - it is important to ensure variety and adequate breaks (pauses). Riding on the long reins is ideal for relaxation and reward after work.

cooling down

To prevent damage to health, every horse must be dry-led, ridden dry or driven dry after work. One speaks of “riding dry”, “riding dry” or “guiding dry” because the sweat evaporates. A sweaty horse is prone to colds because the coat does not dry as quickly as, for example, wet skin.

The dry riding after the work phase is a recovery phase and allows the horse to breathe. Heart and breathing rates normalize again, relaxation and satisfaction should be ensured. It corresponds to the cool down of people after sport. The horse not only comes to rest, it also releases any tension . The calm movement after exertion also prevents " sore muscles ".

In extreme heat and heavy loads, so long, fast rides with or without obstacles , such as endurance rides , the country riding in the versatility or hunting and even in horse racing are the horses in port or in forced breaks cooled with water. After cooling with water, the horses must again be run dry before they can be put into the stable, pasture or the transporter.

Riding off

polo

When riding or pushing in polo, an opposing player may be pushed off the line with his own body or the horse.

literature

  • Guidelines for riding and driving. Vol. 1: Basic training for rider and horse . Published by the German Equestrian Association (FNverlag), 26th edition, Warendorf 1994, ISBN 3-88542-262-X
  • Guidelines for riding and driving. Vol. 2: Advanced training . Published by the German Equestrian Association (FNverlag), 12th edition, Warendorf 1997, ISBN 3-88542-283-2
  • Waldemar Seunig: From the paddock to the caper. The training of the riding horse . With an afterword by Bertold Schirg. 2. Reprint of the edition Berlin 1943, Hildesheim etc. 2001 ( Documenta Hippologica ), ISBN 3-487-08348-5

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Guidelines Volume 1 , p. 93
  2. ↑ Warm up: How to warm up your horse properly , Britta Schöffmann, Horse Revue Austria, November 14, 2014
  3. ↑ Seunig, p. 166
  4. ↑ a b Guidelines Volume 1 , p. 95
  5. ↑ a b Guidelines Volume 2 , p. 111
  6. ↑ thermography , freundpferd.de, accessed on April 23, 2017
  7. ↑ a b c d Guidelines Volume 2 , p. 193
  8. ↑ Guidelines Volume , p. 192
  9. ↑ Guidelines Volume 1 , p. 94