Vaulting horse
A Voltigierpferd is specially designed for use in vaulting trained horse . It should be calm, good-natured, good-natured, and patient.
It must be able to gallop persistently - in group competitions, depending on the performance class, up to 12 minutes - and have a lively, steady, yet calm canter . Since the vaulting man gets the momentum for his exercises from the horse, irregularities in the gallop as well as too much or too little momentum have a direct effect on the quality of the exercise. This is also where the difficulty of vaulting lies, because the athlete must be able to completely rely on his horse.
Age
The minimum age of a vaulting horse for international competitions is seven years, for national competitions six years. From around the age of 5, a horse is able to meet the physical and psychological requirements so that the horse can be trained.
Exterior
In order to offer vaulters the necessary space and to survive the stresses and strains in a healthy way, a vaulting horse should have a wide, flat, insensitive back, a wide, slightly sloping croup , a not too pronounced withers , a broad chest and healthy, strong legs . It should also be big enough for the performance groups. Most vaulting horses are between 1.70 m and 1.85 m tall, but there is no prescribed size.
equipment
The horse wears a vaulting belt with a belt pad (made of foam) and a solid pad underneath that protects the horse's back. It also contributes, as when riding well, a bridle and side reins (the tournament) or Dreieckszügel (during training and broad sporting competitions). Vaulting horses can also be lungeed with cavesson instead of the bridle and presented at competitions. The lunge is attached to the bridle or cavesson , with which the lunge guide, together with the telescope, whips the horse from the center of the circle (18 m diameter) “directs”. To protect the legs, they can be bandaged or fitted with gaiters and possibly jumping bells. Mane (and tail) can be braided in tournaments, but this is not absolutely necessary.
Horse grade in tournament sport
In vaulting, the interaction between horse, lunge guide and vaulting man is of fundamental importance. Logically, the performance of the lunge guide and horse are included in the overall evaluation of a vaulting test. Evaluation criteria are purity of the gait, slackness , back and mouth activity, swing , leaning against and obedience of the horse, lunging technique and giving of help. Internationally, the horse grade was introduced in 1997 to document that vaulting is an equestrian sport . This was a response to the critical demand to outsource vaulting from the FEI , as it should rather be classified as a gymnastics sport. This was also intended to ensure the high quality of the horses in international competitions. At world and European championships , the horse mark makes up about 10% of the total result and is awarded by two judges who are exclusively responsible for assessing the lunge guide and the horse. In German tournament sport there are no separate horse judges and the horse mark (except in double vaulting with 20%) has a smaller share in the overall result (about 5% to 8% depending on the performance class and discipline).
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Fédération Équestre Internationale (FEI): Rules for Vaulting Events (PDF; 870 kB), p. 10, accessed: October 30, 2011
- ^ German Equestrian Association : Performance Examination Regulations (Edition 2000), FN-Verlag, Warendorf 1999, p. 79
- ↑ Susanne Henning: Interview with Helma Schwarzmann, excerpt from DRV magazine No. 163, November 2006. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; Retrieved October 28, 2010 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
