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A new terrain
Yesterday I joined an adults’ lesson at my new equestrian club. About 10 people, 9 ladies and one gentleman. When I entered the arena, I was happy to realize that an all-adult group was warming up and, of course, I joined them. That time I was on Burt, a quite lazy horse, I have to say! Carole walked in a took us to a grassy yard at the back of the school. I loved the sound made by the horses’ shoes as we walked across the livery! Eventually we reached a grassy field full of jumps. Carole made corners and had us to trot around. The problem was, that it…
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Studying jumping
Yeap! After a year of riding, now I learn how to jump! Well, don’t expect miracles, I have not made a successful jump yet. There is a difference between learning to jump and jumping successfully. I’m in the former situation for now. And it’s OK, given the fact that it took me a year to learn how to trot. Since I like studying very much, I thought I should first understand the mechanics of a jump, that is how the horse’s body works on a jump and how the human body must be positioned. I found what I needed on the Jumping page of Wikipedia. The author of the article explains each of the four…
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The Athens Olympic equestrian complex
Yesterday I wrote about the history of the Greek racing and the establishments in which it used to and takes place. I wrote that today the only race course in Greece is situated in the super modern centre in Markopoulo, 8km from Athens International Airport. Today, after a visit to the official website of Markopoulo I’m writing about the entire equestrian complex that accommodates the race course, together with other equestrian sports. So, according to the website, the entire complex is 940,000 square metres in size. It accommodates a plethora of arenas, including The main, sodded show jumping arena (90 x 120m) The main, sand dressage arena (80 x 40m)…
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Furusiyya-Man & Horse – Documentary
Today I watched on YouTube a documentary on Saudi Arabia’s national equestrian team. Although from the comments below I assume that there have been dopping incidents within that team, the documentary is indeed impressive, at least for a newbie in the sport. I loved the fact that, patience, dedication, resilience and keep-going attitude are featured on this documentary.