Horses

Trail riding can be fun and enjoyable. Some places you can rent a horse and go trail riding for your own enjoyment. Trails can help make the horse stronger by going up hills or down them. Trail riding helps the horse with different terrians.

There are trail ride competitions where you must open a gate and walk through or cross a puddle of water. A lot of horses are afraid of water and will go around, so you need to find a way to make the horse go through. It takes a lot of time a practice but practice makes perfect. When you approach a gate you turn your horse sidewase, open, walk through, and shut it. There are more obstacls but these are common.

Horses

There are different types of jumping courses. Here are some of the different kinds of jumps: vertical, wall, triple bar, cross rail, hogsback, and filler. Some jumps include water obstacles to challenge the horses and trainers. Some horses are afraid of water and this can cause disaster.



Vertical jumps consists of pole or planks placed above each other with no space. Wall jumps are bricks but made out of lighter material in case the horse knocks one off. The wall resembles and actually brick wall. A triple bar has three bars placedd at different heights. A cross rail consists of two poles crossed like an X with on end on the ground, this helps the horse learning how to jump. Hogsback  has three rails where the tallest pole is in the center. A filler is like a box of flowers or water under the jump.

Equestrian Events

In Equestrian Events you work towards points, and championship awards. Your points are based off events, such as: Jumping, Cross Country, and Dressage. Each event except Dressage are timed. Depending on how fast you complete race determines how many points you earned, and you can also be penalized for hitting an obstacle. If you hit to many obstacles you will be disqualified.

There is three different events: Dressage, Cross-Country, and Jumping. The first event is Dressage, this shows the judges how beautiful the horse can move and listen to the rider. Riders use different movements to make their horse impressive. The scoring chart is based from zero to ten, and ten being the best.

Cross-Country is the second event, this consists of water, jumping, and trail riding. The goal is to be as quick through this event without falling off and getting disqualified. You cannot do a jump more than once if you make a mistake.

The final event is Jumping. In this event they have props for you to jump and if your horse knocks one down you get a penalty. You want to be a quick and precise in this event to do very well.