Taken from www.horseridinglesson.co.uk, this article is quite handy in outlining how the Show Jumping at the 2012 Olympics is planned to pan out. Considering that the UK is the home of show jumping, lets hope that our 2012 Olympic riders can win a good haul of medals.
As one of the sports in which the Great [...]
http://www.britishopenshowjumping.com/whats-on/timetables/
The British open showlumping championships have released all their provisional timetables for the event over 7th-10th of April. Times are subject to change but it should give you a basic idea of where you want to be and when so that you can catch all of your favourite events.
This mini guide outlines how to start the process of learning how yo jump with your horse. Even the best showjumpers has to start somewhere, this should help you.
The first thing is to get a horse, taller horses are generally much better at jumping with Thoroughbreds and Warmbloods being the most popular breeds.
Begin by riding [...]
I saw this on www.britishopenshowjumping.com, outlining their plans for this years British Open Showjumping Championships 2010.
Grandstand Event Management, is excited to announce another fantastic indoor shopping experience within the Shopping Pavilion at this year’s British Open Show Jumping Championships (7th – 10th April 2010 at Birmingham’s NEC).
Visitors to the event will be able to browse [...]
taken from www.horseandhound.co.uk
Horse sport bosses have agreed that hyperflexion or “rollkur” is not acceptable in the warm-up at international events.
A round-table conference hosted by the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) today (Tuesday 9 February) unanimously agreed that any form of aggressive riding must lead to punishment under FEI rules.
The group — which included vets, welfare experts [...]
If you compete in showjumping or plan to in the future, you might want to consider horse insurance. Horses are expensive, as are their vets bills and should an accident happen, you don’t want to find yourself in a situation you can’t pay for. Horses can be as expensive to buy and maintain as a [...]
The Irish showjumping team has pledged to donate any prize money won at the Nations Cup in Abu Dhabi on Friday (February 5) to the relief effort in Haiti.
Irish chef d’equipe Robert Splaine said that riders had been struck by the devastation caused by the Haitian earthquake on 12 January and wanted to make a [...]
This is a quick overview of the basic rules of showjumping for those of you that are interested in starting to jump with your horse.
Taken from HorseRidingLesson.co.uk
Every club will organise a showjumping competition every once in a while. Some clubs may alter the rules slightly to suit their own purposes but the official British Showjumping [...]