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The jumping course in Balve. Show jumping is a relatively new equestrian sport. Until the inclosure acts, which came into force in England in the 18th century, there had been little need for horses to jump fences routinely, but with this act of Parliament came new challenges for those who followed fox hounds. The inclosure acts brought fencing ...
High jump, in which athletes jump over horizontal bars. Long jump, where the objective is to leap horizontally as far as possible. Pole vault, in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to jump over a bar. Triple jump, the objective is to leap horizontally as far as possible, in a series of three jumps
The All England Jumping Course at Hickstead, widely known as Hickstead, is an equestrian centre in West Sussex, England, principally recognised for its showjumping events. It hosts two international competitions: the Al Shira'aa British Jumping Derby Meeting [1] and the Agria Royal International Horse Show. Opened in 1960, Hickstead was the ...
Cassandra Brustkern Glimmer won't hop. Nose in the air, he sniffs the 2-inch-high pole in front of him. It's much lower than obstacles he's cleared while training at home. Nevertheless, he refuses ...
Robert Jolicoeur (born June 15, 1948) is a Canadian landscape architect and designer of FEI international equestrian show jumping courses. He is noted for designing the show jumping courses for a number of major equestrian competitions. He was the jumping course designer for the 1976 Olympic games in Montreal, [1] and designed the entire ...
The youngster has had three months to develop a close connection with his horse, Enjoy de la Mure, their partnership emboldened by a Grand Prix victory in Montefalco, Italy, in May.
Marion competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in both the team and the individual jumping events. In the individual jumping she won a silver medal. [2] In 1970, Coakes won the Hamburg Derby with a clear round–the fiftieth recorded on the course and the first time by a female rider. [4] That year Stroller was the leading show jumper Horse of the ...
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