When Georgia Calder first rode Pixie, the horse didn’t even know how to step over a pole on the ground. She could not canter more than three strides. Why? Pixie had just finished her career as a pacing Standardbred racehorse. It had only been days before that she’d raced her last race. Pixie was too…
One of the exciting events at the Washington International Horse Show is the Children’s Jumping Championship, offering $10,000 in prize money. The picture above shows the course for this year’s Children’s Championship. As you will see, there is plenty of math in show jumping. Learning to read the course design and understand the written information is…
A new world side saddle high jump record was set in 2012 at the National Showing and Showjumping Show in Aintree, England. Susan Oakes traveled all the way from County Meade in Northern Ireland to Aintree to take part in the competition. Riding Brandy And Red, she jumped 5ft 9in to set a new side saddle…
The 2012 summer Olympics in London marked a milestone for international equestrian sport. The first Olympic Games to include dressage, show jumping and eventing took place a century before at the Stockholm, Sweden games. The three equestrian events have been held at every Olympics since then. 1. What was the year the equestrian events of…
Ashley Keary, 14, from Brockville, Ontario returned home a bronze medalist from the 2012 FEI International Children’s Jumping Competition in Hong Kong. Ashley qualified for the horse jumping final, held Jan. 10-15, 2012 by posting strong results in competition last summer. She was the only competitor from Canada invited to compete. The event was held…
Math is involved at a fast pace when jumping a horse. An average a horse’s stride is 12 feet long, and a rider must figure out during the approach to a jump how to influence the horse’s stride to make the distance to the jump perfect. Do you need to lengthen or shorten your horse’s…