| Horses in sports |
| Paces and Sports |
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| walk |
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| trot |
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| canter |
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| gallop |
| The speed and way that the horse move is called a gait.Horses have 3 different natural gaits, walk, trot, canter. Some people say that the horse has 4. The 3 above plus the Gallop, but, basicaly, the gallop is just a faster canter. Below, are exaple of the 4 gait of the horse. |
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| The Polo is said to be the oldest and fastest team game in the world! It was invented by the Chinese over 1,500 yeas ago. Practiced by Alexandre the great, it was nicknamed " The Sport of the Kings". The game is a little like Ball Hockey but on a horse. The 2 team, composed of about 4 players each, has to, at full gallop, to hit a little ball in the direction of the other team's goal. Every periode, of about 7 min, the riders have a 1 or 2 min break and swiches horse to give the other one a break. they to this about 8 time and they never reuse the same horse!!! |
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| More Sports ( comming soon! ) |
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| The sport is very tiering for the horses, all those stops and goes, turn on a dime at a fast gallop, a polo horse has to be very fit! One of the comon horse used in that sport in the Griollo, its fast, but small, and its strong body makes it perfectly suitable for the game. The sport may be realy dangerous for that rider and the horse. Horses can get preaty bad hits from the stick used for hitting the ball if the rider doesn't pay atention. |
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| Page last updated: 09/24/2004 |