Show jumping is a competitive equestrian event in which horse and rider are required to jump, usually within a time limit, a series of obstacles that have been designed for a particular show. It is a part of a group of English riding equestrian events that also includes dressage and eventing.
Show jumping started on July 28, 1868 with the inaugural Dublin Horse Show, the brainchild of hunting enthusiast Lord Howth. On that occasion, there were four days of competition where horses would negotiate the High Leap, the Wide Leap and the Stone Wall. At the time the sport was known as Lepping.
Lepping competitions were brought to Britain a year later when a “competition for leaping horses” was included in the program of an Agricultural Hall Society horse show in London. By 1900 most of the more important shows in Britain had Lepping classes.
Theodore Roosevelt was nicknamed The Man on Horseback. In 1886, his horse, Hempstead beat the world equine record for high jumping, clearing 6ft 8 in at the New York Horse Show.
Italian cavalry officer and equestrian, Captain Federico Caprilli (April 8, 1868 - December 6, 1907), heavily influenced the world of jumping with his ideas promoting a forward position with shorter stirrups. This style, now known as the forward seat, placed the rider in a position that did not interfere with the balance of the horse while negotiating obstacles. Due to his developments, the Italian cavalry began to dominate international competition, and riders came from countries around the world to study Caprilli's system. The forward seat formed the modern-day technique used by all jumping riders today.
The first major show jumping competition held in England was at Olympia in 1907. Most of the competitors were members of the military.
Horse jumping events were held at the 1900 Olympic Games in Paris and show jumping has been held at every Olympics from 1912 in both individual and team competition.
The Badminton Horse Trials were held for the first time on April 20, 1949. It was the second three-day event held in Britain, with the first being its inspiration – the 1948 Olympics and was won by John Shedden, on Golden Willow. Golden Willow, five years old at the time, is also the youngest horse to win, and wouldn’t qualify today as horses must be at least seven.
The tenor Luciano Pavarotti was also an equestrian expert. He organized the Pavarotti International, an international show jumping circuit competition.
Show jumping is one of the very few sports where men and women are completely equal in competition.
The horses in Olympic equestrian events have their own passports and fly business class.
In Sweden there is a rabbit show jumping competition called Kaninhoppning.
Sources Encyclopedia Britannica, Equilifeworld
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Show jumping started on July 28, 1868 with the inaugural Dublin Horse Show, the brainchild of hunting enthusiast Lord Howth. On that occasion, there were four days of competition where horses would negotiate the High Leap, the Wide Leap and the Stone Wall. At the time the sport was known as Lepping.
Lepping competitions were brought to Britain a year later when a “competition for leaping horses” was included in the program of an Agricultural Hall Society horse show in London. By 1900 most of the more important shows in Britain had Lepping classes.
Theodore Roosevelt was nicknamed The Man on Horseback. In 1886, his horse, Hempstead beat the world equine record for high jumping, clearing 6ft 8 in at the New York Horse Show.
Italian cavalry officer and equestrian, Captain Federico Caprilli (April 8, 1868 - December 6, 1907), heavily influenced the world of jumping with his ideas promoting a forward position with shorter stirrups. This style, now known as the forward seat, placed the rider in a position that did not interfere with the balance of the horse while negotiating obstacles. Due to his developments, the Italian cavalry began to dominate international competition, and riders came from countries around the world to study Caprilli's system. The forward seat formed the modern-day technique used by all jumping riders today.
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The first major show jumping competition held in England was at Olympia in 1907. Most of the competitors were members of the military.
Horse jumping events were held at the 1900 Olympic Games in Paris and show jumping has been held at every Olympics from 1912 in both individual and team competition.
The Badminton Horse Trials were held for the first time on April 20, 1949. It was the second three-day event held in Britain, with the first being its inspiration – the 1948 Olympics and was won by John Shedden, on Golden Willow. Golden Willow, five years old at the time, is also the youngest horse to win, and wouldn’t qualify today as horses must be at least seven.
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The tenor Luciano Pavarotti was also an equestrian expert. He organized the Pavarotti International, an international show jumping circuit competition.
Show jumping is one of the very few sports where men and women are completely equal in competition.
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The horses in Olympic equestrian events have their own passports and fly business class.
In Sweden there is a rabbit show jumping competition called Kaninhoppning.
Sources Encyclopedia Britannica, Equilifeworld
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