show+jumping

__ What is show jumping? __

Dangerous sport:

Show jumping is one of the most dangerous sports in the world. It is all about to jump over different fences, which are standing on a course, with fewer penalties.

Competitions:

You go to competitions and meet other jumpers. the competitions can be all over the country. sometimes you have to have your horse in another stable if the competition is far away. before you are going to jump, you hav to show the competition leeders the horses passport, if you dont have it you have to go home. when you are on competitios, you ca ride the horse on another track before you jump the course.

Obstacles:

Obstackles is also called fences The obstacles may vary from verticals, spreads, double and triple combinations. __ Rules: __

Disqualification:

When your horse refuse in front of a fence tree times are you disqualified, or if you fall of. when the judge is blowing in a flute 3 times, you can jump the fence on time and then walk out.

Rating:

When you win at a competition you get a white, blue and red loop, if you get a second place is the loop red, if you get a third place is the loop blue, if you get a fourth place is the loop green and if you get a 5, 6,7,8… or more is the loop yellow. 1/3 always gets a loop, if 50 starts in a jumper class only 16 of them get a loop.

At some competitions Is the jumper class different, some times can you win if you ride fast, sometimes can you win if you ride pretty, or you can win if you have lesser penalties than the others.

You always have to remember to take the judge in his/her hands, if you get a prize.

__ Class dividing: __ LD-Ma

LD-MA is pony classes, LD is 50 cm for the littlest pony, the category 3, it is under 130 cm, LD is 60 cm for the category 2 pony, that is under 140 cm, and LD is 70 cm for the biggest pony, the category 1, that is under 148 cm. after LD it is LB and LA, MB and MA it always increases with 10 centimetres.

60-160

60-160 centimetres are horse classes. On District competitions you can jump from 60 centimetres to 140 centimetres.

Gran prix

On grand Prix competitions you can jump from 150 centimetres to 160 centimetres, at pony competitions you can jump from MA to MA+5.

__ Famous jumpers: __ Geir Gulliksen:

Geir Gulliksen is one of Norwegians best show jumpers, he lives at Lierskogen and is a general manager and a horse seller. His best result is bronze in the Olympics, but unfortunately they lost there medal.

Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum.

Meredith Michaels Beerbaum is the worlds best show jumper, she is married to another great show jumper Markus Beerbaum and sister in law to the Olympic winner Ludvig Beerbaum. Meredith’s best result is 1 place in world championship tree times.

Tina and Charlotte Lund are to Danish twins that are in the top. Tina is the most known of them, she is 10 times Danish championship winner, tree times Nordic championship winner and one time European championship winner. Charlotte Lund is on the Danish team with her sister, she got a bronze in European championship, when she was a young rider. She was also Nordic champion when she was a junior rider.