Learn the top core exercises for horse riders. Horse riders often focus more on the movement of their horse and forget about their riding position. Your core is important because your riding position impacts on your own body, the forces going through the saddle, and the movement of the horse. Here at Sport and Spinal we can assist with your riding position and help you avoid long-term injury. A strong core is important for horse riders. It helps provide shock absorption, keeps your riding position symmetrical and balanced, and allows better control during more difficult maneuvers such as pivots. A lack of core stability results in excessive movement in the saddle, which can interfere with the communication to your horse. In addition, an unbalanced position leads to asymmetry in the saddle, and places unfavourable loads through the body. This can lead to musculoskeletal pain, such as low back pain, and stiffness.
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If you thought that equestrian sports were for upper class twits and the nearest the working classes should get to them is putting a tenner on the 3 30 at Chepstow then you ought to get yourself to Central Asia. Here in Uzbekistan, kupkari, the local variant of the traditional, regional game more commonly known as Buzkashi, is a sport for real men, on the kind of tough horses, which, if in England, would probably call your horse a poof, give it a headbutt and shag the nearest filly before going down the pub for a few pints of lager for breakfast. The carcass is disemboweled and sewn back up, if not they would certainly be leaving entrails all over the pitch by the time a few horses have trampled over it. The next goat is ready to go and will be totally tenderised by the end of the game, ideal for the bbq. Arriving in Samarkand in time for Navruz Persian new year guaranteed a game would be found somewhere, as it is an essential part of the seasonal celebrations. If the locals were not going to be put off by the freezing temperatures and relentless drizzle I could not afford to wuss out so I found myself on a muddy bank at the edge of a field near Urgut, overlooked by time-worn rocky hills whose grass is kept uniformly, bowling green short by hungry ruminants. Despite the appearance of having a set of rules more characterised by their absence, a duty of fair play is demanded of the riders, so no thumping other players or pulling them off their horses. The aim of the game is fairly straight forward: grab the goat, hang it over the saddle and get it to the preordained spot, in this case in front of the truck which served as a grandstand for the judge and master of ceremonies. Although my equestrian career started and finished at the age of three when I fell off a horse at the local fete I can say with reasonable confidence that even hanging out of the saddle to reach down to the ground on an average size and stationary horse is not that easy, but to lift up a bloody great goat carcass whilst being buffeted by a horde of crazed horses and riders all trying to do the same thing seems not only next to impossible but an ideal fast track appointment to the spinal injuries unit.
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Equestrianism from Latin equester , equestr- , equus , 'horseman', 'horse' , [2] commonly known as horse riding British English or horseback riding American English , [3] includes the disciplines of riding, driving , and vaulting. This broad description includes the use of horses for practical working purposes, transportation, recreational activities, artistic or cultural exercises, and competitive sport. Horses are trained and ridden for practical working purposes, such as in police work or for controlling herd animals on a ranch. They are also used in competitive sports including dressage , endurance riding , eventing , reining , show jumping , tent pegging , vaulting , polo , horse racing , driving , and rodeo see additional equestrian sports listed later in this article for more examples. Some popular forms of competition are grouped together at horse shows where horses perform in a wide variety of disciplines. Horses and other equids such as mules are used for non-competitive recreational riding such as fox hunting , trail riding , or hacking. There is public access to horse trails in almost every part of the world; many parks, ranches , and public stables offer both guided and independent riding.
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