Talk:Horse jumping obstacles

Merged

There were only a couple of other obstacle articles out there, so I merged them in and renamed the article to encompass all jumping obstacles. A bit bold, but I think it works. Montanabw^(talk) 22:21, 30 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

How far - length not height - can a horse jump?

Am trying to find out. Have heard up to 30ft, don't quite believe it, so, lengthwise on flat ground, what's the largest ditch a horse can clear, typically, and as a world record, with a good running start. Help appreciated. Thanks 92.24.119.144 (talk) 20:45, 2 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I need to add a wikilink to Jumping (horse) in this article! Over in that article, there is a cited sentence that says "The world record long jump was set on April 26, 1975 by a horse named "Something" ridden by a Mr. Andre Ferreira. This pair jumped a distance of 8.40 meters (27 ft. 6 in.)." Long jumping is a discontinued Olympic sport, but when it was offered, the gold medalists were winning at about 18 to 20 feet or so. Montanabw^(talk) 04:14, 3 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your answer! A link as you mentioned seems a good idea for this page. 78.149.137.172 (talk) 12:44, 4 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Corner

This picture attached to 'Corner' does not match the description. The description seems to be closer to this photo (found on Google, I don't know the copyright status). Notice that the horse is jumping over one corner, on a line perpendicular to the bisecting line, and that it would be possible to bank the jump since it's solid in the middle. Which is wrong - the description or the photo? geeoharee (talk) 21:09, 22 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Did some digging and I think the answer is "both" this is a good example of both designs the more advanced structures seem to have a top, the novice ones don't. This book, p 102-3 describes the training process, which begins on open one, and beginning eventing riders seem to start on this type as well. Later they may move up to solid ones like this, but I can see a LOT of safety hazards in that design (yikes). So the photo in the article looks like an open corner fence of some sort, though the horse isn't jumping it as one -- or at least is an open corner design of some sort. Probably need to tweak the description. Montanabw^(talk) 20:10, 25 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Bullfinch

Why is it called that?? 2A00:23C7:E284:CF00:6DDC:2FAB:F14A:1985 (talk) 22:46, 17 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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