Equestrian events begins its debut in the 9th Asian Games which held at New Delhi, India. Men and women riders can compete at the same course. Asian Games 2010 also includes the Event Equestrian

Equestrian Dressage

Dressage is also named as “Equestrian Ballet”. The object of dressage is the development of the horse into a happy athlete through harmonious education. As a result, it makes happen the horse calm, supple, loose and flexible, but also confident, attentive and keen, So horse getting perfect understanding with his rider.

Equestrian Jumping

Jumping was held in a sand land or grassland with 90mx60m course. A jumping competition is one in which the combination of horse and competitor is tested under various conditions over a course of obstacles. If a competitor makes certain faults, such as knocking down an obstacle, refusing, exceeding the time allowed, etc..

Equestrian Eventing

Eventing consists of three parts: Dressage, Jumping and cross-country test. The cross-country test is the most important part in the eventing tests in principle. Comparatively speaking, the importance of dressage is slighly inferior to jumping. So the routes, obstacles and other conditions of cross-country test and jumping should be set up correspondingly to guarantee proportion described above as much as possible.

Asian Games 2010 Equestrian – Schedule