endurance riding
Noun: - A competitive equestrian sport: Endurance riding is a sport where horse and rider compete in races over very long distances, often 50 to 100 miles or more, within a set time frame. The primary challenge is the horse's stamina, fitness, and ability to recover, with veterinary checks conducted throughout to ensure the animal's welfare.
Endurance riding tests the partnership between horse and rider across challenging terrain. The goal is not necessarily to finish first, but to complete the course with a horse that is deemed "fit to continue" by veterinarians at mandatory checkpoints.
- Noun:
- She trained her Arabian horse for endurance riding, focusing on building its stamina.
- The 100-mile endurance riding event crossed mountains and deserts.
- Veterinary checks are a crucial part of endurance riding to prevent animal exhaustion.
- "to compete in endurance riding": to participate in this specific equestrian discipline.
- After years of trail riding, she decided to compete in endurance riding.
Endurance ride (n): A specific instance or event of endurance riding.
- The Tevis Cup is a famous 100-mile endurance ride.
Endurance rider (n): A person who participates in endurance riding.
- As an endurance rider, she spends hours on the trail each week.
- Long-distance riding: A general term for riding over extended distances, though not necessarily competitive.
- Trail riding: Recreational riding on trails, which can be a foundation for but is distinct from the competitive sport of endurance riding.
"Fit to continue": The veterinary judgment required for a horse to proceed in an endurance riding competition.
- The horse passed the pulse and respiration check and was judged fit to continue.
"Ride and tie": A related but distinct sport involving teams of two riders and one horse, alternating riding and running.
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riding for long hours over long distances