![]() The old adage "Slow is smooth, smooth is fast" applies here too. As with everything, you take it step by step, learning the basics of shooting on the ground, then apply those principles to sitting on your horse, first at a walk, then at a trot, then at a canter and eventually at a gallop. Good horsemanship is the most challenging aspect of this sport. Here is a link to a great resource for this information: Īnybody who has a horse and can ride well enough can participate. These are the most popular tracks but there are many others and new competitions crop up all the time. The Modern track combines horsemanship, dressage and ranch riding skills such as jumping, water obstacles, dismounting and remounting, opening and closing gates, stringing the bow while riding and more. More advanced clubs are now adding in ambidextrous shooting, jumps and obstacles to develop more horsemanship skills within the community. The length of the track varies as do the targets, some of which might be three dimensional animal shaped realistic targets. The Hunt or Polish track consists of a cross country style track with targets at various distances on both sides. This is particularly challenging as the competitor has to shoot almost directly overhead while riding under the targets. The Qabaq track has one or more dinner plate size targets on the top of seven meter poles alongside the track with a 14 second time limit. The Skirmish track has one target on the start line, one front, one side, and one back shot and an offside shot at the end of the track with a 14 second time limit to canter the 90 meter track. The competitor can shoot as many arrows at all three targets as possible with points awarded for crossing the finish line under 18 seconds. The Tower or Hungarian track consists of a 90 or 110 meter track with a tower of three targets halfway down the track. The competitor shoots one arrow at each target and has 14 seconds to canter from start to finish with points awarded for crossing the finish line under the allowed time. The Raid or Korean track consists of a 90 meter track with one to five targets on one side of the track. ![]() This has been a great way for clubs to keep up their competitive skills during the pandemic. There are also monthly "postal" competitions, whereby competitors submit scores online for the postal of the month and the results are posted online as well. Competition tracks are usually competed on at the canter but some competitions have walk/trot categories. Horse archery has since become popular around the world with many different styles of competition tracks. Left handed archers ride in the opposite direction, shooting the same targets. In the mid 1980s, horse archery was started up as sport using a straight track to shoot targets on one side. A few lead riders would lead the entire charge with all the others following behind. Herd life creates a bond between the horses so the Mongolians were able to ride and shoot without having to guide their horses with reins. It is thought that the Mongolians' horses stayed together in battle as they live in herds and are not kept separately in stables. Archery from horseback has since been used all over the world in war, probably most successfully by the Mongolians who lived on their horses and rode into battle in the tens of thousands, while conquering lands as far west as Hungary. Horse archery is believed to have originated on the battlefield with the Scythians on chariots around the 4th or 5th century BC until they decided it was easier to mano e ver a horse around the battlefield than a chariot.
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