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Vaulting is gymnastics and dance on a moving horse.
A lunger controls the horse while vaulters perform tricks of dance and gymnastics on its back. For the horse's comfort
there is a thick pad between its bare back and the vaulters. Holding this pad in place is a specialized piece of tack called
a vaulting surcingle which has two handles at its top.
Vaulting has many unique and wonderful features:
Children are able to be challenged at exactly their level because of the infinite variety of exercises available
to them.
Children with no riding experience have the joy of riding on a horse, without the worry of controlling it.
Because the children are not controlling the horse, and are in a contained area with soft footing, it is one of the
safer equestrian sports.
Children learning to ride find their balance greatly improved by vaulting. In fact, this is why the sport was created.
Children get to work individually and together, satisfying both the hunger for personal accomplishment, and the longing
to be part of something bigger.
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