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HALF-PASS [2 records]

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Record 1 2017-10-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
  • Horse Husbandry
DEF

A half-pass, performed from the centre line to the track and back to the centre line, or vice versa.

CONT

The half-pass is also shown in the form of a zig-zag or counter change of hand, requiring flying changes of leg when done in canter.

OBS

half-pass : A foward and sideways movement on two tracks, in which the horse is very slightly bent through the length of his body in the direction in which he is going. Half-pass may be performed in walk, trot or canter.

OBS

Related term : zigzag half-pass.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
  • Élevage des chevaux
DEF

Comme dans le changement de main [manœuvre qui consiste à prendre] l'autre diagonale pour revenir juste avant l'autre coin du côté que l'on vient de quitter.

OBS

Terme connexe : zigzag.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Carreras de caballos y deportes ecuestres
  • Cría de ganado caballar
OBS

Término relacionado: zig-zag.

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Record 2 2015-06-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
DEF

A forward and sideways movement on two tracks, in which the horse is very slighty bent through the length of his body in the direction in which he is going.

CONT

The half-pass is widely used in all advanced dressage and, when well performed, is a very elegant and impressive movement. When performed from one side of the arena to the other it is often referred to as "traversal. "The half-pass is also shown in the form of a zig-zag or counter change of hand, requiring flying changes of leg when done in canter. The horse should be slightly bent in the direction in which he is moving.

OBS

Half-pass may be performed in walk, trot or canter.

OBS

half-pass : term belonging to dressage, an event in equestrian sports.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
DEF

Exercice dans lequel le cheval se déplace latéralement, les antérieurs et les postérieurs sur deux pistes distinctes.

OBS

appuyer : terme propre au dressage, une épreuve en sports équestres; également un air de manège.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Carreras de caballos y deportes ecuestres
CONT

Apoyo. Es una variante de la cabeza al muro, ejecutado sobre la diagonal en vez de a lo largo del muro. Puede ser realizado al trote reunido o a galope reunido […] El caballo debe estar ligeramente incurvado en la dirección del movimiento y alrededor de la pierna interior del jinete.

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