tigers_eye
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Report and pics in pic gallery - it must have taken me about 2 hours!
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FEI Eventing World Cup Final
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SJFAN
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Lovely illustrated report - thank you. Liked the rabbit jumping - reminds me that as kids, my best friend and I used to show jump hamsters, having built the courses predominantly with Lego. Also got my cat jumping round a decent size course in the garden - using such things as brooms for poles. Mind you cats are a lot deal more athletic than hamsters!
tigers_eye
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Perhaps it's an avenue I shall pursue when I get bored of horses! Sound slike you could have a "small pets open" class... jumping rats/gerbils anyone?! They did seem to take it very seriously, and their jumps were beautifully presented!
SJFAN
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It could catch on couldn't it? They are generally much cheaper to maintain than horses and ponies - of course dog agility is already very popular in Britain. The hamsters did actually seem to enjoy the challenge! The cat loved jumping anyway. I have a set of photos of him in action, but none of the hamsters I regret to say.
SJFAN
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Look at what I came across when I was looking for something quite different!
Rabbit show jumping
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Rabbit jumping over a fence at a competition.Rabbit show jumping is a competition in which trained domestic rabbits leap over appropriately sized obstacles.
This novelty sport began in the late 1970s in Sweden. It was popularized in the United Kingdom following an appearance on the TV show That's Life!. There are more than fifty rabbit show jumping clubs throughout Scandinavia.
Some consider the practice to be laughable, considering it a parody of more "serious" competitions such as equestrian show jumping. However, trainers and devotees take it very seriously. The sport depends on the type of rabbit, with separate competitions for small long-haired rabbits and big short-haired rabbits.
The official world record in high jump for rabbits is 99.5 cm (39.17 inches). The official world record in long jump for rabbits is 300 cm (118.11 inches).
Rabbit show jumping
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search
Rabbit jumping over a fence at a competition.Rabbit show jumping is a competition in which trained domestic rabbits leap over appropriately sized obstacles.
This novelty sport began in the late 1970s in Sweden. It was popularized in the United Kingdom following an appearance on the TV show That's Life!. There are more than fifty rabbit show jumping clubs throughout Scandinavia.
Some consider the practice to be laughable, considering it a parody of more "serious" competitions such as equestrian show jumping. However, trainers and devotees take it very seriously. The sport depends on the type of rabbit, with separate competitions for small long-haired rabbits and big short-haired rabbits.
The official world record in high jump for rabbits is 99.5 cm (39.17 inches). The official world record in long jump for rabbits is 300 cm (118.11 inches).