Scurrying demonstration for Dunedin event
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New Zealand’s newest equestrian sport volition characteristic at the Ride the Rhythm final result inwards Dunedin early on adjacent month.
The fast too furious sport of scurry driving has latterly go out the country’s newest equestrian sport, receiving formal recognition from Equestrian Sports New Zealand (ESNZ) equally a Equus caballus sport inwards its ain right.
Scurry NZ, the sports founding body, is laid to demonstrate scurry driving at Forsyth Barr Stadium, when it takes purpose inwards the equestrian programme at Ride the Rhythm on Feb 1.
Scurry NZ founder Jill Stephenson says the demonstration volition conduct keep rigid crowd appeal.
“It’s a really exciting too thrilling sport to watch, alongside horse-drawn carriages travelling at speeds of upwards to 30kmh. “It’s fiercely competitive alongside all historic catamenia groups upwards against each other, from 12 yr olds to lxx yr olds.”
Based inwards Canterbury too straight off inwards its 2nd season, Scurry NZ has xl registered members, including 63-year-old keen granddad Brian Shanks from Dunedin, who volition endure the oldest contender inwards the demonstration.
Brian too his 9-year-old miniature appaloosa nicknamed Spot, qualified for Ride the Rhythm, coming 2nd at the Canterbury A&P Scurry inwards Nov terminal year. He is looking forwards to the event.
“It’s simply such a huge buzz. The nerves laid inwards for a foremost but ane time you’re off, you’re off. The course of written report tin endure done inwards good nether a minute, sometimes inwards l seconds, too the crowd teach actually worked upwards because it is simply too then exciting.
“Spot is likewise pop alongside the crowd because he is quite small, simply 34 too a one-half inches high, but is extremely fast.”
He hoped the demonstration volition encourage others to conduct keep upwards the sport.
Stephenson, a British expat straight off living inwards Christchurch, says the sport is huge inwards Britain.
“It’s a large attraction at many Great Britain shows too involves pairs of ponies pulling a lightweight, four-wheeler railroad vehicle simply about a course of written report of cones simply wider than the carriages. Each laid of cones has balls balanced on the exceed too whatever balls knocked off incur penalties. The winner on the 24-hour interval is the turnout alongside the fastest fourth dimension later on adding penalties for whatever fallen balls.
“Here inwards New Zealand nosotros conduct keep transformed the Great Britain rules to brand scurry driving available to a wider attain of drivers too anything from a unmarried miniature Equus caballus to a squad of Clydesdale horses tin compete. We likewise permit private racers too 2 wheeler carriages. In fourth dimension nosotros envisage that, similar the UK, the fastest turnouts volition indeed endure pairs of ponies.”
The scurry-driving final result is the 4th on the programme at Ride the Rhythm, alongside an expected foremost fourth dimension at 5.15pm.
Following the equestrian events, British pop grouping The Hollies hand their solely South Island concert on their 50th Anniversary World Tour.
More information: www.ridetherhythm.co.nz
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