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40-455: The crupper consists of a loop (the crupper itself) and an adjustable strap (crupper strap or back strap) that connects the crupper to back of a riding saddle or the other parts of a harness. The strap runs from the horse's dock , over the croup , to the saddle or to the back band (sometimes called the saddle) of a harness . Usually made of leather, the crupper loop is stuffed, traditionally with linseed to keep it supple in use, and molded into

80-405: A galloping rider tries to pass the point of his weapon through a suspended ring); lemon sticking (in which the rider tries to stab or slice a lemon suspended from a cord or sitting on a platform); quintain tilting (in which the rider charges a mannequin mounted on a swivelling or rocking pedestal); and mounted archery . A given tent pegging competition's rules specify the size and composition of

120-490: A mule crupper is mentioned several times, and it is translated as "crupper" in two 18th-century English translations. Cruppers were once part of the standard design of cavalry saddles. The McClellan saddle used by the United States Army utilized an optional crupper into the early 20th century, though difficulties with proper fitting eventually led the army to discontinue its use. Cruppers continue to be part of

160-758: A national federation which regulates Tent pegging events played in its country. The Tent pegging federation also selects the national squad and organizes home and away tours for the national team. The ITPF has 28 members countries in beginning. Following are the members of the federation, which include Oman, Pakistan, Yemen , India, Nepal, Tentpegging Germany, British Tent Pegging Association, Australian Tentpegging Federation, Afghanistan , South Africa , United Arab Emirates , Sri Lanka , Sweden, Norway, Sudan , Qatar , Netherlands Association for Mounted Skill-at-Arms 'Saint Georges' (NVBW), Namibia , Lebanon , Kazakhstan , Jordan , Iraq, Egypt, Iranian Tentpegging Association, Canada, Bahrain , and Denmark. Since its formation

200-503: A tube that is shaped into a loop. The crupper may be sewn to its strap, or attached to the strap by one or two buckles. If the crupper has no buckle, then the skirt of the horse's tail is folded up onto the tailbone and the tailbone is slipped through the crupper. If it has buckles, the crupper is unbuckled and passed under the dock. A crupper is used to keep the equipment placed on a horse's back from slipping forward. Cruppers are seen most often on horse harnesses . They are also used on

240-508: Is a cavalry sport of ancient origin, and is one of only ten equestrian disciplines officially recognised by the International Equestrian Federation . Used narrowly, the term refers to a specific mounted game with ground targets. More broadly, it refers to the entire class of mounted cavalry games involving pointed and edged weapons (lance and sword) on horseback, for which the term "equestrian skill-at-arms"

280-683: Is a  not-for-profit organization registered in the New York state and is the National Governing Body for the sport of tent pegging in the US. USTPA is the premier equestrian sports body dedicated solely to the promotion and development of the equestrian sport of tent pegging across the US [1] In Pakistan tent pegging is also named neza bazi . It is played in Punjab , Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and some parts of Sindh and Balochistan , it

320-541: Is adjusted to allow about an inch of play between the crupper and the dock. Some harnesses with breeching use this as an anchor instead of a crupper. A crupper is used on riding saddles when riding a horse or mule with low withers in steep terrain. Cruppers are most often used in activities such as endurance riding , mounted orienteering , competitive trail riding , and for recreational trail riding in mountains. When riding, cruppers are particularly useful on animals with low withers , because this conformation allows

360-509: Is also used. Cavaliers have practised the specific game of tent pegging since at least the 4th century BC. Eurasian empires spread the game around the world. As a result, the game's date and location of origin are ambiguous. In all accounts, the competitive sport evolved out of cavalry training exercises designed to develop cavaliers' prowess with the sword and lance from horseback. However, whether tent pegging developed cavaliers' generic skills or prepared them for specific combat situations

400-443: Is certainly related to the idea that cavalry mounting a surprise pre-dawn raid on an enemy camp could use the tent-pegging skills to sever or uproot tent pegs, collapsing the tents on their sleeping occupants and sowing havoc and terror in the camp. However, there are few reliable accounts of a cavalry squadron ever employing such tactics . Because the specific game of tent-pegging is the most popular equestrian skill-at-arms game,

440-741: Is one of them. It is held at the Fortress Stadium in Lahore every year usually in end of February or at first week of March. Tent pegging is a part of this event. Clubs from all the districts of Pakistan participates there. It is also popular with British Pakistanis . The pre-eminent tent pegging games remain centred in Asia and the Middle East , with the International Tent Pegging Championships and

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480-426: Is the unofficial provincial sport of Balochistan, Pakistan . There are many clubs who have owned different and unique style of Turban and Waistcoat to identify their clubs. People decorate their horses for the competition. Every club arranges a neza bazi competition. All clubs are invited to participate in the competition. There are some specific shows being arranged since many decades. National Horse and Cattle Show

520-421: Is too loose, the saddle or harness may not stay in the proper position. If used in an improper manner for too long a period of time, the horse may even become disabled in the hindquarters. The loop of a crupper is kept very clean. For driving, a crupper is used to prevent the parts of a harness that fit around the barrel of the horse (the girth, bellyband, back band and saddle) from slipping forward. The crupper

560-447: Is traditional for tails to be cut off ( docked ) at the dock. In bird anatomy , the rump is the body immediately above the tail. The color of plumage on the rump is a characteristic widely used by ornithologists to distinguish between related species, and sometimes also between males and females of the same species. Similarly, the silhouette of the tailfan is a characteristic widely used for purposes of identification, particularly in

600-675: Is unclear. According to the International Equestrian Federation, "most equestrian authorities are of the opinion that tent-pegging originated in the Indian subcontinent during the middle ages in the battlefields as a tactics used by the horsed cavalry against elephant mounted troops " A cavalier able to precisely stab the highly sensitive flesh behind an elephant's toenail would cause the enemy elephant to rear, unseat his mahout , and possibly run amok, breaking ranks and trampling infantry . The term "tent pegging"

640-466: The amputation of the tailbone at or near the dock. These include dogs , cats , sheep , pigs , and horses . Humans have a remnant tail, the coccyx , and the human equivalent of docking is coccygectomy . Usage varies from animal to animal. Birds and cattle are said to have a rump and tailhead. Dogs are said to have a rump and dock. Horses are said to have a croup (sometimes rump), thigh or haunch, buttock, and dock. In some breeds it

680-450: The coccygeal vertebrae begin). Below the croup is the thigh or haunch. Behind the thigh is the buttock . On horses appearing in parades and other public ceremonies, the croup may be decorated with quarter marks , a grooming pattern made in the horse's hair by applying hair gel or spray, then brushing patches of hair in opposite directions. Applied to horses, the term "dock" has two additional uses. Its meaning may be extended to either

720-427: The surcingles of bitting rigs , riding saddles, and, occasionally, pack saddles . A crupper needs to be snug enough to keep the saddle or harness in place, but not so tight that the horse is irritated or the skin of the tail is damaged. Cruppers are adjusted to engage only when needed; pressure is not meant to be constantly applied. If a crupper is too tight, it can cause severe chafing, discomfort and sores. If it

760-509: The 17 countries reached a consensus for the development of tent pegging which later shaped as International Tent Pegging Federation . •The Penta Grand (2015)-Asian & International Equestrian Tent Pegging Championship(2015), New Delhi. The "Asian & International Tent Pegging Championship" 2015 was held at Gautam Budh University, Gr. Noida, New Delhi from 10 to 15 March 2015 by the Equiwings Sport & Events company. Sudan won

800-586: The ITPF has organised several international competitions. After the formation of the federation, the world body decided to launch their own World Cup competition. The first and the inaugural Tent Pegging World Cup was organised by the Oman Equestrian Federation (OEF) at Al Rahba Farm, Barka, Oman from 31 March to 4 April 2014. The participant countries were Pakistan, Oman, Qatar, Yemen, Iraq, Egypt, South Africa, Britain and Australia who qualified

840-725: The International Federation for Equestrian Sports recognised it as an official equestrian discipline in 2004. New and emerging national tent pegging associations have helped spread the sport's popularity. The Australian Royal Adelaide Show , the British Tent Pegging Association, and the United States Cavalry Association now hold annual national championships and demonstrations in their respective countries. The United States Tent Pegging Association (USTPA)

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880-627: The Sudan and Pakistan qualifying events in January and February respectively. South Africa won the event by a total of 758.5 points and clinch the enviable honour of being the first world champions. Oman got second position with 693.5 points. Sudan, who finished with 654 points, took the third place. One of the first International tent Pegging Championships were held in the State of Hyderabad , India in 1985 with many International Teams participating under

920-484: The US. USTPF participated in many international events the 2016 and the US secured the place in the international tent pegging arena. The ITPF has 28 members: The ITPF is responsible for the organisation and governance of tent pegging's major international tournaments, notably the Tent Pegging World Cup. It also appoints the judges and referees that officiate at all matches and events. Each nation has

960-506: The World Tent Pegging Federation in 2014, and took up its current name in the same year. Essentially ITPF is very new and does and does not have full world recognition and not all countries which play tent pegging are its members. Also ITPF is the largest equestrian body in the world that recognizes and governs tent pegging competitions. Tent pegging being primarily a foreign game from the Indian subcontinent, and

1000-516: The aegis of Equestrian Federation of India (EFI). International and world championships are held among countries consisted on different number of teams. Venues are selected through negotiations. There are major events in tent pegging. Oman, South Africa, Pakistan, India, Australia, and the United Kingdom hosts the international championships regularly. Other countries also organize the events at different times. World Tent Pegging Championship

1040-407: The ceremonial tack for some cavalry regiments and tent pegging teams. Rump (croup) The rump or croup , in the external morphology of an animal, is the portion of the posterior dorsum – that is, posterior to the loins and anterior to the tail . Anatomically , the rump corresponds to the sacrum . The tailhead or dock is the beginning of the tail, where the tail joins

1080-476: The continental Asian Games traditionally enjoying the highest number of competitors and participating states. The recognised international governing body of tent pegging is International Tent Pegging Federation . The ITPF headquarters are located in Muscat , Oman. It was founded as World Tent Pegging Federation in 2013 by representatives from England, Australia and South Africa, Pakistan, India and others renamed

1120-503: The entire tail minus the skirt (i.e., synonymous with tailbone) or the tailhead only. In other equidae, it encompasses most of the tailbone, as most of that portion of the tail does not have long hairs. A lack of long hairs can be natural, as in zebras , donkeys , and the Przewalski horse , or artificial, the result of pulling, trimming, or shaving part of the skirt (see Horse grooming and Tail (horse) ). A sponge used to wash

1160-421: The entire class of sports became known as tent-pegging during the twilight of cavalry in the twentieth century. The specific game of tent pegging has a mounted horseman riding at a gallop and using a sword or a lance to pierce, pick up, and carry away a small ground target (a symbolic tent peg) or a series of small ground targets. The broader class of tent pegging games also includes ring jousting (in which

1200-412: The field. Some birds have a food reservoir pouch in the esophagus that is known as a croup (or crop), which should not be confused with the croup (rump) of a horse. In equine anatomy , the croup refers specifically to the topline of the horse's hindquarters and surrounding musculature, beginning at the hip, extending proximate to the sacral vertebrae and stopping at the dock of the tail (where

1240-520: The gold medal. The countries participated were India, Sudan , Oman, Iraq , Kazakhstan , Jordan , Russia , United States, Pakistan, Great Britain, Lebanon and Germany . In this edition of The Penta Grand 2015, the Great Noida Horse show was also organised. It included an open competition for all riders of the country in 68 event disciplines including show jumping, tent pegging, endurance, hacks, and gymkhana events. Various categories for

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1280-459: The hairless skin on the underside of the dock and other regions under the tail, protected by the dock, is called a dock sponge . Thus, the meaning of "dock" has been used to refer to the orifices beneath the dock, specifically the anus and vagina , creating a misapprehension that "dock" refers to the anus, as in, a horse's fundamental orifice is its dock . Tent pegging Tent pegging (sometimes spelled tent-pegging or tentpegging )

1320-422: The rump. It is known also as the base or root of the tail, and corresponds to the human sacrococcygeal symphysis . In some mammals the tail may be said to consist of the tailbone (meaning the bony column, muscles, and skin) and the skirt (meaning the long hairs growing from the tailbone). In birds, similarly, the tail consists of tailbone and tailfan ( tail fan ). Some animals are subjected to docking ,

1360-405: The saddle to slip forward as the animal travels downhill. Though not a substitute for a correctly fitted saddle, they are often used on mules , as many saddles, particularly those made for horses, are more likely to slide forward on a flatter-backed mule. The crupper strap may be single or double (forked). It usually attaches via a snap or buckle to a crupper ring at the center of the cantle of

1400-500: The saddle, or to a pair of rings (dees) on either side of the cantle. Many riding saddles today are manufactured without properly placed rings, though rings can be added. Or, in lieu of rings, a design used on English saddles utilizes a t-shaped brace that is inserted under the saddle between the rear panels and the tree. Cruppers are not common on western saddles , but some English saddles are designed with crupper rings, particularly those designed to fit mules . Cruppers are seen on

1440-476: The saddles of some horses used to work cattle with a lance (such as horses of the buttero in Europe), but not on horses used to work cattle with a lasso . On pack horses , saddle breeching alone is quite common. However, sometimes a crupper is used in addition to breeching. A crupper has been a standard part of mule saddles for centuries. In the 1614 spurious Avellaneda Segunda Parte to Don Quixote ,

1480-614: The target; the number of consecutive targets placed on a course; the dimensions and weight of the sword and lance; the minimum time in which a course must be covered; and the extent to which a target must be struck, cut, or carried. Today, tent pegging is practised around the world but is especially popular in Australia , India , Israel , Oman , Pakistan , South Africa , and the United Kingdom . The Olympic Council of Asia included tent pegging as an official sport in 1982, and

1520-471: Was faded from the equestrian sports map of the US. However, tent pegging was well known prior to the World War II in the continental US. As a need of present times, with tent pegging being played in many countries around the world, USTPF came into existence as a national governing body for tent pegging and to promote tent pegging domestically and represent US internationally. USTPF was formed in 2013 in

1560-494: Was held at Tau Devi Lal Stadium , Gurugram .It was organized by Mr Ahmad Afsar with Equiwings Sports & Events Company under the Aegis of Equestrian Federation of India (EFI). It had a record number of participation of 17 countries. Because of the presence of officials of 17 countries Mr Ahmad Afsar called a meeting to form World Tent Pegging federation duly supported by Prince Malik Ata Muhammad Khan and all representatives of

1600-556: Was hosted by India after almost three decades by Ahmad Afsar , the Global prime Promoter of Equestrian Tent Pegging Discipline and made his mission to get Tent Pegging recognized in the World Stage. " The Penta Grand " 2012 was the first of its kind and saw participation of 11 countries. •The Penta Grand (2013)-World Equestrian Tent Pegging Championship, Gurugram India. "The Penta Grand" or The World Equestrian Tent Championship

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