
Riding comes with both emotional and physical thrills and spills of dealing with a living-breathing, non-English-speaking partner. We can avoid the inconveniences of real relationships. With any tech comes the side-effect of programming our preferences.
I wonder about the effect on riding stables – would simulated riding whet the appetite for real riding or serve as a substitute?.
As a hippotherapy tool, therapists could program the ideal gait pattern for each patient.Advanced riders can access the technology to enhance their skills as often as they wish. The Racewood Eventing Simulator is a fully interactive equestrian simulator that will allow riders to practise basic ground work all the way through to.Alternatively, you can practise riding school figures, transitions and dressage movements. You can choose from a simple walk, trot out in the country to a high level dressage test.
The simulator can carry heavier riders to help them access the hobby with reduced welfare risks. The horse simulator is used with an interactive computer screen that enables the rider to actually ride. Beginners can learn to sit in the saddle and experience basic gaits before starting to ride a real horse, reducing injury risk and improving horse welfare. Discernment asks – “Just because we CAN, does it mean we SHOULD?”ĭevelopers listed some interesting benefits for horse welfare and the riding industry I’d never have considered – I’ve noted some pros from the article… and some cons that surfaced in my mind. I guess any tech breakthrough comes saddled with pros and cons. Advanced robotics simulate jumping and a menu of advanced dressage movements. The ability to select from various ‘modes’ beginner to advanced means that there will be an activity to suit every type of rider from any discipline.I was reading about the latest high-tech horse riding experience. It is so versatile, it is in demand for everything from birthday parties to elite training camps and is used by staff, students, practitioners and coaches. Equine coat color genetics determine a horses coat color. Within the Margaret Giffen Centre for Rider Performance ours is used for assessment of Hartpury Academy riders, riding practice by students, confidence building for riders returning after a break, rider performance clinics, research and ‘hacking’ by our local RDA group. "We have found the Eventing simulator has transformed the way we work with riders –we can’t imagine functioning without it now. Thanks to its state-of-the-art, motion control technology it can replicate jumps of up to 1.20m high, and moves in a way no other simulator can.ģ-Day-Eventer: includes Dressage, Show-Jumping Cross-Country modes : The most advanced Equestrian Simulator, the Eventer does it all, from true-to-life Grand Prix dressage movements, such as Piaffe and Passage, to jumping grid work or negotiating technical combinations on the cross country course.