Regular readers know this blog is all over unusual sports of the world, such as cyclist hunting and farmers golf.
I don’t know much about the particular sport in this photo - like, what it’s called, for instance. But it’s probably something like One-Armed Horse Push-Ups, in which the rider must lift himself and his horse all the way off the ground as many times as possible, using only his arm and a strong pole.
This is not as easy as it sounds, what with horses weighing, I’d guess, maybe 300 pounds or whatever. My researchers are on it, and we should have more details sometime soon. Remember our motto: “If this blog doesn’t cover a sport, then it’s probably on TV somewhere.”
An Indian villager takes part in the Kila Raipur sports festival on the outskirts of Ludhiana, in the northern Indian state of Punjab, February 9, 2008. The festival, also known as the ‘Rural Olympics’, is held annually in the northern city. REUTERS/Stringer
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Silly, it’s “pony vaulting.”
- Posted by BarryChuck Norris doesn’t jump. He stares the ground down.
- Posted by John C AbellThis sport is called Tent Pegging.
here is an excerpt form the following link
http://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99apr20 /spr-trib.htm#4
“……Tent-pegging, a great entertainer for the crowd dates back to Alexander,s time when his soldiers came galloping on horsebacks with lances in their hands attacking Porus’s camp. They used to uproot the pegs of the army tents from the ground and flatten them before another set of riders came in and set them ablaze.
As of now, amidst a loud ‘Sat Sri Akal’ clubbed with the sound of a galloping horse one would see a fearless Nihang picking up the wooden peg fixed in the ground in a flash, making you wonder what kind of stuff is going on…..”
- Posted by UdaiNope, I don’t understand the Indiana Straw Poll any better than you.
- Posted by Shawn HendricksI want one of those horses. It’s a Marwari horse.
http://www.ridingholidays.com/imagenew/m arwari1.jpg
- Posted by Lady Weasel