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What is road hack2007-11-24 21:21:37

I've never heard of it until yesterday, and I was wondering what it was and how it's judged.

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Road hack is a flat class ,frequently entered by arabs,saddlebreds,and nat'l show horses- however,some shows run it as an "open" english division class,and you will see hunt seat horses as well.Its run typically as a walk trot canter both ways of the ring.The difference is that they add an extended trot and a hand gallop.For safety reasons,they may split the class and canter and hand gallop in 2 sections.They are looking for a TRUE extention of both the \

trot and the canter - suitability and how pleasureable the ride

looks counts.

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Hacking is riding in general, usually used to describe pleasure or leisurely riding.

Road Hacking means the the horse is being ridden along a road, not necessarily a paved road though.

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Going for a road hack is when you ride around on the roads. In Europe it's a common thing and a big selling point for a horse or pony is that it is bomb proof on the roads. We used to ride racehorses and polo ponies all over on the roads and it's also a way to prevent the horse getting bored with the arena.

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It is when you take the horse out on a ride and ride on road rather than feild. No one judges you!

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I only know it as driving purposes, not sure if there is a riding gait for it.

But road hack is where they are in a very moving out trot, also known as the road trot here in the US

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fast fast fast! yipee!