Every Pole a Rides Horseback
Our Every Pole Rides a Horseback action was initiated by the Riding Centre in 2002 and will be developed for many years to come.
It is promoted all over the country and addressed at everybody. Its idea is the propagation horse riding and creation of a system of subsidising riding clubs, centres and agrotourism farms.
The action is based on the principles of the Citizen Badge programme which has been very successful in Sweden. The cooperation of all horse riding centres has contributed to amending the poor situation of equestrianism in that country and stirred up the society to rebuilding its equestrian traditions.
The Every Pole Rides Horseback action is aimed at all horse riding lovers – amateurs and professionals.
The symbol of the action is the “Horse Lover – Every Pole Rides Horseback” badge.
In order to be presented with the badge, one needs to pass a basic horse riding skills examination in a selected centre propagating the action. The examination involves the presentation of walk, trot and gallop skills in a simple horse riding programme.
A positive result in the examination is a prerequisite for the badge, which is a confirmation of the mastery of basic equestrian qualifications, and first of all, acceptance into the equestrian family. The badge is presented annually.
We hope that with the cooperation of all horse lovers, we will be able to develop this action for many years more and together we will see the results of which Swedes are proud today. These results are 3 millions of riders (more than 30% of the population) who are annually presented with the badge, and horseback riding, which is Sweden’s national sport.
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