What French name is given to the showjumping competition where the main object is jumping higher and higher obstacles, over 5 rounds?
Puissance 5 February 1949. Puissance, (from Anglo-French "puissance"), is also a word meaning "power". The event has been contested once at the Olympic Games, in 1900. Puissance Puissance is the high-jump competition in the equestrian sport of show jumping. The competition involves a maximum of five rounds - opening round followed by four jump-offs, not against the clock. The first round consists of four to six large single obstacles including the puissance wall, the starting height of which may vary from in height. For the jump-offs, in which the fences are raised for each round, there are only two obstacles—a spread
Horse jumping obstacles Horse jumping obstacles Various obstacles are found in competitive sports involving horse jumping. These include show jumping, hunter, and the cross-country phase of the equestrian discipline of eventing. The size and type of obstacles vary depending on the course and the level of the horse and rider, but all horses must successfully negotiate these obstacles in order to complete a competition. Fences used in hunter and eventing are generally made to look relatively rustic and natural. In jumping competition, they are often brightly colored and creatively designed. In hunter and jumper competition, obstacles are constructed to fall down if struck