Heavy SUVs, prosperous crossovers, elite sheds, sports coupes, buses, special equipment, boats, tanks and even planes-it would seem that we wrote about everything that can be driven and what you can control. But we never remembered the most ancient vehicle — about horses. At the same time, in the vicinity of most large cities, there are complete riding clubs and just private stables. In Krasnoyarsk alone, I counted about fifteen similar organizations.
Let’s try to understand this vehicle unfamiliar to many spheres and understand how expensive it is to allow yourself to go to horse periodically.
A horse like a vehicle
Imagine a completely crazy picture: you leave the entrance of your *** floor house, go to the courtyard horseman and scatter your horse to riding it to your office. Sitting riding a bay of the horse, gracefully maneuvering the yard between the parked cars, you drive up to the departure from the yard and see a busy road in front of you. And then the question arises — whether you can go along the city road on a horse? In general, is it possible to ride modern cities on horses? Let’s start with the base — let’s look at the horse as a full -fledged vehicle designed to drive around the city in terms of law.
So, in the traffic rules there is a whole chapter dedicated to such vehicles as bicycles, mopeds, horse -drawn carts and animal run. If we ride a horse on horseback — this is called “run”, and riding in a sleigh or carriage is a “horse -drawn wagon”. Surprisingly, from the point of view of Russian legislation, riding a horse (a living wayward dangerous animal) is equated with a bicycle control.
— The level of the horse with a bicycle, lawmakers allowed to ride on public roads to all citizens of the Russian Federation, starting from the age of 14 years. I received the first passport, bought a horse, sat on horseback and went to watch the world. — You can go riding a horse only in the right lane or roadside. The technique of choosing stripes is almost the same as when driving a moped. — The law stipulates that the rider is prohibited from leading a horse on the asphalt road if there is an alternative non -achecked path (soil curb). This item in traffic rules appeared not by chance — horses suffer from walking on solid surfaces. Even the supported hooves suffer from solid asphalt. — If the horse does not interfere with pedestrians, it can move along the sidewalks (but only on the occasion). — District (riding riding) is possible only in daylight hours, t. To. Horse has no headlights. — As soon as bikers (many heard about this stupid initiative), riders are forbidden to move in groups of more than five people (horses). — Before any intersections, the rider must dismount, take the horse under the uzkos and only in this way to cross the roadway. No “ride” — only with my feet, controlling the behavior of the animal.
The problem is that a strong and graceful five -hundred -kilogram horse is still an animal with the psychology of the victim. All herbivores are the potential food of a predator. By its nature, the horse everywhere and in everything sees the threat. Frightening it with a random signal or cotton is a simple matter. I write about it, to some extent relying on my experience. Once I happened to sit in a horse’s saddle, frightened by the signaling bus. The frightened cattle carried me right into the barrel hawthorn bushes. How did I even manage to be in the saddle of a stranger horse, and even in the very center of Krasnoyarsk? But what doesn’t happen to adolescents. It’s good that the case ended only with a couple of scratches. Not so long ago, a couple of frightened horses arranged a real pogrom in the capital of our Motherland, injuring three pedestrians and arranging a serious accident.
In the conditions of the city and the sounds of the city stream, two types of horses are not scared — well -trained animals of special equestrian units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the blessed horses of the «attraction» («for a hundred rubles in the park»). Often the latter are brought to such a state that they are no longer afraid of anything. For the most part (there are always exceptions, but they are rare) the horses of the “attraction” are tired, sick and desperate animals, which have no strength and will to be scared or resisted by their fate. They are no longer afraid of anything — at least sit down. Is it possible to help such a horse? On the one hand, having seen the “attraction”, you can call the police and demand verification of permission for entrepreneurial activities and certificates from the veterinarian. What will we achieve this? Nothing. A person will receive a fine, no one will pick up a horse from him, and the life of an animal from a poor person who is deprived of the last money will only become worse.
Civilized path is suburban horse riding clubs.
In almost every direction outside Krasnoyarsk there are riding clubs. The principle of organizing such institutions is approximately the same. The large frequent stable contains “rolling”, sports and private horses. Rolling are the simplest, not thoroughbred, but flexible horses designed to organize entertainment horseback riding through the club’s environs. Almost anyone can take an equestrian walk under the guidance of an instructor. The average cost of such entertainment is in the region of a thousand rubles per hour. In an inexperienced person of this hour will be more than enough to fingereize in the buttocks of the buttocks.
There is no upper age bar for a riding of riding (within reasonable limits), the lower begins with a mark of five years (riding a pony, walking with step under the ugs). We are not talking about Tyv and Mongolia — they have their own atmosphere there.
The riding of the ridge is not recommended for hypertension during the period of exacerbation of diseases, people weighing more than a hundred kilograms (here it is not recommended to horses rather, although there are strong animals that can cope with such well -fed riders), women with gynecological diseases and myopic people with permanently falling vision (shaking Dangerous for problems with a crystal and a retina). With caution to horse riding, people suffering from problems in the spine should be treated. The rest of the entertainment riding in the vicinity of the city is a magnificent type of leisure suitable for everyone and all. Regardless of your physical form and experience, you are guaranteed to get a charge of vigor and health. By some miracle, horses are removed by increased nervous excitement, reduce the level of stress of the rider and normalize tone. The sluggles cheer up, relaxed. We will not talk about hippotherapy — there are too many nuances, this is a very separate topic.
Many horse clubs offer their customers riding sections. But it is also better to fix about this separately, t. To. Horse sport is a very subtle and specific topic that requires a long study of the issue. Only seven of equations of equestrian sports are at least seven pieces, not counting show-disciplines.
According to the classification of the International Cavalry Federation (FEI), there are seven types of equestrian sports:
An important point: if you decide to take your child to a section of equestrian sports, try to find out what qualifications the club’s coaches have and whether there are winners among the club students at least some significant Russian competitions. In the overwhelming mass of the “teachers”, their students teach their students on the basis of some firmly knowledge, books and videos from the network. In principle, most elite sports in Russia are in its infancy — a very narrow class of wealthy students and a tradition is too small. Although, here it is worth making a reservation — the general trend is not without exception. Even in small cities like Krasnoyarsk there are schools with a long history and a good understanding of the case.
Let’s try to consider the most radical scenario-you still decided to buy your own horse.
How could this happen is incomprehensible. A city resident, if he is not a crazy romantic and not an oligarch, nafig does not need his own horse. It’s easier to rent. But periodically such purchases happen.
How much is a horse?
As I managed to find out from the Krasnoyarsk «horsemen», a purebred horse will cost you up to one hundred thousand rubles. For this money, a young mare, gelding, or a stallion who has undergone an inspection of a veterinarian, with a stigma and a set of veterinary documents will be in your property. The minimum cost of such an animal is 25,000 rubles. Often, sick, old horses or very young, uninvited foals are so cheap, unsuitable for work or requiring education. A thoroughbred horse will cost you much more. There are specialized portals about the sale of horses.
Purebred rope horses of Russian origin (purebred English gap born in Russia) cost from 250,000 and up to half a million rubles. Exciting documents with detailed information about the pedigree, veterinary card and a detailed description of the characteristics of the animal go to such horses. For a racehorse, such an indicator as redness is fundamentally important. Good renunciation indicators: 1 minute 2-4 seconds per distance of 1000 meters. Over the same time, the Time Attack rings pilots drive a large ring of the Krasnoyarsk highway Red Ring (2160 meters). That is, a racing horse jumps only twice as slowly more than a loaded 280-horsepower car. There are record holders that can run out of a minute. But such animals cost just fabulous money, more expensive than a good crust. About the same as the rope, there are thoroughbred heavy trucks — from 150,000 rubles to half a million. At 550,000 rubles, a thoroughbred stallion-producer will cost you, according to the results of a bonitic assessment, classified as «elite». Rysaki, Don horses, Budyonnovskih horses — most qualitatively educated healthy thoroughbred animals cost within half a million rubles. The choice of breed depends on what you need a horse for.
The most expensive horses I found will cost the owner as a normal new supercar. Thus, a purebred Arabic horse horse, brought directly from the breeder from Spain (precisely from there), will cost you about 80,000 euros (a little less than six million rubles).
Stunning beauty Frisian stallion will be yours for only 20,000 euros (about one and a half million rubles). Friezes are one of the most unusual and beautiful horse and harness breeds of horses. Bred by the Spaniards in the 16th century, the breed was twice on the verge of extinction, but preserved thanks to the efforts of the Dutch. In general, this amazing horse can become your price for the medium -compounded new Toyota Camry.
And where to keep such a horse and how expensive it will cost its content?
Option one — buy a country house, build a stable in it and settled in a guest house at the stable of the groom. Let your master think about money over the coin — this is not a bar’s business, money count. The most common and reasonable way of keeping a horse is a paid set in horse clubs. The average for Krasnoyarsk is the cost of a horse’s cost is in the limit of 8,000 rubles per month. This is, so to speak, the “basic tariff”, which includes feeding, three hours of free walking of a horse in a cold enclosure, dressing in a blanket and 3, 5 square meters of a living space of a warm stall (cleaning once a day, on a straw floor). Everything else, including washing, dressing, leaving for horseshoes and veterinary supervision, is not included in this price. As I managed to find out, the maintenance of its own horse on the territory of the private horse club costs the owners of about twenty thousand rubles monthly. In principle, it is a little more expensive than the payment of a private kindergarten for a child. But do you need it? For me it’s easier to rent a horse for the weekend. And if this is not enough, go to an equestrian tour to Altai — you definitely roll. In any case, they do not argue about tastes. And if you understand that horses are your passion, you know what to do and what amounts to count on.