03/11/2024
Canterwood Riding Club members and the Canterwood community were treated to an amazing exhibition today put on by the Harbor View Vaulters located in Gig Harbor (Key Peninsula). Vaulting combines dance, gymnastics, and horsemanship and requires being harmonious with the horse's movement while doing exercises like standing on the horse and doing handstands and flips (more advanced vaulting). The team brought two horses, one that does walk trot and the other, a 19-hand Percheron/Thoroughbred and Dutch Warmblood, that canters for the more advanced vaulters. Spectators saw all levels of vaulting, from walk/trot exercises by vaulters who just started to advanced vaulters, including one adult. The more advanced vaulters performed free style routines to music. The team also demonstrated using a pommel horse like in gymnastics to practice their routines before performing them on the horses. A large and enthusiastic audience cheered the vaulters after each routine. Refreshments were served after the exhibition.
