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Tent Pegging

Tent pegging is a mounted target and skill discipline: riders gallop along a marked lane and strike or lift small targets/pegs with lance or sword. Scoring uses hit, pickup, time and penalties.

LevelVariant FamilyAnimal sport CategoryEquestrian / mounted skill-at-arms

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Classification

Category Equestrian / mounted skill-at-arms

Family Animal sport

Level Variant

Getting started

Kurzbeschreibung Mounted skill-at-arms with lance/sword, pegs and a gallop lane.

Geeignet für Suitable for experienced riders who like precision, speed and unusual target tasks.

Cost High: riding base, suitable horse, instructor, protection and specialist equipment are required; entry through training event. Horse/rental, riding gear, lance/sword only under rule/club framework, membership, training and travel. National tentpegging federation, British Tentpegging Association, mounted skill-at-arms club or riding club with instructor. Wea…

First progress Ground and line control first; clean gallop hits need many supervised sessions.

Fitness level medium to high

Was du brauchst

instructor
suitable horse
helmet/protection
marked lane
lance or sword
pegs/targets

First steps

contact BTA/federation
learn safety drills on foot
acclimatise horse to lane and equipment
practise slow pegging
increase speed later

National tentpegging federation, British Tentpegging Association, mounted skill-at-arms club or training event.

Train only with recognised instructor, controlled lane, protection, clear weapon rules and suitable horse.

Weitere Angaben

Tags animal, tent-pegging, animal-sport, tiersport, reitsport-mounted-skill-at-arms, equestrian-mounted-skill-at-arms

Rules and format

Die Grundlagen

Ziel

At gallop, strike or pick up targets/pegs legally with lance or sword.

Teilnehmer

Individual, pairs or teams by format.

Teamgröße

Individual to section/team by discipline.

Spielfeld

Marked tent-pegging lane with target/peg positions.

Dauer

Depends on format and event.

Wertung

Hit/pickup, time and penalties.

Gewinnbedingung

Best valid time, placing or score in the announced format.

Ausrüstung

horse
lance
sword
pegs
marked lane
protection

Wichtige Regelpunkte

missed target
time penalty
unsafe weapon handling
lane/start fault

Regelquellen

Federations and sources

Federations

International Tent Pegging Federation
International Tent Pegging Federation (ITPF)
British Tentpegging Association (BTA)

ITPF Rules for Tent Pegging International Tent Pegging Federation · rulebook · high
British Tentpegging Association British Tentpegging Association · federation-guide · high
About Us British Tentpegging Association · beginner-guide · high
Equestrian Tent Pegging MyPets · blog-guide · medium