| Show jumping competitions can be very exciting and | | | | wings are 4 ft. tall and look like the two angled sides |
| interesting. If you really think about it, this is a sport | | | | of an isosceles trapezoid. Standard wings stand about |
| that combines the analytical mind of man with the | | | | 6 ft. tall and have smaller braces that look very similar |
| raw power and sheer athletic ability of one of the | | | | to children's wings. There are also wings that cross. |
| most majestic creatures on the planet. If you have | | | | The George Cross wings, for example, cross in the |
| never seen horses on a show jumping range, you are | | | | manner of a plus sign, with the crosses standing |
| truly missing something magnificent. If you have seen | | | | about halfway up the 6 ft. tall braces. Double Cross |
| a contest, however, you may be wondering how | | | | wings, on the other hand, are two boxes stacked on |
| horse jumps work; how they are developed or put | | | | top of each other. Within each box are "x" shapes, |
| together. Actually, there are a few different parts, | | | | hence the "cross" name. |
| starting with the wings, which are the pieces that | | | | Finally, some horse jumps have what are called |
| hold up the bars that are jumped over. | | | | "fillers," which fill in the area between the gate bars |
| First of all, of course, there are the basic wings. | | | | that would be beneath the objective horizontal bar. |
| These are straight, vertical bars that are commonly | | | | Gate fillers look just like access gate to your field |
| used in horse jumps, especially for practicing. They | | | | while the plank filler simply uses more horizontal bars |
| stand about 5 ft. as do schooling wings which are | | | | to fill in the gap. There are also solid plain fillers and |
| basically the same thing, but with a series of vertical | | | | fences. |
| embellishments on the side of the bars. Children's | | | | |