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ˈshow-jumping, vbl. n.
[show n.1]
Competitive jumping on horseback over a prepared course of hurdles or show jumps (also with horse as subj.).
1929G. Brooke Way of Man with Horse xvii. 235 Show jumping is a thing apart from steeplechasing... Riding over the ordinary English show-jumping course,..necessitates a horse that will not rush. 1936[see show-jumper below]. 1958S. Willcox Three Days Running xii. 141 Chips led after the dressage and did a clear round of show-jumping. 1963E. H. Edwards Saddlery xvi. 121 Recently there has been much correspondence as to whether..the National Hunt jockeys, should employ a saddle incorporating the features of a show-jumping saddle and so conform to something approaching a show-jumping seat. 1973Country Life 13 Sept. 697/1 The second fence, to him, was simply a show jumping fence.
Hence [as a back-formation] ˈshow-jump v. intr., to compete in show-jumping; show jumper, a horse or rider that competes in show-jumping competitions.
1929G. Brooke Way of Man with Horse xvii. 236 A large percentage of show jumpers are half-bred horses. 1936P. Rodzianko Mod. Horsemanship xi. 193 A horse that has hunted is usually more successful as a show jumper than a horse that has never hunted... Hunting helps show jumping. 1943R. S. Summerhays Elements of Riding (ed. 2) xix. 91 The method I have described is universally accepted as being the true way to show-jump. 1954I. Toptani Mod. Show Jumping ii. 41 No normally trained show jumper will make for every single jump it encounters on its way. 1966M. Catto Bird on Wing iii. 58 I've show-jumped at the Tivoli. 1974Radio Times 14 Mar. 4/2 Olympic silver medallist show jumper Ann Moore. 1977N. Marsh Last Ditch v. 145 Dulce fancied it, though. Thought she'd make a show-jumper of it. 1980‘E. Anthony’ Defector iii. 69 She used to show-jump as a teenager. |