Acoso y derribo is traditional sport in the ''
doma vaquera'' equestrian tradition of Spain, in which cattle are brought to the ground by two riders, the ''garrochista'' and the ''amparador'', using the ''
garrocha'' or lance. The horses used are often of ''tres sangres'' (
Andalusian x
Arab
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Arabs have been in the Fertile Crescent for thousands of years ...
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Thoroughbred
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) or
Hispano-Árabe
The Hispano-Árabe is a Spanish horse breed originating from the cross-breeding of Arab and Andalusian horses.
History
The Hispano-Árabe has been bred in Andalusia since about 1800. The current breed standard was published in 2002, and mod ...
stock.
History
The practice of acoso y derribo derives from the ''tentaderos'', traditional tests of fighting spirit in
fighting cattle, and dates from the mid-nineteenth century. The first national championship took place in
Salamanca
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in 1970.
In 2010 the resolved to eliminate this competition from its official list of equestrian sports.
Competition
The field for the competition is divided into four areas: the or holding pens for the cattle; the , where the cattle are held at the start of the competition; the , where the ''garrochista'' and the ''amparador'' perform the ''acoso'', driving the target animal at high but controlled speed to the or , where the ''garrochista'' performs the ''derribo'', bringing the animal to the ground.
References
Working stock horse sports
Sports originating in Spain
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