T.R.E.C

[lightning lover]

Hi, Im Interested in starting T.R.EC i wondered if anyone does it or knows n e thing about it?

[Lifetry]

For those of us that obviously do not know anything about it, what is T.R.E.C.?

thanks,

[lightning lover]

le trec its new to the uk as much as i know u do stuff like cantering under branches and making your horse stand in a circle on his own for a few mins i am keen to learn more bout it though

[cvb]

try the BHS site (http://www.bhs.org.uk/TREC/TREC.htm)

also there has been some stuff in one of the UK magazines - Kelly Marks having a go at TREC.

(It used to be Le Trec but is now just TREC !).

[ptaty2]

Hi

As an explanation, Trec comes from France and is something that most people can do with their horses... it involves orienteering, getting through an obstacle course which has gates, a few jumps and a slowest canter section! A few women from my stables go and do it as it's fun and a not as stressful as competitions/shows!

This site gives a good explanation: http://www.horsehackers.com/feature_letrec.htm

Apparantly a good fun day out!

[Soleil]

Hmm....from what it sounds like TREC sounds a lot like a Western Trail class (walking horses over small bridges, polls, around abjects, opening gates while mounted and so forth.) Is it a lot like it? or am I just being odd :)

[cvb]

TREC has some similar elements to Western Trail, but e.g. the orienteering part is out in the big wide world, rather than in a ring :)

[bexj]

As far as I understand it TREC is split into 3 sections. The first is like an orienteering course on horseback where you have to navigate around a course with a map from point to point. The second bit is doing "obstacles" so this is where your crossing a bridge, opening a gate, doing some small jumps etc comes in. The 3rd bit sounds really amd where you have walk up a track as fast as you can, then turn round and come back down in canter as slow as you can. But I've never been to a TREC event yet (I need to borrow a horse first!!!!) - as far as I can tell they are quite relaxed in terms of you can wear what you want, only complete the sections you want etc. Sound like fun to me!

[Emma_G_NZ]

Wow that sounds so cool and fun.. Wish we had it here, I think I would definitely be taking part in one!