129th Annual Horse Show 2018 (MURC) of A.M.U.Aligarh.

Our Girl Riders in 129th Annual Horse Show of MURC-AMU. Aligarh

Came again April–“April hath put a spirit of youth in everything.Yes
AMU. Aligarh campus too was in its full youth to witness the 129^th
Annual Horse Show 2018.

Captain Tanseer Alam Khan and Riders (MURC) at  Parade of 129th Horse Show -AMU.Aligarh

This function is very popular among people of Aligarh. People of all age
group and gender, young, old, kids, even from remote areas of city use to come
to see this Horse Show.  

Tanseer Alam Khan (Captain-MURC-Aligarh) at Salute to chief guest Had you ever read in fairy tale books: “Once upon a time, there was a king and queen having horse riding warriors?”.These stories turned in reality. It was a Frenzied evening when this happened in reality on 30th April 2018.It was 129th Annual Horse Show 2018 (MURC) of A.M.U.Aligarh. The Prince and princess of Muslim University Riding Club (MURC) in their exquisite royal uniforms were at University Athelic Ground. Their riding skills and stunts were enough to stop breaths of viewing crowed. The Chief Guest of the most awaited event was Prof.Dr.Tariq Mansoor. He launched the official website of the MURC and inaugurated the event by releasing balloons and pigeons.ADJ Naseem Ahmad attended the function as the Guest-of Honor. Professor S. Amjad Ali Rizvi, Secretary, University Games Committee and Dr Wasif Mohammad Ali, President, Riding Club were ther

Later Mr
Tanseer Alam Khan (Captain-MURC) offered standing Salute to Chief Guest Dr.Tariq
Mansoor Vice Chancellor in a highly skilled style  and thrilled Equestrian Lovers with an amazing show of Riding Stunt.

Riders of MURC -129th Horse Show 2019 of AMU. Aligarh

Princess of MURC-129 Th  Annual Horse Show 2019

Aligarh Muslim
University is not only the Mecca of education. It is the only Indian university which has a 128 years old Riding Club in Varsity campus.

The club
started when Sir Syed Ahmad Khan asked some landlords to send their
horses to the college, so that the students could learn the art of horsemanship.
The proposal was accepted and horse riding started in 1889.

Nawab
Mohd. Ismail Khan Sherwani laid the foundation of the riding club, and also
presented four horses. A formal riding school was founded in 1893, at the
suggestion of Theodore Morison.Rs 5.00 were charged from each student and
Rs 3.00 who brought their own horses at the start of the riding school.

The riders of this “MURC” have
featured on the cover page of the prestigious “London Magazine”1974. MURC claims to be the only Riding Club in a central university in
India.The club is open for both the sexes’ .The club also publishes an annual
magazine ‘Equestre’.

Aligarh Muslim
University Riding Club has 77 Students riders out of
which 17 are Female Riders. They are trained by their seniors and
mentor.The events in horse-shows are extremely tricky and riders’ needs a lot
of perfection to execute these tricks.Our girl Riders are master of these
events.They never lag Male Riders.

MU Riding Club has 18
Horses in its stable.The name of these Horses are:Safeera,Tarana,ChandBibi,Dyna,Shamsheer,WhiteGold,junoon,Zargul,WhiteGold,junoon,Zargul,Bijli,Jasmine,Faris,Myra,Shaheen,Fiza,Moti,Sayyad,Ibra,Ran.

अलीगढ़ मुस्लिम  विश्वविद्यालय  के  राइडिंग  क्लब  में  5  नए  घोड़े  शामिल  हो  गए हैं। यह घोड़े आर्मी  से खरीदे गए हैं। ‘नाइट’ व ‘ब्रूनो’ की  मौत  के  बाद  से  राइडिंग  क्लब  के अस्तबल  में घोड़ों  की कमी महसूस की जा रही थी। नए घोड़ों को ट्रेंड कर मैदान में उतारा जाएगा।

अब  पांच नए घोड़े आने के बाद राइडिंग क्लब के अस्तबल में घोड़ों की संख्या 18 से बढ़कर 23 तक पहुंच गई है। नए घोड़े आर्मी से आए हैं और इनकी उम्र 3 से 5 वर्ष है। 4 आर्मी एवं 1 दूसरे स्थान से मंगाया गया है-

राइडिंग अस्तबल के ‘नाइट’ एवं ‘ब्रूनों’ की मौत के बाद से क्लब में घोड़ों की कमी महसूस की जा रही थी। कुछ घोड़ों की उम्र भी अधिक हो गई है। एएमयू के दीक्षांत समारोह अथवा सर सैयद डे समारोह के मुख्य अतिथि को बग्घी पर बिठाकर कार्यक्रम स्थल तक ले जाने की परंपरा हैं।

इसमें राइडिंग क्लब के घोड़े लगते हैं और क्लब के घुड़सवार सुरक्षा घेरा बनाकर मुख्य अतिथि के साथ चलते हैं।

वर्तमान समय में अस्तबल की शान जरगुल, जुनून, तराना एवं चांद बीबी हैं। चांद बीबी अपनी गति के कारण राजधानी एक्सप्रेस के नाम से भी जानी जाती हैं।जुनून  जंप  में  माहिर  है, तो तराना टेंट पैगिंग में  बेजोड़ है।

Tent Pegging

Tent pegging is a sport
of the equestrian discipline, where the objective for a rider is to pierce,
pick-up and carry a target, with a lance or a sword, as they gallop towards the
target.

The term “tent pegging” is certainly related
to the idea that cavaliers mounting a surprise pre-dawn raid on an enemy camp
could use the game’s skills to sever or uproot tent pegs, thus collapsing the
tents on their sleeping occupants and sowing havoc and terror in the camp. 

When a Horse Jumps Over a Fence

The legs
are stretched out while in the air, and the front legs hit the ground before
the hind legs. Essentially, the horse takes the first two steps of a galloping
stride on the take-off side of the fence, and the other two steps on the
landing side. A horse has to collect its hindquarters after a jump to strike
off into the next stride.

Insha
Allah we will meet agin in 2019 (Agar zindagi rahi) to cover this Horse show
for which I am very passionate.

Here I am ending this blog
on 129^th Annual Horse
Show 2018 (MURC) of A.M.U.Aligarh, with the note that my camera was full of
exiciting memorable moments.At least for me it was very romancing to view the
horses and riders through a camera lense. 

Clicking
of galloping horses, stunts and skills of riders at a speed of 40 to 48  
Km/h when horses seldom galloping more than 1.6 or
3.2 km before they need to rest was 
a challenge for me.I accepted this
challenge and captured some very fine moments.