Volte

The Volte is a web figure from the riding in which the horse in a circle running.

Execution

As with riding on curved lines the horse is asked and bent according to the radius of the turn in the Volte. The hind feet are based in the track of the front foot because the horse should move on one track. Clock and momentum is not lost in the Volte. The Volte is a versammelnde lesson.

The Voltage required at a specific point on the path, it is avoided at the moment in which the shoulder of the horse at the level of the point. The Volte is finished, that the shoulder of the horse reaches the hooves back on point.

Requirements under FN

In the German equestrian sport are required in dressage and show jumping style with standard requirements Voltes. The diameter of the Voltage depends on the class. In Class A Voltes be required at the trot with a diameter of 10 m, in Class L and M voltes in trot and canter with a diameter of 8 m and from class S in trot and canter with a diameter of 6 m.

Related arena figures

Further, related with the Volte arena figures are the Half Volte and the U Volte.

• A Half Volte describes a semicircle. Half voltes in particular in the combination left half Volte - Half Volte right (or vice versa) ridden, making a half eight arises.

• The about-face Volte is a figure that produces a change of hands. Starting with a Half Volte is ridden from the apex of Half volte-face in a straight line back to the hooves. The result is a shape that is reminiscent of an asymmetric drops.