Ringrijden 1

A game were you have to lance a ring on a galloping workhorse(the provincial shirehorse) bareback. Traditionally always on the 3rd Whitsun. That is when the farmers gave the helpers a day off and the use of a farmhorse to go to the village. Mainly seen on the former island of Walcheren in the province Zeeland. Southern Netherlands. The ring is 38mm and is reduced during the competition to 14mm and sometimes 10mm. The size of a wedding ring. Champion riders hit 50 of 50 tries.