資料取自:北海道市營賽馬組合http://www.banei-keiba.or.jp
起源
1900年左右,農耕馬在北海道開拓活動中佔有極重要的位置。為了試驗馬的價值與力量,農民在慶典上以娛樂的方式,讓兩匹馬往不同方向互相拉,這項活動就是「輓馬」的前身。之後又在馬的身上加上橇和重物,試驗馱力與耐力,演變為競技。直到今日,已成為北海道固定的農耕馬慶典比賽。
馬種:伯爾西倫馬的混血馬
賽馬的馬匹大多是法國原產伯爾西倫馬和Buruton馬或比利時原產的Berujyan馬的交配種,幾乎都在北海道出生。通常是體重在1000公斤以上的大型馬,具有沈穩的力量和優良的體力。
賽馬場
賽馬場現場販售馬票。每天都有1000人次觀戰,多的時候會有超過3000位賽馬迷來到馬場。
訓練
賽馬用的馬匹由專職人員每日在馬廄裡培訓。從早上三點開始,以比賽時的專用跑道來調教訓練,大約兩週參加一次賽馬。馬匹訓練所內附有馬蹄所和診療所,也有專屬訓練師負責餵食馬匹營養充分的飼料,同時管理馬的健康。
競賽跑道
在直線200米的分開跑道中間處,設有2處障礙坡,整體跑道鋪有30公分深的沙子。馬匹從出發口跑出後,必須先通過高一米的第一個障礙坡,接下來要向高1.5米的第二個障礙坡挑戰。馬拉著鋼鐵製的撬,馱著在撬上加的重物(約500公斤)進行比賽。
勝負決定
主要操之在騎師手中,如何越過跑道上兩處障礙坡是勝負關鍵,有人會一口氣進攻,有人則採取先休息、後一鼓作氣的戰術。通常一般賽馬是以鼻的前端去決定決勝點,但輓馬賽則是以鐵撬的最後部分來判定,也就是直到馬匹拉著鐵撬通過決勝線後,才能判定優勝。有時候馬匹在通過決勝板時(鐵撬還沒過決勝線)就會停下來,這時就可能出現扭轉乾坤的局面,所以賭輓馬賽的人,直到最後一秒鐘都得目不轉睛,才分得出勝負,這都是輓馬賽最迷人的魅力。
What the Snow Brings
Director:Kichitaro Negishi
Screenplay:Sho Narumi (novel)
Masato Kato (screenplay)
Starring:Yusuke Iseya--- Manabu Yazaki
Koichi Sato--- Takeo Yazaki
Kyoko Koizumi--- Haruko Tanaka
Kazue Fukiishi--- Makie Shudo
Country:Japan
Language:Japanese
Run time:112mins
Release Date:2007 / 8/31
Synopsis:
When you’ve lost everything, is there a place you can go back
to?
Manabu Yazaki, who had big dreams of success in Tokyo, loses his
high-class lifestyle as well as his family and returns home to the
Hokkaido heartland in midwinter. There his elder brother Takeo manages
a stable for “Banei horserace”, a sleigh-pulling race unique to
Hokkaido. Their long overdue reunion exposes the gap between them
even more. Takeo does not let his brother met their aging mother
who is living in a nursing home.
However, while he watches Manabu interact with the sometimes quirky
stable workers and the horses as they face the challenges of racing
day in and day out, Takeo decides to have his brother met their
mother. Gradually the two men develop an understanding between them.
In the end, Manabu puts his all into taking care of the horse that
was supposed to be killed for not taking home the prize money in
its rode to recovery. For Manabu, this becomes his chance to “reset”
his own life and a hope for his new start.
Theater:
CHANGCHUN THEATER 長春戲院
No.172, Changchun Rd, Jhongshan District, Taipei
Tel: 02-25074149
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