Showjumping rabbits from Sweden London Pet Show 2015 at Excel, Britain – 09 May 2015. Paul Brown/REX Shutterstock/Newscom. License this image from Newscom.com: rexphotosthree174963
About a year ago, we featured an image of a bunny jumping over a hurdle in our Editor’s Picks post. We thought it might be time to investigate the sport that has bunnies acting like horses, especially in light of more images popping up on Newscom this past week. The pictures have struck us as a little weird, a little wacky and downright odd.
Rabbit show jumping is a relatively new competition only having started in the 1970s, and competitions have primarily taken place over in Europe. Courses consist of different height hurdles, straight or crooked paths, and all timed out to see who the fastest bunny is. However it doesn’t look like the spectators of this sport dress up like the anything you may see at the Royal Ascot which is slightly disappointing…
Any breed of rabbit can enter the a show like this and it kind of seems like the cuter the better. You won’t only be impressed with their high jumps, you’ll want to take one home. So be sure to check out these images and find more back at Newscom of rabbit jumping competitions.
The 3rd Championship of Europe in Rabbit Jumping took place in Havlickuv Brod, Czech Republic, on Saturday, September 7, 2013. Lubos Pavlicek/ZUMA Press/Newscom. License this image from Newscom.com: zumaamericasnine506381
A rabbit jumps over an obstacle during the rabbit show jumping European Championship in Sempach, Switzerland, 31 January 2015. The show jumping is one of the contests during the 23rd Swiss rabbit exhibiton were some 2,000 breeders show their rabbits. PETER KLAUNZER/EPA/Newscom. License this image from Newscom.com: epalive528305
A rabbit clears a hurdle during the first European Kanin Hop Championships in Wollerau, Switzerland, 30 October 2011. Some 55 rabbits from different countries took part in the steeplechase. URS FLUEELER/EPA/Newscom. License this image from Newscom.com: epaphotos176977
The 3rd Championship of Europe in Rabbit Jumping took place in Havlickuv Brod, Czech Republic, on Saturday, September 7, 2013. Lubos Pavlicek/ZUMA Press/Newscom. License this image from Newscom.com: zumaamericasnine506452
The 3rd Championship of Europe in Rabbit Jumping took place in Havlickuv Brod, Czech Republic, on Saturday, September 7, 2013. Lubos Pavlicek/ZUMA Press/Newscom. License this image from Newscom.com: zumaamericasnine506406
A rabbit, a symbol of Easter, jumps over an obstacle during Rabbit Steeple Chase at the Old Town Square’s Easter market on April 14, 2014 in Prague, Czech Republic. Rabbit jumping is a new sport and is mainly popular in northern Europe. According to the organizers the rabbits jump as far as 3 meters. Milan Bures/ISIFA/SIPA/Newscom. License this image from Newscom.com: sfphotos149882
SAM LAWRIE LOOKS ON AS GOLDEN FLAME LEAPS OVER A JUMP SAM LAWRIE WHO HOPES TO LAUNCH RABBIT SHOW JUMPING AS A SPORT, CHICHESTER, BRITAIN – JUL 2002. John Wright/REX/Newscom. License this image from Newscom.com: rexphotos487258
The 3rd Championship of Europe in Rabbit Jumping took place in Havlickuv Brod, Czech Republic, on Saturday, September 7, 2013. Lubos Pavlicek/ZUMA Press/Newscom. License this image from Newscom.com: zumaamericasnine506390
A rabbit clears a hurdle during the first European Kanin Hop Championships in Wollerau, Switzerland, 30 October 2011. Some 55 rabbits from different countries took part in the steeplechase. URS FLUEELER/EPA/Newscom. License this image from Newscom.com: epaphotos177411
Rabbit Lillie with owner Petra Schenke from Germany jumps over an obstacle during the rabbit show jumping European Championship in Sempach, Switzerland, 31 January 2015. The show jumping is one of the contests during the 23rd Swiss rabbit exhibiton were some 2,000 breeders show their rabbits. PETER KLAUNZER/EPA/Newscom. License this image from Newscom.com: epalive528303
A rabbit clears a hurdle during the first European Kanin Hop Championships in Wollerau, Switzerland, 30 October 2011. Some 55 rabbits from different countries took part in the steeplechase. URS FLUEELER/EPA/Newscom. License this image from Newscom.com: epaphotos177122
Showjumping rabbits from Sweden London Pet Show 2015 at Excel, Britain – 09 May 2015. Paul Brown/REX Shutterstock/Newscom. License this image from Newscom.com: rexphotosthree174952
A picture made available on 27 June 2011 shows a rabbit as it jumps over a hurdle in near Jena, Germany, 15 June 2011. This rabbit belongs to the ‘Erste Thueringer Kaninchensport Jena e.V.’ (First Thuringia Rabbit Sport Jena Society), whose members devote themselves to ‘Kaninhop’. It consists in rabbits running a course and jumping over obstacles while being timed. MARTIN SCHUTT/EPA/Newscom. License this image from Newscom.com: epaphotos035565
Rabbit ‘Achileus Golden Kids’ with owner Lenka Spilerova from Czeck Republic jumps over an obstacle during the rabbit show jumping European Championship in Sempach, Switzerland, 31 January 2015. The show jumping is one of the contests during the 23rd Swiss rabbit exhibiton were some 2,000 breeders show their rabbits. PETER KLAUNZER/EPA/Newscom. License this image from Newscom.com: epalive528304
