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List of equestrian sports

Index List of equestrian sports

Equestrian Sports are sports that use horses as a main part of the sport. [1]

87 relations: Australian rodeo, Ban'ei, Barrel racing, Breakaway roping, Bronc riding, Buzkashi, Calf roping, Camargue equitation, Campdrafting, Charreada, Chilean rodeo, Classical dressage, Coleo, Combined driving, Corrida de sortija, Cowboy mounted shooting, Cowboy polo, Cutting (sport), Deporte de lazo, Doma menorquina, Doma vaquera, Draft horse showing, Dressage, Endurance riding, English pleasure, Equestrian at the Summer Paralympics, Equestrian vaulting, Equitation, Eventing, Field hunter, Fine harness, Flat racing, Fox hunting, Goat tying, Gymkhana, Gymkhana (equestrian), Harness racing, Horse, Horse show, Horse-drawn vehicle, Horseball, Hunt seat, Icelandic equitation, Jigit, Jineteada gaucha, Jousting, Mounted archery, Mounted games, Mounted orienteering, Para-equestrian, ..., Pato, Pleasure driving, Pleasure riding, Point-to-point (steeplechase), Pole bending, Polo, Polocrosse, Pony Club, Quadrille, Ranch sorting, Reining, Roadster (horse), Saddle seat, Scurry driving, Show hack, Show hunter, Show hunter (British), Show jumping, Sidesaddle, Sinjska alka, Sport, Steeplechase (horse racing), Steer roping, Steer wrestling, Team chasing, Team penning, Team roping, Tent pegging, Thoroughbred horse racing, Trail (horse show), Trail riding, Western dressage, Western pleasure, Western riding (horse show), Working cow horse, Working equitation, 4-H. Expand index (37 more) »

Australian rodeo

Rodeos have long been a popular competitor and spectator sport in Australia, but were not run on an organised basis until the 1880s.

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Ban'ei

is a form of horse racing.

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Barrel racing

Barrel racing is a rodeo event in which a horse and rider attempt to complete a cloverleaf pattern around preset barrels in the fastest time.

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Breakaway roping

Breakaway roping is a variation of calf roping where a calf is roped, but not thrown and tied.

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Bronc riding

Bronc riding, either bareback bronc or saddle bronc competition, is a rodeo event that involves a rodeo participant riding on a horse (sometimes called a bronc or bronco), that attempts to throw or buck off the rider.

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Buzkashi

Buzkashi (بزکشی, literally "goat pulling" in Persian) is a Central Asian sport in which horse-mounted players attempt to place a goat or calf carcass in a goal.

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Calf roping

Calf roping, also known as tie-down roping, is a rodeo event that features a calf and a rider mounted on a horse.

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Camargue equitation

Camargue Equitation is the traditional style of working riding of the gardian herders of the Camargue region of southern France.

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Campdrafting

Campdrafting is a unique Australian sport involving a horse and rider working cattle.

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Charreada

The charreada or charrería is a competitive event similar to rodeo and was developed from animal husbandry practices used on the haciendas of old Mexico.

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Chilean rodeo

Rodeo is a traditional sport in Chile.

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Classical dressage

Classical dressage evolved from cavalry movements and training for the battlefield, and has since developed into the competitive dressage seen today.

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Coleo

Coleo is a traditional Venezuelan and Colombian sport, very similar to a rodeo, where a small group of llaneros (cowboys) on horseback pursue cattle at high speeds through a narrow pathway (called a manga de coleo) in order to drop or tumble them.

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Combined driving

Combined driving (also known as horse driving trials) is an equestrian sport involving carriage driving.

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Corrida de sortija

The corrida de sortija is a traditional gaucho sport of the Rio de la Plata area of South America.

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Cowboy mounted shooting

Cowboy mounted shooting (also called western mounted shooting and mounted shooting) is a competitive equestrian sport involving the riding of a horse to negotiate a shooting pattern.

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Cowboy polo

Cowboy polo is a variation of polo played mostly in the western United States.

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Cutting (sport)

Cutting is a western-style equestrian competition in which a horse and rider work as a team before a judge or panel of judges to demonstrate the horse's athleticism and ability to handle cattle during a minute performance, called a "run." Each contestant is assisted by four helpers: two are designated as turnback help to keep cattle from running off to the back of the arena, and the other two are designated as herd holders to keep the cattle bunched together and prevent potential strays from escaping into the work area.

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Deporte de lazo

The Deporte de Lazo or Competencia de Lazo is an equestrian sport of Panama, where it is among the most popular sporting events and is unofficially considered the national sport.

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Doma menorquina

Doma menorquina is the traditional style of riding of the island of Menorca.

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Doma vaquera

Doma vaquera is the traditional working riding discipline of Spain, from which all the working riding styles of the Americas and many of those of Europe appear to derive.

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Draft horse showing

Draft horse showing (UK and Commonwealth; draught horse, dray horse or carthorse) refers to horse shows exclusively for horses of the draft horse breeds.

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Dressage

Dressage (or; a French term, most commonly translated to mean "training") is a highly skilled form of riding performed in exhibition and competition, as well as an "art" sometimes pursued solely for the sake of mastery.

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Endurance riding

Endurance riding is an equestrian sport based on controlled long-distance races.

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English pleasure

English pleasure is generic term for a number of different English riding classes seen at horse shows in the United States, where the horse is ridden in either hunt seat or saddle seat tack.

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Equestrian at the Summer Paralympics

Paralympic equestrian competition is a Para-equestrian event that consists of dressage.

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Equestrian vaulting

Equestrian vaulting, or simply vaulting, is most often described as gymnastics and dance on horseback, which can be practiced both competitively or non-competitively.

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Equitation

Equitation is the art or practice of horse riding or horsemanship.

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Eventing

Eventing (also known as three day eventing or horse trials) is an equestrian event where a single horse and rider combination compete against other combinations across the three disciplines of dressage, cross-country, and show jumping.

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Field hunter

A field hunter, or a fox hunter, is a type of horse used in the hunt field for fox hunting and stag hunting.

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Fine harness

Fine harness is a type of driving competition seen at horse shows, that feature light, refined horses with high action.

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Flat racing

Flat racing is a form of horse racing which is run on a level racecourse.

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Fox hunting

Fox hunting is an activity involving the tracking, chase and, if caught, the killing of a fox, traditionally a red fox, by trained foxhounds or other scent hounds, and a group of unarmed followers led by a "master of foxhounds" ("master of hounds"), who follow the hounds on foot or on horseback.

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Goat tying

Goat tying is a rodeo event that is typically seen in youth, high school and college rodeos in which the participant rides to a tethered goat, dismounts, catches, throws, and ties any three of its legs together.

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Gymkhana

Gymkhana (जिमख़ाना, জিমখানা, জিমখানা, جِمخانہ, جمخانه) is an Indian term which originally referred to a place of assembly.

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Gymkhana (equestrian)

Gymkhana is an equestrian event consisting of speed pattern racing and timed games for riders on horses.

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Harness racing

Harness racing is a form of horse racing in which the horses race at a specific gait (a trot or a pace).

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Horse

The horse (Equus ferus caballus) is one of two extant subspecies of ''Equus ferus''.

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Horse show

A horse show is a judged exhibition of horses and ponies.

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Horse-drawn vehicle

A horse-drawn vehicle is a mechanized piece of equipment pulled by one horse or by a team of horses.

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Horseball

Horseball is a game played on horseback where a ball is handled and points are scored by shooting it through a hoop with a diameter of 1m.

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Hunt seat

Hunt seat is a style of forward seat riding commonly found in North American horse shows.

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Icelandic equitation

Icelandic equitation is the traditional style of riding of Iceland.

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Jigit

Jigit, in some Turkic languages also spelled as yigit or zhigit, is a word of Turkic originGreat Soviet Encyclopedia.

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Jineteada gaucha

Jineteada gaucha or doma gaucha is a traditional sport in the gaucho culture of Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, and southern parts of Brazil and Chile.

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Jousting

Jousting is a martial game or hastilude between two horsemen wielding lances with blunted tips, often as part of a tournament.

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Mounted archery

A horse archer is a cavalryman armed with a bow, able to shoot while riding from horseback.

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Mounted games

Mounted games is a branch of equestrian sport in which very fast games are played by people of all ages on ponies up to a height of.

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Mounted orienteering

Mounted orienteering is the practice of orienteering while riding a horse or other riding animal.

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Para-equestrian

Para-equestrian is an equestrian sport governed by the International Federation for Equestrian Sports (FEI), and includes two competitive events: One is para-equestrian dressage, which is conducted under the same basic rules as conventional dressage, but with riders divided into different competition grades based on their functional abilities.

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Pato

Pato, also called juego del pato (literally "duck game"), is a game played on horseback that combines elements from polo and basketball.

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Pleasure driving

Pleasure driving is a horse show class seen in the United States, which features light breeds of horses and ponies hitched to a two or four-wheeled show cart.

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Pleasure riding

Pleasure riding is a form of equestrianism that encompasses many forms of recreational riding for personal enjoyment, absent elements of competition.

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Point-to-point (steeplechase)

A point-to-point is a form of horseracing over fences for hunting horses and amateur riders.

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Pole bending

Pole bending is a timed event that features a horse and one mounted rider, running a weaving or serpentine path around six poles arranged in a line.

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Polo

Polo is a team sport played on horseback.

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Polocrosse

Polocrosse is a team sport that is a combination of polo and lacrosse.

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Pony Club

Pony Club is an international youth organization devoted to the educating youths about horses and riding.

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Quadrille

The quadrille is a dance that was fashionable in late 18th- and 19th-century Europe and its colonies.

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Ranch sorting

Ranch sorting is a western-style equestrian sport that evolved from the common ranch work of separating cattle into pens for branding, doctoring, or transport.

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Reining

Reining is a western riding competition for horses where the riders guide the horses through a precise pattern of circles, spins, and stops.

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Roadster (horse)

Roadster is a type of driving competition for horses and ponies where the horse and exhibitor appear in equipment similar to that used in harness racing.

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Saddle seat

Saddle seat is a style of horseback riding within the category of English riding that is designed to show off the high action of certain horse breeds.

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Scurry driving

Scurry driving is a fast-paced equestrian sport in which a pair of ponies pull a carriage around a course of cones in an attempt to get the fastest time.

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Show hack

The show hack is a type of ridden show horse, exhibited to a standard first established in England.

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Show hunter

The hunter-jumper division is a branch of competitive horseback riding that is judged on the horse's performance, soundness and when indicated, conformation, suitability or manners.

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Show hunter (British)

The show hunter is a type of show horse commonly seen at equestrian events across Britain.

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Show jumping

Show jumping, also known as "stadium jumping", "open jumping", or simply "jumping", is a part of a group of English riding equestrian events that also includes dressage, eventing, hunters, and equitation.

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Sidesaddle

Sidesaddle riding is a form of equestrianism that uses a type of saddle which allows a rider (usually female) to sit aside rather than astride an equine.

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Sinjska alka

The Sinjska alka is an equestrian competition held in the Croatian town of Sinj every first Sunday in August since 1717.

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Sport

Sport (British English) or sports (American English) includes all forms of competitive physical activity or games which, through casual or organised participation, aim to use, maintain or improve physical ability and skills while providing enjoyment to participants, and in some cases, entertainment for spectators.

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Steeplechase (horse racing)

A steeplechase is a distance horse race in which competitors are required to jump diverse fence and ditch obstacles.

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Steer roping

Steer roping, also known as steer tripping or steer jerking, is a rodeo event that features a steer and one mounted cowboy.

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Steer wrestling

Steer wrestling, also known as bulldogging, is a rodeo event in which a horse-mounted rider chases a steer, drops from the horse to the steer, then wrestles the steer to the ground by grabbing its horns and pulling it off-balance so that it falls to the ground.

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Team chasing

Team chasing is a British equestrian sport, contested between teams of four riders over a cross-country course of about two miles, with about 25 fences to be jumped.

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Team penning

Team penning is a western equestrian sport that evolved from the common ranch work of separating cattle into pens for branding, doctoring, or transport.

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Team roping

Team roping also known as heading and heeling is a rodeo event that features a steer (typically a Corriente) and two mounted riders.

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Tent pegging

Tent pegging (sometimes spelled tent-pegging or tentpegging) is a cavalry sport of ancient origin, and is one of only ten equestrian disciplines officially recognised by the International Equestrian Federation.

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Thoroughbred horse racing

Thoroughbred horse racing is a worldwide sport and industry involving the racing of Thoroughbred horses.

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Trail (horse show)

Trail is a competitive class at horse shows where horses and riders in western-style attire and horse tack navigate a series of obstacles.

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Trail riding

Trail riding is riding outdoors on trails, bridle paths, and forest roads, but not on roads regularly used by motorised traffic.

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Western dressage

Western dressage is an equestrian sport that combines the principles of dressage riding and the use of western tack.

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Western pleasure

Western Pleasure is a western style competition at horse shows that evaluates horses on manners and suitability of the horse for a relaxed but collected gait cadence and relatively slow speed of gait, along with calm and responsive disposition.

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Western riding (horse show)

Western Riding is a competitive event at American horse shows, particularly those for stock horse breeds such as the American Quarter Horse.

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Working cow horse

Working cow horse is a type of competition, known also as reined cow horse, where horses are asked to work a single live cow in an arena, performing specific maneuvers that include circling the cow, turning it in a specified manner, and performing a reining pattern.

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Working equitation

Working equitation is an equestrian discipline.

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4-H

4-H is a global network of youth organizations whose mission is "engaging youth to reach their fullest potential while advancing the field of youth development".

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_equestrian_sports

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