Equestrian_sport

List of equestrian sports

List of equestrian sports

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Equestrian sports are sports that use horses as a main part of the sport. This usually takes the form of the rider being on the horse's back, or the horses pulling some sort of horse-drawn vehicle.

General

FEI international disciplines

Regional governance

  • Horseball – Sport
  • Tent pegging – Equestrian sport

Olympic disciplines

Paralympic disciplines

  • Dressage only at the Paralympics; dressage and combined driving at other FEI events

Dressage

Racing

  • Flat racing – Equestrian sport
  • Harness racing – A form of horse racing that uses a two-wheeled cart
  • Point-to-point – Form of horse racing
  • Steeplechase – Horse race form originally from Ireland, featuring jumps over fence and ditch obstacles
  • Thoroughbred horse racing – Sport and industry involving the racing of Thoroughbred horses

Other timed events

  • Gymkhana – Equestrian event consisting of speed racing and timed games for riders on horses
  • Skijoring – Winter sport involving being pulled on skis

English riding

Western riding

  • Cowboy mounted shooting – Type of competitive equestrian sport
  • Cowboy polo – Form of polo played mostly in the western United States
  • Horsemanship – Use of horses for sport or work
  • O-Mok-See – Equestrian event consisting of speed racing and timed games for riders on horses
  • Reining – Type of western horse riding competition
  • Trail (horse show) – horse show
  • Western dressage
  • Western pleasure – Pleasure-type equestrian sport in Western gear and style.
  • Western riding (horse show)

Stock handling

Rodeo

Harness

  • Ban'ei racing – sport
  • Combined driving – Sport involving horses pulling carriages
  • Draft horse showing – type of horse show
  • Fine harness
  • Harness racing – A form of horse racing that uses a two-wheeled cart
  • Pleasure driving – A horse show class involving horses pulling carts
  • Roadster – type of horse racing
  • Scurry driving – Horse driving speed obstacle competition

Team sports

Regional


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