List of equestrian sports

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

  • 4-H – Network of youth organizations in the United States
  • Equitation – Art or practice of horse riding or horsemanship
  • Horse show – A judged exhibition of horses
  • Icelandic equitation – Form of horse riding traditional to Iceland
  • Jineteada gaucha – Traditional sport of Argentina and the Cono Sur
  • Mounted orienteering – Sport of orienteering while riding a horse
  • Pleasure riding – form of equestrianismPages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback
  • Pony Club – International youth organization
  • Sidesaddle – Form of equestrianism
  • Sinjska alka – equestrian competition held annually in Sinj, CroatiaPages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback
  • Techniques de Randonnée Équestre de Compétition – equestrian sportPages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback
  • Trail riding – Traveling on trails and forest roads by horse, bicycle, motorcycle, or all-terrain vehicle
  • Working equitation – Equestrian discipline

FEI international disciplines

  • Combined driving – Sport involving horses pulling carriages
  • Dressage – Equestrian sport and art
  • Endurance – Equestrian sport
  • Eventing – Equestrian triathlon
  • Para-equestrian – Type of disability sport
  • Show jumping – Competitive equestrian sport

Regional governance

Olympic disciplines

Paralympic disciplines

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

Dressage

  • Doma menorquina – Traditional style of riding of the island of Menorca
  • Doma vaquera – traditional horse riding discipline of SpainPages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback

Racing

  • Flat racing – Equestrian sportPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
  • Harness racing – A form of horse racing that uses a two-wheeled cart
  • Point-to-point – Form of horse racingPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
  • 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 horsesPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets

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

  • Classical dressage – Dressage and art of ridingPages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback
  • Dressage – Equestrian sport and art
  • English pleasure – Style of horse show class
  • Eventing – Equestrian triathlon
  • Field hunter – type of horsePages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback
  • Foxhunting – Traditional equestrian hunting activityPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
  • Hunt seat – Competitive equestrian sport
  • Saddle seat – Style of horse riding
  • Show hunter – Type of competition horse
  • Show hunter (British) – British horse show class where animals shown primarily on the flatPages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback
  • Show jumping – Competitive equestrian sport
  • Show hack – Type of competition horse
  • Team chasing – British equestrian sportPages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback

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 workPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
  • O-Mok-See – Equestrian event consisting of speed racing and timed games for riders on horsesPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
  • Reining – Type of western horse riding competition
  • Trail (horse show) – horse showPages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback
  • Western dressage – Dressage riding in western tack
  • Western pleasure – Pleasure-type equestrian sport in Western gear and style.Pages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback
  • Western riding (horse show)

Stock handling

  • Camargue equitation – Traditional horse riding from Camargue region of France
  • Campdrafting – Australian equestrian sportPages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback
  • Charrería – National sport of Mexico
  • Coleo de toros – Venezuelan/Colombian sport similar to rodeo
  • Cutting – Western-style equestrian competition
  • Ranch sorting – Western-style equestrian sport
  • Team penning – Western equestrian sport
  • Working cow horse – A Western-style equestrian competition event

Rodeo

Harness

  • Ban'ei racing – sportPages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallbackPages displaying short descriptions with no spaces
  • Combined driving – Sport involving horses pulling carriages
  • Draft horse showing – type of horse showPages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback
  • Fine harness – American competition with high-stepping driving horses
  • 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 racingPages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback
  • Scurry driving – Horse driving speed obstacle competition

Team sports

Regional

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