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
Main article: Equestrianism
  • 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 equestrianism
  • Pony Club – International youth organization
  • Sidesaddle – Form of equestrianism
  • Sinjska alka – equestrian competition held annually in Sinj, Croatia
  • Techniques de Randonnée Équestre de Compétition – equestrian sport
  • Trail riding – Traveling on trails and forest roads by horse, bicycle, motorcycle, or all-terrain vehicle
  • Working equitation – Equestrian discipline

FEI international disciplines
Main article: International Federation for Equestrian Sports

Regional governance

Olympic disciplines
Main article: Equestrian events at the Summer Olympics

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 Spain

Racing
Main article: Horse 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
Main article: English riding
  • Classical dressage – Dressage and art of riding
  • Dressage – Equestrian sport and art
  • English pleasure – Style of horse show class
  • Eventing – Equestrian triathlon
  • Field hunter – type of horse
  • Foxhunting – Traditional equestrian hunting activity
  • 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 flat
  • Show jumping – Competitive equestrian sport
  • Show hack – Type of competition horse
  • Team chasing – British equestrian sport

Western riding
Main article: 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 – Dressage riding in western tack
  • Western pleasure – Pleasure-type equestrian sport in Western gear and style.
  • Western riding (horse show)

Stock handling
  • Camargue equitation – Traditional horse riding from Camargue region of France
  • Campdrafting – Australian equestrian sport
  • 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
Main article: Rodeo
  • American rodeo events
    • Barrel racing – Competitive equestrian rodeo sport
    • Breakaway roping – rodeo event
    • Dally ribbon roping – Team sport in rodeo
    • Goat tying – Youth rodeo event
    • Pole bending – rodeo event that involves riding a horse around six poles arranged in a line
    • Saddle bronc and bareback riding – Rodeo event that involves riding a bucking horse
    • Steer roping – Rodeo event
    • Steer wrestling – Rodeo event
    • Team roping – Competitive rodeo team sport
    • Tie-down roping – Rodeo event
  • Australian rodeo – Rodeo style in Australia
  • Charrería – National sport of Mexico
  • Chilean rodeo – type of sport
  • Cutiano (Brazilian bronc riding)

Harness
Main article: Driving (horse)
  • Ban'ei racing – sport
  • Combined driving – Sport involving horses pulling carriages
  • Draft horse showing – type of horse show
  • 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 racing
  • Scurry driving – Horse driving speed obstacle competition

Team sports
  • Deporte de lazo – Team sport roping calves in Panama
  • Equestrian drill team – Horse teams riding choreographed patterns
  • Horseball – Team sport on horseback
  • Pato – Team sport played on horseback
  • Polo – Equestrian team sport
  • Polocrosse – Team sport combining polo and lacrosse

Regional
  • Buzkashi – Afghanistan's national sport played on horseback
  • Corrida de sortija – Equestrian sport derived from jousting
  • Jousting – Martial game between two horsemen wielding lances with blunted tips
  • Mounted archery – Using a bow and arrow while riding from horseback
  • Mounted games – Branch of equestrian sport
  • Tent pegging – Equestrian sport

References
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