List of equestrian sports

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Horse 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[edit]

FEI international disciplines[edit]

Regional governance[edit]

Olympic disciplines[edit]

Paralympic disciplines[edit]

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

Dressage[edit]

  • Doma menorquina – Traditional style of riding of the island of Menorca
  • Doma vaquera – traditional horse riding discipline of Spain

Racing[edit]

  • 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[edit]

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

English riding[edit]

  • 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[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Rodeo[edit]

Harness[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Regional[edit]

References[edit]