Horse Basics: What Is Horseback Riding?

Horse Basics: What Is Horseback Riding?


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What is riding horse riding you ask? 

Horseback riding is the activity of mounting a horse for competition, transportation, recreational, or practical working purposes. Horseback riding is practiced in many disciplines and styles and is a skill that has been practiced across many centuries, continents, and cultures. 

The different disciplines of horseback riding are:

  1. 1. Dressage

  2. 2. Show Jumping

  3. 3. Eventing

  4. 4. Cross-Country

  5. 5. Endurance Riding

  6. 6. Western Pleasure

  7. 7. Reining

  8. 8. Cutting

  9. 9. Barrel Racing

  10. 10. Polo

  11. 11. Vaulting

  12. 12. Mounted Archery

Plus, there are several more types of horseback riding disciplines within the english and western disciplines. Want to see horseback riding in motion? Follow us on social media @kerritseq.

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