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  2. Women in equestrianism - Wikipedia

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    Japan's Chihiro Akami, an example of a female jockey. The place of women in equestrianism has undergone significant societal evolution. Until the 20th century, in most Eurasian and North African countries, and later in North and South America, the horse was primarily a symbol of military and masculine prowess, associated with men for both warfare and daily labor.

  3. Jenny Pitman - Wikipedia

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    She obtained a horse training licence in her own name in 1975, [4] and her first winner came in the same year. In 1976, the couple took over and renovated the Weathercock House training yard at Lambourn. [5] After the breakdown of her marriage the next year, she bought out Richard's share and continued to run the yard, which grew from 19 to 80 ...

  4. Sidesaddle - Wikipedia

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    However, women did ride horses and needed to be able to control their own horses, so there was a need for a saddle designed to allow control of the horse and modesty for the rider. Anne of Bohemia is known to have made the sidesaddle more popular to ladies of the Middle Ages . [ 4 ]

  5. Monty Roberts - Wikipedia

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    Marvin Earl "Monty" Roberts MVO (born May 14, 1935) is an American horse trainer who promotes his techniques of natural horsemanship through his Join-Up International organization, named after the core concept of his training method.

  6. Horse training - Wikipedia

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    A horse being trained on the longe line. Horse training refers to a variety of practices that teach horses to perform certain behaviors when commanded to do so by humans. . Horses are trained to be manageable by humans for everyday care as well as for equestrian activities, ranging anywhere from equine sports such as horse racing, dressage, or jumping, to therapeutic horseback riding for ...

  7. Natural horsemanship - Wikipedia

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    Some, though not all, practitioners work horses bridleless, or consider bridleless work to represent the culmination of their training. Once a horse is under saddle, most practitioners advocate use of either a loose-ring or a full cheek style snaffle bit, and rope reins that include slobber straps and a lead rope section on the left side ...

  8. Norah Wilmot - Wikipedia

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    Norah Wilmot, c. 1962. Norah Wilmot (1889–1980) was the first British woman racehorse trainer to officially train a winning horse. Her historic win came with her filly Pat, at Brighton in August 1966, just one day after she became one of the first two women to be granted a training licence by the Jockey Club. [1]

  9. Ray Hunt (horse trainer) - Wikipedia

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    His views on horse-human relations were embraced by inspirational writers on human relations. Lance Secretan wrote, "We may respect a leader, but the ones we love are servant-leaders." [3] In the beginning, Hunt said, "I was working in the mind of a lot of people who didn't want to believe the horse had a mind. Get a bigger bit.