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A youth rider in English style tack and equipment. English riding is promoted in organizations for youth, such as Pony Club, and is the basic style of riding seen in the various events at the Olympics. English saddles also are used by many pleasure riders for everyday riding. The major subdivisions of the English riding genre are:
A breed registry was founded in 1954, and within 15 years had registered 15,000 ponies. Today, the Pony of the Americas Club is one of the largest and most active youth-oriented horse breed registrie in the US. Although called ponies, POAs have the phenotype of a small horse, combining mainly Arabian and American Quarter Horse attributes.
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
The Jockey of Artemision is a large Hellenistic bronze statue of a young boy riding a horse, dated to around 150–140 BC. [1] [2] It is a rare surviving original bronze statue from Ancient Greece and a rare example in Greek sculpture of a racehorse.
The Pony Club program offers certification of a member's proficiency in skills and theory. The levels start with beginner levels D1, D2, and D3, progress through the intermediate levels C1, C2, and C3, and proceed to the advanced levels HB, B, HA, and A. [7] [8] The Pony Club publishes manuals and books which provide all the information needed to earn certificates and achievement badges.
The divisions include small pony (12.2hh or smaller), medium pony (12.3hh to 13.2hh), and large pony (13.3hh to 14.2hh). The fence heights in pony classes are proportionate to the height of the pony. In regular competition, small ponies jump 2 ft 3 in (0.69 m), medium ponies jump 2 ft 6 in (0.76 m), and large ponies jump 3 ft (0.91 m)".