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  2. Fletcher Street Urban Riding Club - Wikipedia

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    The Fletcher Street Riding Club is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization devoted to inner-city horsemanship in North Philadelphia. Part of a century-long tradition of black cowboys and horsemanship in Philadelphia, local horsemen maintain and care for horses and teach neighborhood youth to do so. They encourage academic excellence and provide ...

  3. List of equestrian sports - Wikipedia

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    Combined driving – Sport involving horses pulling carriages. Dressage – Equestrian sport and art. Endurance – Equestrian sport. Eventing – Equestrian triathlon. Para-equestrian – Type of disability sport. Show jumping – Competitive equestrian sport. Equestrian vaulting – Gymnastics and dance on horseback.

  4. Equine-assisted therapy - Wikipedia

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    Equine-assisted therapy (EAT) encompasses a range of treatments that involve activities with horses and other equines to promote human physical and mental health. [1][2] Modern use of horses for mental health treatment dates to the 1990s. Systematic review of studies of EAT as applied to physical health date only to about 2007, and a lack of ...

  5. Hobby horsing - Wikipedia

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    Country or region. Originated in Finland. Hobby horsing is a hobby with gymnastic elements which uses hobby horses, also known as stick horses. [1][2] Movement sequences similar to those in show jumping or dressage are partly simulated in courses, without real horses being used. The participants predominantly use self-made hobby horses. [3][4][5]

  6. Equestrianism - Wikipedia

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    Musicians riding horses, Tang dynasty Horses are trained and ridden for practical working purposes, such as in police work or for controlling herd animals on a ranch.They are also used in competitive sports including dressage, endurance riding, eventing, reining, show jumping, tent pegging, vaulting, polo, horse racing, driving, and rodeo (see additional equestrian sports listed later in this ...

  7. Dressage - Wikipedia

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    Paralympic. 1996 (para-dressage) Dressage (/ ˈdrɛsɑːʒ / or / drɪˈsɑːʒ /; French: [dʁɛsaʒ], most commonly translated as "training") is a form of horse riding performed in exhibition and competition, as well as an art sometimes pursued solely for the sake of mastery. As an equestrian sport defined by the International Equestrian ...

  8. Horse racing - Wikipedia

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    Wild Horse racing in Palio di Legnano 2013. Horse racing is an equestrian performance activity, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition. It is one of the most ancient of all sports, as its basic premise – to identify which of two or more horses is the ...

  9. List of horse breeds - Wikipedia

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    Mountain and moorland pony breeds, abbreviated "M&M," a specific group of pony breeds native to the British Isles. New Zealand Warmblood, a developing warmblood type based on Hanoverian and KWPF breeding. Oriental horse, the "hot-blooded" breeds originating in the Middle East, such as the Arabian, Akhal-Teke, Barb, and Turkoman horse.