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- 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
- Mounted orienteering – Sport of orienteering while riding a horse
- Pleasure riding – form of equestrianism
- Pony Club – International youth organization
- Sidesaddle – Form of equestrianism
- Sinjska alka – equestrian competition held annually in Sinj, Croatia
- Techniques de Randonnée Équestre de Compétition – equestrian sport
- Trail riding – Traveling on trails and forest roads by horse, bicycle, motorcycle, or all-terrain vehicle
- Working equitation – Equestrian discipline
FEI international disciplines
edit- 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
Regional governance
edit- Horseball – Team sport on horseback
- Tent pegging – Equestrian sport
Olympic disciplines
edit- Dressage – Equestrian sport and art
- Eventing – Equestrian triathlon
- Show jumping – Competitive equestrian sport
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
editEnglish 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- Camargue equitation – Traditional horse riding from Camargue region of France
- Campdrafting – Australian equestrian sport
- Charrería – National sport of Mexico
- Coleo de toros – Venezuelan/Colombian sport similar to rodeo
- Cutting – Western-style equestrian competition
- Ranch sorting – Western-style equestrian sport
- Team penning – Western equestrian sport
- Working cow horse – A Western-style equestrian competition event
Rodeo
edit- American rodeo events
- Barrel racing – Competitive equestrian rodeo sport
- Breakaway roping – rodeo event
- Dally ribbon roping – Team sport in rodeo
- Goat tying – Youth rodeo event
- Pole bending – rodeo event that involves riding a horse around six poles arranged in a line
- Saddle bronc and bareback riding – Rodeo event that involves riding a bucking horse
- Steer roping – Rodeo event
- Steer wrestling – Rodeo event
- Team roping – Competitive rodeo team sport
- Tie-down roping – Rodeo event
- Australian rodeo – Rodeo style in Australia
- Charrería – National sport of Mexico
- Chilean rodeo – type of sport
- Cutiano (Brazilian bronc riding)
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- Deporte de lazo – Team sport roping calves in Panama
- Equestrian drill team – Horse teams riding choreographed patterns
- Horseball – Team sport on horseback
- Pato – Team sport played on horseback
- Polo – Equestrian team sport
- Polocrosse – Team sport combining polo and lacrosse
Regional
edit- Buzkashi – Afghanistan's national sport played on horseback
- Corrida de sortija – Equestrian sport derived from jousting
- Jousting – Martial game between two horsemen wielding lances with blunted tips
- Mounted archery – Using a bow and arrow while riding from horseback
- Mounted games – Equestrian event consisting of speed racing and timed games for riders on horses
- Tent pegging – Equestrian sport