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.

Contents

• General
• FEI international disciplines
• Regional governance
• Olympic disciplines
• Paralympic disciplines
• Dressage
• Racing
• Other timed events
• English riding
• Western riding
• Stock handling
• Rodeo
• Harness
• Team sports
• Regional
• References

General

• 4-H  – Youth development organization
• Equitation  – Art or practice of horse riding or horsemanship
• Horse show  – 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
• Pony Club  – International youth organization
• Sidesaddle  – Form of equestrianism
• Sinjska alka  – Equestrian competition in Sinj, Croatia
• Techniques de Randonnée Équestre de Compétition
• Trail riding  – Traveling on trails and forest roads by horse, bicycle, motorcycle, or all-terrain vehicle
• Working equitation  – Equestrian discipline

FEI international disciplines

• 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

Olympic disciplines

• Dressage  – Equestrian sport and art
• Eventing  – Equestrian triathlon
• Show jumping  – Competitive equestrian sport

Racing

• Flat racing  – Equestrian sportPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Harness racing  – Form of horse racing that uses a two-wheeled cart
• Point-to-point  – Form of horse racingPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• 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 horsesPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets

English riding

• Classical dressage  – 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 activityPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Hunt seat  – Competitive equestrian sport
• Saddle seat  – Style of horse riding
• Show hunter  – Type of competition horse
• Show hunter (British)  – Horse type in UK
• Show jumping  – Competitive equestrian sport
• Show hack  – Type of competition horse
• Team chasing

Western riding

• 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 workPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• O-Mok-See  – Equestrian event consisting of speed racing and timed games for riders on horsesPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Reining  – Type of western horse riding competition
• Trail (horse show)
• Western dressage  – Dressage riding in western tack
• Western pleasure  – Competition at horse shows
• Western riding (horse show)

Stock handling

• Camargue equitation  – Traditional horse riding from Camargue region of France
• Campdrafting  – Sport involving a horse and rider working cattle
• 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

• 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 with six poles
  • Saddle bronc and bareback riding  – Rodeo event that involves riding a bucking horsePages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
  • Steer roping  – Rodeo event
  • Steer wrestling  – Rodeo event
  • Team roping  – Competitive rodeo team sport
  • Tie-down roping  – Rodeo eventPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Australian rodeo  – Rodeo style in Australia
• Charrería  – National sport of Mexico
• Chilean rodeo  – Traditional equestrian sport in Chile

Harness

• Ban'ei racing  – Form of horse racing
• Combined driving  – Sport involving horses pulling carriages
• Draft horse showing
• Fine harness  – American competition with high-stepping driving horses
• Harness racing  – Form of horse racing that uses a two-wheeled cart
• Pleasure driving  – Horse show class involving horses pulling carts
• Roadster  – Horse and pony driving competition
• Scurry driving — High speed obstacle competition

Team sports

• 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

• 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 horsesPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Tent pegging  – Equestrian sport

References