Equestrianism relates to the riding of horses. This broad description includes both riding horses for practical purposes such as in police work or for controlling herd animals on a ranch, as well as recreational and sporting aspects such as horse riding sports, carriage driving, dressage, endurance racing, eventing, horseball, paraequestrianism, reining, show jumping, tent pegging, vaulting, and polo. Other horse riding sports include horse-racing, hunting, fox hunting, rodeo, barrel racing, pole bending, flag racing, western and hunter pleasure, western and hunt-seat equitation, trail class, showmanship, horsemanship, roping (heading and heeling), park, English pleasure, country English pleasure, saddle seat equitation, jousting, and cavalry. Often, horses are used for casual or rigorous recreational riding (also called trail riding or hacking). Recreational riders often hunt, pack, and camp using horses, mules, and donkeys. There is public access to horse trails in almost every part of the world; and many parks, ranches, and barns offer guided and independent trail riding.

In former times equestrianism was closely associated with the military: medieval knights were equestrians, as were their military successors, the cavalry. However, the horse and horseback riding have had an important part in all times and places, from the times of the Roman empire, to medieval knights, to genghis khan and his armies, to the streets of London, to the farms and frontiers of the United States, to the luxury barns and fast-paced horse show world of today.

Horse racing

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Humans have always had a desire to know which horse (or horses) could move the fastest, so horse-racing has ancient roots. Today, several categories of racing exist:

Races subject to formal gambling

Under saddle:

1. Thoroughbred flat racing; (under the aegis of the Jockey Club in the United Kingdom and the Jockey Club of North America)
2. Thoroughbred National Hunt racing or steeplechasing in the UK
3. Quarter Horse Racing--mostly in the United States, and sanctioned there by the American Quarter Horse Association.
4. Appaloosa Horse Racing
5. Arabian Horse Racing

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MiamiHerald.com: Horse Racing

Bold talk, long odds for Triple Crown
Wed, 14 May 2008 03:01:00 -0400
Hall of Fame trainer Shug McGaughey was on the backside at Belmont in New York on Sunday morning, the day after the Kentucky Derby, and he couldn't believe what he was hearing.
Big Brown has Big Wait in Preakness debut
Wed, 14 May 2008 20:45:00 -0400
Big Brown was late for his big arrival at the Preakness.
Iavarone reflects on move from pitches to ponies
Wed, 14 May 2008 03:14:00 -0400
Horse racing always intrigued Michael Iavarone, but it wasn't as if he spent his nights growing up in Bethpage, N.Y., dreaming of owning a Triple Crown threat like Big Brown.
Big Brown heavy favorite for Preakness
Wed, 14 May 2008 18:44:00 -0400
Kentucky Derby winner Big Brown is the prohibitive 1-2 favorite for Saturday's 133rd Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course. The colt will face 12 other three-year-olds in the $1 million, 1 3/16 mile race.
Preakness Stakes is Big Brown's to lose
Wed, 14 May 2008 14:46:00 -0400
Coming out of the Kentucky Derby, it appeared that this year's Preakness Stakes could be a walk-over for Big Brown. He proved that post position is no deterent to him when he easily went from post 20 in the Run for the Roses to the winner's circle at Churchill Downs.
Derby winner Big Brown is odds-on Preakness favorite
Wed, 14 May 2008 20:50:00 -0400
Running on the outside has been very good to Big Brown. Now the Kentucky Derby winner gets to try things from the middle.

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Kentucky Bear's handlers relish Preakness' big stage
Thu, 15 May 2008 15:59:13 -0000
Trainer Reade Baker was both elated and dismayed when he watched his promising colt, Kentucky Bear, turn in a dazzling performance ...
Gayego will challenge Big Brown in Preakness
Thu, 15 May 2008 15:59:56 -0000
The owners of Cubanacan Stables have decided to send their long shot, Gayego, to face undefeated Big Brown in the 133rd Preakness ...
Costas panel to dissect horse racing's dark side
Wed, 14 May 2008 01:48:49 -0000
NBC received both praise and criticism for its conservative coverage of Eight Belles' death at the Kentucky Derby. Fresh off ...
Harlem Rocker will not see Big Brown at Preakness
Wed, 14 May 2008 02:41:52 -0000
Richard Dutrow Jr., trainer of imposing Kentucky Derby champion Big Brown, said Saturday's Preakness Stakes "looks like an absolute ...
Owner: Two weeks until Eight Belles test results are ready
Fri, 09 May 2008 22:50:52 -0000
It will be at least two weeks before additional information is known about what caused Eight Belles to break down in the Kentucky ...
Derby winner Big Brown could face 12 rivals in Preakness
Fri, 09 May 2008 21:35:13 -0000
Big Brown has not scared off all the 3-year-old horses with his overpowering victory in the Kentucky Derby. The probable field ...

ESPN.com - Horse Racing

Barbaro's jockey Prado leads racing Hall finalists
Associated Press Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:58:55 -0800
Jockey Edgar Prado, who won the 2006 Kentucky Derby aboard Barbaro, was among 12 finalists for the National Museum of Racing's Hall of Fame.
'Other' Dutrow saddles speedball Sherine
Jay Privman Wed, 14 May 2008 17:16:04 -0700
Up to, including, and following the Kentucky Derby, it has been all Dutrow, all the time.
Pimlico Special: Sir Whimsey wouldn't mind mud
David Grening Wed, 14 May 2008 17:14:55 -0700
Jimmy Toner says he can remember shipping a few horses from his New York base to Pimlico for a couple of turf stakes, but the 67-year-old trainer doesn't recall ever running a horse on this historic track's dirt course.
Stiffer penalties for steroids in California
Steve Andersen Wed, 14 May 2008 17:12:47 -0700
Penalties for excessive use of anabolic steroids in racehorses will be greatly enhanced in California this summer, according to a statement released by the California Horse Racing Board on Tuesday.
Rite Moment vs. Carriage Trail in Shuvee
Dave Litfin Wed, 14 May 2008 17:11:33 -0700
Recent graded stakes winners Rite Moment and Carriage Trail head a prospective field of six to nine fillies and mares eyeing Saturday's one-mile Shuvee Handicap.
Storm Cat pensioned at 25
Glenye Cain Oakford Wed, 14 May 2008 09:11:11 -0700
The great American sire Storm Cat has been pensioned from stud duty, Overbrook Farm announced Tuesday.

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