List of equestrian sports

Pictogram for Equestrian at the Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Equestrianism

• 4-H – Network of youth organizations in the United States
• 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

Main article: International Federation for Equestrian Sports

• 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

Regional governance

• Horseball – Team sport on horseback
• Tent pegging – Equestrian sport

Olympic disciplines

Main article: Equestrian events at the Summer Olympics

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

Paralympic disciplines

• Dressage only at the Paralympics; dressage and combined driving at other FEI events

Dressage

• Doma menorquina – Traditional style of riding of the island of Menorca
• Doma vaquera

Racing

Main article: Horse racing

• Flat racing – Equestrian sportPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Harness racing – A 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

Other timed events

• Gymkhana – Equestrian event consisting of speed racing and timed games for riders on horses
• Skijoring – Winter sport involving being pulled on skis

English riding

Main article: 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

Main article: 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 – Equestrian sport
• 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

Main article: 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

Main article: Driving (horse)

• Ban'ei racing
• Combined driving – Sport involving horses pulling carriages
• Draft horse showing
• 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 – 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