Horse riding

Horse riding sports have been popular since ancient times .

Today there are many kinds of different horse riding events

like horse racing, show jumping and dressage. In horse race horses are ridden by riders know as jockeys. They run for a set distance, often with obstacles for them to jump over.

In show jumping riders direct their horses around a course of obstacles, which they have to jump over without making mistakes.

Dressage

In dressage, riders get their horses to perform a series of exact movements, such as trot, turns and diagonal steps. Dressage is called horse ballet

This is Pippa

She's 13 years old

She's 13.1hands

Her breed is welsh section B

These are some of the ponies at Kirsty's

This is imaging

we call her midge

This is gizmo

we call him giz

This is magic

we call him mag

This is charm

we just call

her charmie poppers

This is Edward

we call him Ed