(Equestrianism)

Equestrian is an Olympic sport since 1900.

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, dressage, show jumping, eventing and polo. Other horse riding activities include horse-racing, hunting, fox hunting, rodeo, jousting and cavalry.

In former times equestrianism was closely associated with the military: medieval knights were equestrians, as were their military successors, the cavalry.

At the Olympic Games competitions are held in the following disciplines:

Dressage [events: individual Mixed, and team Mixed]

Eventing [events: individual Mixed, and team Mixed]

Show-Jumping [events: individual Mixed, and team Mixed]