horsemanship: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	horseback riding • equestrianism • riding • horse-riding

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Icelandic horse

Rider atop a chestnut horse walking with raised steps.

hackney horse performing a trot

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Hanoverian horse during a dressage test

Dutch Warmblood

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