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Exploring the World of Equestrianism

This quiz explores various aspects of equestrianism, including its historical significance, sports, and different uses of horses throughout the world.

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1 ________ burials about 2,500 BC present the most direct hard evidence of horses used as working animals.

2 ________, a team game played on horses, involves riders using a long-handled mallet to drive a ball on the ground into the opposing team's goal while the opposing team defends their goal.

3 Horses continue to be used in public service: in traditional ceremonies (parades, funerals), police and volunteer mounted patrols, and for ________.

4 The horse played an important role throughout human history all over the world, both in warfare and in peaceful pursuits such as transportation, trade and ________.

5 The Spanish Riding School in Vienna, ________.

6 Roadster: A horse show competition where exhibitors wear racing silks and ride in a sulky in a style akin to ________, only without actually racing, but rather focusing on manners and performance.

7 It is most common in the UK, where it is also called ________ racing.

8 Buzkashi, a sport originating on the steppes of central Asia, now the national sport of ________ and Kyrgyzstan.

9 At the other end of the spectrum, some ________ compete in horse pulling competitions, where single or teams of horses and their drivers vie to determine who can pull the most weight for a short distance.

10 Western riding evolved from the cattle-working and warfare traditions brought to the Americas by the Spanish Conquistadors, and both equipment and riding style evolved to meet the working needs of the cowboy on ranches in the ________.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • tent pegging is one of only ten equestrian disciplines officially recognised by the International Equestrian Federation.
  • Van Buren State Park in Ohio has family, large group, and equestrian camping areas, the latter with manure bins and picket lines.
  • escaramuza is an equestrienne display of choreographed patterns that was established as the tenth official event of charreada in 1992.
  • Sabine Ehrenfeld, the Overstock.com spokesmodel, is fluent in German, French, English, and Italian and that she is an experienced pilot and equestrian.
  • Equine Hippique Canada, Canada's official equestrian federation, describes itself as a "little known and hardly recognized" entity, despite selecting the Olympic teams.
  • British equestrian Anne Dunham won her first individual Paralympic gold medal in the 2008 Games at the age of 59.
  • Dzhigit is a reference to a skillful and brave equestrian in the Caucasus, and the derived term "Dzhigitovka" means the special style of trick riding, which originated in the Caucasus and Central Asia, and is also popular with Russian Cossacks.
  • Elgin Gould, who recommended entrepreneurs build working-class communities serviced by streetcars on the outskirts of major cities, was killed in a horseback riding accident.
  • Singaporean equestrienne Laurentia Tan won Singapore's first-ever Paralympic medals, two bronzes in dressage, at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.
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