Horses are horses. Riding is riding. Safety is the same wherever you go. Just have a helmet handy, and be sure to use safe riding equipment. Never use a saddle, bridle, hackamore, martingale, bit, ANYTHING if it is torn or broken. They will completely break and most likely that will lead to a lose horse and a human on the floor.
yeah there is dumbo!
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Gandalf
Nothing, there's a 'horse triathlon' called Eventing though.
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Horse Riding in the Olympics is a couple of things. There's Show jumping indviual and team. I think there is Cross Country Ind. and team and there is Dressage Ind. and team. I hope to be there for the 2016 Olympics!
Imperial Cavalier
There's nothing English about it. The riding events in the Olympics are controlled by the International Equestrian Federation or FEI, which operates worldwide.
The safety jacket worn when riding a horse is called a body protector or a safety vest. It is designed to reduce the risk of injury to the rider's torso in case of a fall or impact while riding.
Western horse riding isn't an olympic sport for the same reason that caber tossing isn't. Most Western horse riding occurs in the US and caber toss is a Scottish phenomenon. Both are sports which require strength and skill, but occur mostly regionally. Western riding is in the Olympics-Reining is a part of the Olympics, but it isn't as popular as the English events. It is just as fun though.
a horselength or more.