List of equestrian sports

Equestrian sports are sports that use horses as a main part of the sport. This usually takes the form of the rider being on the horse's back, or the horses pulling some sort of horse-drawn vehicle.

General

4-H – Network of youth organizations in the United States
Equitation – Art or practice of horse riding or horsemanship
Horse show – A judged exhibition of horses
Icelandic equitation – Form of horse riding traditional to Iceland
Jineteada gaucha – Traditional sport of Argentina and the Cono Sur
Mounted orienteering – Sport of orienteering while riding a horse
Pleasure riding – form of equestrianism
Pony Club – International youth organization
Sidesaddle – Form of equestrianism
Sinjska alka – Equestrian competition in Sinj, Croatia
Techniques de Randonnée Équestre de Compétition – equestrian sport
Trail riding – Traveling on trails and forest roads by horse, bicycle, motorcycle, or all-terrain vehicle
Working equitation – Equestrian discipline

FEI international disciplines

Combined driving – Sport involving horses pulling carriages
Dressage – Equestrian sport and art
Endurance – Equestrian sport
Eventing – Equestrian triathlon
Para-equestrian – Type of disability sport
Show jumping – Competitive equestrian sport
Equestrian vaulting – Gymnastics and dance on horseback

Regional governance

Horseball – Team sport on horseback
Tent pegging – Equestrian sport

Olympic disciplines

Dressage – Equestrian sport and art
Eventing – Equestrian triathlon
Show jumping – Competitive equestrian sport

Paralympic disciplines

Dressage only at the Paralympics; dressage and combined driving at other FEI events

Dressage

Doma menorquina – Traditional style of riding of the island of Menorca
Doma vaquera – traditional horse riding discipline of Spain

Racing

Flat racing – Equestrian sport
Harness racing – A form of horse racing that uses a two-wheeled cart
Point-to-point – Form of horse racing
Steeplechase – Horse race form originally from Ireland, featuring jumps over fence and ditch obstacles
Thoroughbred horse racing – Sport and industry involving the racing of Thoroughbred horses

Other timed events

Gymkhana – Equestrian event consisting of speed racing and timed games for riders on horses
Skijoring – Winter sport involving being pulled on skis

English riding

Classical dressage – Art of riding
Dressage – Equestrian sport and art
English pleasure – Style of horse show class
Eventing – Equestrian triathlon
Field hunter – type of horse
Foxhunting – Traditional equestrian hunting activity
Hunt seat – Competitive equestrian sport
Saddle seat – Style of horse riding
Show hunter – Type of competition horse
Show hunter (British) – Horse type in UK
Show jumping – Competitive equestrian sport
Show hack – Type of competition horse
Team chasing – British equestrian sport

Western riding

Cowboy mounted shooting – Type of competitive equestrian sport
Cowboy polo – Form of polo played mostly in the western United States
Horsemanship – Use of horses for sport or work
O-Mok-See – Equestrian event consisting of speed racing and timed games for riders on horses
Reining – Type of western horse riding competition
Trail (horse show) – horse show
Western dressage – Dressage riding in western tack
Western pleasure – Equestrian sport
Western riding (horse show)

Stock handling

Camargue equitation – Traditional horse riding from Camargue region of France
Campdrafting – Sport involving a horse and rider working cattle
Charrería – National sport of Mexico
Coleo de toros – Venezuelan/Colombian sport similar to rodeo
Cutting – Western-style equestrian competition
Ranch sorting – Western-style equestrian sport
Team penning – Western equestrian sport
Working cow horse – A Western-style equestrian competition event

Rodeo

American rodeo events
- Barrel racing – Competitive equestrian rodeo sport
- Breakaway roping – rodeo event
- Dally ribbon roping – Team sport in rodeo
- Goat tying – Youth rodeo event
- Pole bending – rodeo event that involves riding a horse around six poles arranged in a line
- Saddle bronc and bareback riding – Rodeo event that involves riding a bucking horse
- Steer roping – Rodeo event
- Steer wrestling – Rodeo event
- Team roping – Competitive rodeo team sport
- Tie-down roping – Rodeo event
Australian rodeo – Rodeo style in Australia
Charrería – National sport of Mexico
Chilean rodeo – type of sport
Cutiano (Brazilian bronc riding)

Harness

Ban'ei racing – sport
Combined driving – Sport involving horses pulling carriages
Draft horse showing – type of horse show
Fine harness – American competition with high-stepping driving horses
Harness racing – A form of horse racing that uses a two-wheeled cart
Pleasure driving – A horse show class involving horses pulling carts
Roadster – type of horse racing
Scurry driving — High speed obstacle competition

Team sports

Deporte de lazo – Team sport roping calves in Panama
Equestrian drill team – Horse teams riding choreographed patterns
Horseball – Team sport on horseback
Pato – Team sport played on horseback
Polo – Equestrian team sport
Polocrosse – Team sport combining polo and lacrosse

Regional

Buzkashi – Afghanistan's national sport played on horseback
Corrida de sortija – Equestrian sport derived from jousting
Jousting – Martial game between two horsemen wielding lances with blunted tips
Mounted archery – Using a bow and arrow while riding from horseback
Mounted games – Equestrian event consisting of speed racing and timed games for riders on horses
Tent pegging – Equestrian sport