Sports

Carriage driving involves a driver, who is seated in the horse carriage controlling and directing a horse or a number of horses.

Disabled Driving is an equestrian sport where drivers sit in vehicles drawn by horses or ponies and guide them around a marked course.

Dressage is all about learning to work with your horse and help him achieve greater suppleness, flexibility and obedience.

Endurance riding is the sport of competitive long distance riding. Distances vary from the entry level of 16km right through to a 160km in a day.

Eventing, sometimes referred to as a 'Horse Trials' or the 'three day event', is a unique combination of three phases: dressage, cross country over fixed fences and showjumping.

Horseball involves players within a team passing and throwing a ball on horseback.

Mounted Games is a fast paced team competition where riders navigate through different obstacle races.

Probably one of the more established disability sports on offer, para-equestrian dressage is the only equestrian discipline competed for at the Paralympic Games.

British Showjumping are the latest member body to launch a pathway that caters for disabled riders in partnership with Riding for the Disabled.

Polocrosse is best describe as lacrosse on horseback and is suitable for riders of all ages and all abilities, at the top level it is an incredibly fast paced and exciting to watch.

Reining is a style of western riding where the rider guides their horse through a precise pattern of circles, spins, and stops.

There is a long tradition of showing horses in the UK, in which the best bred horses are judged against each other at specific competitions across the country.

Showjumping requires athleticism, control and accuracy from both horse and rider over a course of knockable fences in a predetermined sequence.

Vaulting is a rapidly growing sport, described best as gymnastics on horseback.