Horses can be ridden in a variety of sports and disciplines.
- English Pleasure
- Showmanship
- Show Jumping
- Dressage
- Polo
- Racing
- Eventing
- Gymkhana
- Western Pleasure
- Western Showmanship
- Barrel Racing
- Cutting
- Reining
- Team Penning
Horses normally used for riding are light horse breeds and ponies.
- Thoroughbred
- Arabian
- Quarter Horse
- Morgan
- Fresian
- Saddlebred
- Tennesse Walker
- Rocky Mountain
- Warmbloods-(Hanoverian, Swedish Warmblood, Trakhener)
- Welsh Pony
- Halflinger Pony
- Fjiord Pony
- Icelandic Pony
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