The Riding Horse is a type of show horse in the UK. Riding horses can be any breed, but are generally warmbloods or Thoroughbred crosses.
The breeding and showing of riding horses is overseen by the British Show Horse Association.
Read more about Riding Horse: Showing The Riding Horse, Racehorse To Riding Horse, Comparable Classes in Other Nations, See Also
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On a range five hundred files. A Thousand. Reaching
From dawn to sunset.”
—Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)
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—Constance Fenimore Woolson (1840–1894)
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