By The Way A new breed of horse girls gets its first U.S. championships. Hobby horses aren’t real, but the competition is: More than 100 gallopers gathered with their trusty steeds-on-a-stick.

FINLAND - Hobby Horse enthusiasts from all over Finland gathered in Vantaa for the annual championships. Now this is a kind of championship you don't often hear about. It's a competition involving ...

That was after making a nice showing in a competition in Finland, which is to hobby horse riding what Wimbledon is to tennis. Hobby horse isn't just a toy. It's a competitive sport.

Hobby horse competitions are a real thing -- seriously, a real thing -- and not just in Finland. The strange equestrian-esque sport, in which competitors jump, race and perform while astride the ...

According to The Associated Press, Finland has more than 10,000 hobby horse aficionados.They say they’re glad their hobby is getting such attention. "I think that it's really great that they ...

HELSINKI (AP) — The 400 contestants at a sports arena in Finland show jumped, barrel raced and pranced in a dressage competition. They just didn’t do it with live horses. What organizers call… ...

This was the first U.S. Hobby Horse Championships, a historic and affirming moment for riders whose ponies have a pole instead of legs and can be stabled in a bedroom closet instead of a barn ...

FRANKFURT, Germany — Germany's first hobby horsing championship got underway in Frankfurt on Saturday, with hundreds of young riders competing in time jumping, style jumping and dressage on ...

Much like Marmite, hobby horsing divides the general public. It is something you either embrace with passion or simply cannot comprehend. Popular in Finland and most recently spreading to other ...

Germany’s first hobby horsing championship got underway in Frankfurt on Saturday, with hundreds of young riders competing in time jumping, style jumping and dressage on their wooden stick horses.

What organizers called "the biggest hobby horse event in the world" has taken place in Finland at the national championships for the sport that simulates the gymnastic elements of real ...