She’s telling critics to hold their horses. A “hobby horser” – who gallops and jumps hurdles with the children’s stick toy – fired back at critics who dissed the activity as “easy ...

A Lancashire schoolgirl has competed in numerous hobby horse competitions - where she takes part in show jumping with a stick pony. Tilly Norris, 11, has miniature pet horses but took up the sport ...

and they can show it to people all around the world,” she said. The highlight of Saturday’s event came as Marie Karkkainen of Finland scored the country’s new hobby-horse high jumping record ...