But it wasn’t that kind of a toy horse. She rides a hobby horse — the one with a head and a wooden dowel poking out. She made it herself and used it to take part in the Finnish Hobby Horse ...

Julia Mikkonen, head of the Finnish Hobbyhorse Association, said hobby horsing combines Finnish handcrafting culture — some riders make and decorate their own sticks and stuffed horse heads ...

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.

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A 19th-century wooden hobby horse, believed to have been made in Germany, also was among the hundreds of items offered for sale. Auctioneers Kathy Maurer Wilson and Curtis Wilson, who donated ...

What organisers called “the biggest hobby horse event in the world ... jumped and pranced with their homemade stuffed horse heads on a wooden stick in the physically demanding competition ...

Horses deserve no less sympathy.' Hobby horse racing - which sees enthusiasts act out horse racing, riding wooden sticks stuffed with toy horses - is immensely popular in parts of Europe ...

Padstow's two 'Obby 'Oss - wooden hobby horse - costumes have been parading for the first time since 2019. The ancient tradition, believed to welcome the coming of summer, saw thousands of people ...

Danann Chambers and dad Lloyd competing in the hobby horse competition at Boswell's summer show. Photo: Leigh Anderson Olivia Addis with Georgie, Elvie Kiernan with Willow, and Saoirse Madden with ...