A young woman has achieved internet fame after video of her demonstrating her unique skill went viral. Ayla Kirstine of Norway has loved animals since childhood and in an effort to emulate one of her favorites, has learned to walk, trot, gallop and jump like a horse. At first she wanted to be a dog, and she still gallops around with her family pet. But, with jumper-like grace, Ayla can also clear fences and trots as elegantly as any show horse.
Ayla Kirstine has been perfecting her talent since she was about four years old. Her jumps are homemade hurdles, some solidly built and quite impressively high. Her videos also show her clearing a wooden picnic table with apparent ease. Why does she do this? No one, including Kirstine herself seems to know.
A young woman has achieved internet fame after video of her demonstrating her unique skill went viral. Ayla Kirstine of Norway has loved animals since childhood and in an effort to emulate one of her favorites, has learned to walk ...
How many of us, dreaming of riding a real horse, rode a hobby horse instead? Hobby horses have evolved, perhaps not so profoundly as real horses. But clearly, from very early on, hobby horses have satisfied some sort of need to ho ...
Over the last decade, the sport of hobbyhorse riding has grown to become a global craze among teenage girls, culminating in a plethora of social media attention following the decision of Finnish film-maker and academy award winner ...
The current hobby horse riding craze began about fifteen years ago and was brought into the spotlight by a 2017 movie called Hobbyhorse Revolution. The movie explores this fantasy sport where the participants, mainly young girls, ...
A Canadian girl has jumped into fame recently. Known as a horse girl, she spends her spare time galloping on all fours and clearing jumps like a grand-prix jumper. Ava Vogel has been practicing her unusual hobby for about six year ...
Is it the weirdest sport in the world? Hobby horses aren’t just for little horse-crazy girls. Hobby horsing is a serious sport with thousands of participants. A recent championship show attracted hundreds of entrants in classes li ...
Three horses shared the leaderboard as we headed out of August 2023. 3P *Stars & Spice* is out of the PythonPonyPalaces stable and this 17 hand Friesian mare took the #1 rank, earned 21,156,700 PB, and jumped 104.75. Her jump-off ...
Want a quick way to improve your seat and develop a better feel for your horse’s movements? Try a lesson on the lunge line. Just because it’s a quick way to learn doesn’t mean it’s easy, however! No stirrups and no reins can make ...
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Trainer Clint Surplus dedicates his life to keeping the old ways, using the methods of the Vaqueros to produce horses that were well-trained. Mastery is not his goal, but to connect with them and respect the instincts and qualitie ...
Lightning Strike hit three times for owner Kasch Stables 2 taking all three spots on the leaderboard as we went into the first weekend of August 2023. The 16.1 hand Dutch Warmblood mare was bred by Ebony Breeding Barn. She capture ...
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