Horse riding also known as Equestrianism is basically the art of riding the horse or vaulting with them. In this case horses are personally trained for most of the practical work purpose such as for the police work or may be for the prime purpose to control animals on ranch. They are also trained for the competitive sports. If you go deep in to this then this horse riding is the basic means of transportation in most of the places where other mode of transportation cannot be used.
So just going through the jist of this matter considering horse riding as a sport is not a fair mean. Apart from being used in competitive sports these horses are also used in horse shows as well used for harness racing. It is also a daily mean for most of the people especially the ones staying in mountainous regions. Although nowadays humans have a desire to take part in this horse riding and gamble on them.
Though riding is not an easy task. You have to control a 12 hundred pound animal with your mind. It is equally difficult task to go along with the animal's mind set. Then only they will work for you. Horse riding should not be considered a sport as it serves a lot more than just being used for these mere horse races. It acts as a transportation mean for people living in mountainous region, It is also used for horse shows, therapeutic purpose, farming etc.In most of the places terming horse riding as a sport is considered as cruelty to these animals. There are certain types of horse race such as steeple chasing where the horses are required to jump hurdles while galloping at full speed. Now this can injure the animal resulting to its death. There are certain surveys that depict the death of these animals nearly every year.
Apart from this there are many health issues related to this as well. Handling such a heavy animal and riding it in the correct form include a number of health risks thereby leading to severe injuries and fatalities as well. According to certain studies mostly the injury is caused by falling from the horse while riding thereby leading to head injuries,chest,abdomen,arm dislocation, leg fracture etc.There are injuries as well which is attained by being kicked by the animal. Head injury is considered to be the most traumatic of all and studies also predict that most of the players suffering from head injury were wearing helmet while riding the horse. Hence one has to be careful of these. Hence this can be one of the major reason to not consider horseback riding as a sport. Also riding a horse astride could lead to injuries in the women's sex organs. As this is the most sensitive area of a woman so mostly they should avoid taking part in these races. Hence horse riding as a sport not only affect horses but also the players as well be it a woman or a man.
Hence going through all the above mentioned reasons, horse riding should not be considered for sports .May be this step can save the lives of a lot number of horses as well as players
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