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04/25 01:04 CDT AP PHOTOS: Russian kids ride sticks with a horse's head in
hobby horsing competition
AP PHOTOS: Russian kids ride sticks with a horse's head in hobby horsing
competition
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) --- Several dozen kids --- 48 girls and one boy,
from first-graders to teenagers --- gathered recently at a gymnasium in
northern St. Petersburg for a hobby horsing competition. The event looked
exactly like a proper equestrian competition, but instead of a horse they rode
a stick with a horse's head.
Hobby horsing aficionados say one can buy a stick horse or make one from
scratch.
The Russian Federation of Hobby Horsing, which organized the competition, says
on its website that the discipline comes from Finland and that it's more of a
grassroots movement rather than a professional sport.
Yet, there are still tournaments, couches and judges, and participants have to
abide by the rules of horse-riding competitions.
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