What year did horseback riding become a sport?

Answer 1

That was the 1900 Games in Paris, France. Three events were contested, individual show jumping, high jump, and long jump. There was no equestrian in the 1904 and 1908 Games. It made its comeback in 1912 and has been a part of the Olympics ever since.

Answer 2

According to archaeologists, horse racing began in ancient Greece, Babylon, Syria, and Egypt. The first races began in ancient Greek Olympics by 648 BC. In that time, the major important racers were chariot and mounted.

Answer 3

Equestrian featured for the first time in the Olympics in 1900 in Paris, France. The event was not featured in the 1904 and 1908 Olympics but it made its way back to the Olympics in 1912. It has been featured in every Olympic ever since.

Answer 4

I don't know the exact day but i think like 300 b.c. in new day Mongolia. Originaly occured as a game by just jumping on top of a wild horse. But u may want different advise. but that's what i think it is. the Mongolia part is right though if your just wondering

Answer 5

No one invented it, it started so long ago that no one knows the true person to first ride a horse. But much of riding today came from World War 1 where the horses were used as transportation, or I guess a tank in a sense.

Answer 6

Some thousand years ago when horses where first domesticated and tamed to be ridden and used for draft work.

Answer 7

Less than a year after the first two people that found out how to ride horses met.

Answer 8

what year was equestrian invented