- Look up
equestrian in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The word
equestrian is a
reference to
equestrianism, or
horseback riding,
derived from
Latin equester...
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Equestrianism (from
Latin equester, equestr-, equus, 'horseman', 'horse'),
commonly known as
horse riding (Commonwealth English) or
horseback riding (American...
- An
equestrian statue is a
statue of a
rider mounted on a horse, from the
Latin eques,
meaning 'knight',
deriving from equus,
meaning 'horse'. A statue...
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Equestrian sports are
sports that use
horses as a main part of the sport. This
usually takes the form of the
rider being on the horse's back, or the horses...
- of
ancient Rome,
ranking below the
senatorial class. A
member of the
equestrian order was
known as an
eques (Latin: [ˈɛ.kʷɛs]).
During the
Roman Kingdom...
- The
Equestrian Order of the Holy
Sepulchre of
Jerusalem (Latin: Ordo
Equestris Sancti Sepulcri Hierosolymitani, OESSH), also
called the
Order of the Holy...
- The
Equestrian Statue of
Marcus Aurelius (Italian:
statua equestre di
Marco Aurelio; Latin:
Equus Marci Aurelii) is an
ancient Roman equestrian statue...
- The
Equestrian Statue of
Gattamelata is an
Italian Renaissance sculpture by Donatello,
dating from 1453,
today in the
Piazza del
Santo in Padua, Italy...
- An
equestrian facility is
created and
maintained for the
purpose of accommodating,
training or
competing equids,
especially horses.
Based on
their use...
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Gymkhana (/ˈdʒɪmˈkɑːnə/) is an
equestrian event consisting of
speed pattern racing and
timed games for
riders on horses.: 223 : 95
These events often...
