Equestrian Explained

The word equestrian is a reference to equestrianism, or horseback riding, derived from Latin Latin: equester and Latin: equus, "horse".

Horseback riding (or riding in British English)

Examples of this are:

• Equestrian sports
• Equestrian order, one of the upper classes in ancient Rome
• Equestrian statue, a statue of a leader on horseback
• Equestrian nomads, one of various nomadic or semi-nomadic ethnic groups whose culture places special emphasis on horse breeding and riding
• Equestrian at the Summer Olympics, a division of Olympic Games competition

Other

• The ship Equestrian, used to transport convicts from England to Australia, for example Alfred Dancey.

See also

• Equestria, Pretoria
• Equestria, the fictional nation in which the television show My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, and its associated comic books, movies, and novels primarily take place