{"id":357,"date":"2025-03-20T07:50:26","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T07:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/taysidemarketingltd.com\/hobbies\/?p=357"},"modified":"2025-03-20T07:50:26","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T07:50:26","slug":"hobby-horsing-serious-sport-or-eccentric-make-believe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/taysidemarketingltd.com\/hobbies\/?p=357","title":{"rendered":"Hobby Horsing: Serious Sport or Eccentric Make-Believe?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XXLHUSCnzPs\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Dressage or show jumping on a hobby horse? What sounds like an activity for imaginative little girls is also an international competitive sport, known as hobby horsing. Some people may laugh at the sport, but it makes Nara Arlin from Finland feel confident. 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