Equitation
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Equitation is the art or practice of horse riding or horsemanship.
A hunter equitation rider jumping her course.
A saddle seat rider on an American Saddlebred
A western equitation rider
Jodhpurs
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Jodhpurs, in their modern form, are tight-fitting trousers to the ankle, where they end in a snug cuff, and are worn primarily for horse riding. The term is also used as slang for a type of short riding boot, also called a paddock boot or a jodhpur boot, because they are worn with jodhpurs. According to Tara Mayer, "Jodhpurs … exemplify the material and cultural exchanges between Britain and its Indian colony in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries."
A horse show competitor wearing contemporary stretch-fabric jodhpurs
Marwari horse in Rajasthan. Note the traditional long riding trousers, tight around the calf, reaching to Mojari slippers.
Jodhpur boots, also called paddock boots, are worn with jodhpurs, but also may be worn with breeches if half-chaps are added which provide the functionality and look of a tall riding boot
Cecil B. DeMille, 1937, wearing the flared-hip riding breeches that are often termed jodhpurs.