Hobbyhorse enthusiasts trot to Finland for championships

AFP English
AFP English
  • 4 months ago
Straddle a wooden stick decorated with a pretend, but laboriously decorated, horse's head and off you go as if you were riding a real horse. Hobby horsing is an unofficial sport but one that is taken very seriously by thousands of enthusiasts around the world.
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00:27We have faced so much like bullying and judgment and everything, so I think that's the main
00:46reason that puts us together because we have each other's backs and we know what we have
00:52been through, what everyone in the Hopi Horsing have been through.
00:56Everyone cheers at everyone and everyone is everyone's friend and there is no judging.

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