The sports hall in Vantaa, outside Helsinki, is packed with nearly 1,000 people seated on the benches, eagerly watching the court. Awaiting the riders, an equestrian course is set up in the middle, ...

“Do you want to learn to hobby horse like a pro?” reads the email in my inbox. “A professional what?” I wonder. Surely there’s no-one making money like that, in this economy. They’ve probably been ...

The bar is almost 1.4 metres high. Hobby horsing contestant Marleen Gresmeier, 14, eyes the track before her, calculating how she and Brumsel can clear the jump. They are keenly watched by spectators ...