I honestly don't get how some people say horseback riding isn't a sport. It seems so hard! I love animals, but I don't think I could be a horseback rider. What they go through, is intense. I'm a swimmer, but I have 3 horseback riding friends. 1 English, 2 Western. Horseback riders have to have huge amounts of trust in their horses. You never know when something could go extremely wrong. I wouldn't mind taking care of horses, but I'm not strong enough to do what horseback riders do.