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Germany’s first hobby horsing championship will gallop through Frankfurt this weekend, with hundreds of young riders competing in time jumping, style jumping and dressage on their wooden stick horses.

Roughly 300 riders — mostly youngsters, but there are about 20 adults enrolled — are expected to canter around a gymnasium on Saturday and Sunday, watched by 1,500 spectators.

The competition is part of a growing wave of hobby horsing events internationally: the US and Australia also held their first championships this year.

The events stemmed from a grassroots movement in Finland, where riders trotted their hobby horses through Nordic forests more than 20 years ago.

The pastime has since exploded…

HUMBOLDT – The Relationship Building and Reconciliation through Living Heritage Pilot Project in Humboldt has held over 17 events with over 800 participants to educate others about having a better understanding of reconciliation.  

On Sept. 19, the committee is planning a conversation to discuss the project and how to promote reconciliation in Humboldt. Researcher David Siebert from Heritage Saskatchewan will discuss the findings of this project, and Rhett Sangster from the Office of the Treaty Commissioner will talk about the history and meaning of Treaty 6. This is also an…

By Ashleigh Gray For Dailymail.Com

Published: 20:02 EDT, 12 September 2024 | Updated: 20:06 EDT, 12 September 2024