Definition of "equitation" [eq•ui•ta•tion]

• The art and practice of riding a horse. (noun)

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• "Carter said he would get me a five-gaited pony or an equitation horse when I learn to ride well enough."
• "As a child in France, Petit was already wire-walking to the beat of a different drummer – also teaching himself equitation, fencing, carpentry, rock-climbing, drama, drawing, and bullfighting."
• "Cameron had actually enjoyed poor Ridgeway's attempts to replicate the exercises undertaken by the athletes of ancient Greece, with the addition of equitation, for Ridgeway loved riding and there was nothing he could not ride."