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Specialties

1. Barrel Racing
2. Cow Horse
3. Cross Country
4. Cutting
5. Dressage
6. Driving
7. Endurance
8. English Pleasure
9. Equitation
10. Family
11. Gaited
12. Hunt Seat
13. Jumping
14. Pole Bending
15. Polo
16. Recreational Riding
17. Reining
18. Roping
19. Saddle Seat
20. Sidesaddle
21. Sporthorse
22. Team Penning
23. Trail Riding
24. Western Pleasure

Focus on South Dakota Equitation

Equitation refers to a rider's position and form while mounted and encompasses a rider's ability to ride correctly and with effective aids. It is the rider, not the horse, that is evaluated for this category during a horse show competition. Equitation classes occur in the Hunt seat, Saddle seat, Dressage, and Western disciplines.