Hobby Horsing
05.01.2024
Swiss Press Photo 24 – E – Winner Sports, Jonathan Labusch
Hobby Horsing
SONNTAGSZEITUNG
Story
2024
Jonathan Labusch
Winner Category Sports 2024
“Hobby horsing” is the name of the sport in which participants jump over obstacles on hobby horses, like here on 28th October in Stetten, near Schaf- fhausen. The participating girls and boys are aged between 5 and 16 years, and all kinds of “breeds of horse” are in the stalls (159). Timea Truong (160) sews her horses herself and says: “It may look childish, but it is demanding.” The hobby horses are given a number and personalised decoration (161). The tourna- ment follows strict rules: Alice Niederer measures the height of the obstacles (162). Nora Wintermantel (163) rides the Hanoverian mare Infinity: “She is a bit difficult, suspicious, and not easy to ride.”