jumped and pranced with their home-made stuffed horse heads on a wooden stick in the physically demanding competition as over 2,500 spectators watched, Elviira Sarakoski of the Finnish Hobby Horse ...

she said, as she galloped around the gym, waving the Finnish flag. More than eight hours after the doors opened, the U.S. Hobby Horse Championships had come to a close. Participants packed up ...

Horse has an important role in building Finnish society. Thoughs its´role as a working animal has vanished in Finland, horse is still an important sport and hobby animal.