Here are 40+ horse riddles that will get you thinking and laughing. These riddles are all about horses and the fun activities they do. Whether you love horses or just enjoy a good brain teaser, these riddles are perfect for you. Let’s see how many you can solve!

1. What activity involves racing horses on a track in a competition to see which horse is the fastest?
2. What is the name of the sport where horses and riders work together to perform tricks and stunts?
3. In what activity does a horse pull a carriage or cart, often seen in parades or historical reenactments?
4. What do you call a small horse breed often used as a child’s first riding horse?
5. What breed of horse is known for its endurance in long-distance races and is often used in endurance riding?
Answer: An Arabian horse.
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6. Which horse breed is known for its compact size and is often used as a children's pony?
Answer: The Shetland Pony.
7. What breed of horse is known for its distinctive coat pattern and is often seen in Western riding?
8. At the end you can see me, I'm not a tale, I whisk away flies, with my swings, all hail. What am I?
9. I am a woman, not a dame, in the field, I might have a name. Who am I?
10. What is the term for an event where horses and riders perform intricate patterns and tests of control in a competition?
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11. What do you call the competition where horses and riders perform a series of predetermined movements?
12. What do you call the activity where horses are used to chase and capture wild cattle?
13. What do you call a horse that is trained to pull carriages?
14. Which horse breed is renowned for its unique gait, known as the "trot" and used in harness racing?
15. What do you call the activity where horses are used to help with tasks on a farm, like pulling plows or wagons?
Answer: Agricultural work.
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16. What do you call the practice of horses participating in games, such as polo, with teams using mallets?
17. What type of horse is commonly used in polo games?