Equestrian

[gman]

Could I just check something as I see this all over the place and I'm not quite sure. When people say "equestrian photography" are they basically saying that they are photographing people riding horses or does it cover more than that?

 

[Briony]

I would say that "equestrian" relates to anything to do with horses :shrug: not necessarily people riding them.

 

[Marc]

I think the term encompasses all things horse but I tend to this of Equestrian as the sporting side and Equine as the rest of it.

 

[TinaC]

Equestrian is generally used to mean the handling of horses, equine is of the horse.

I'm a tad pedantic in the use of language but I also acknowledge that English is a living language and so constantly changing

 

[neil_g]

to quote the oxford dictionary:

equestrian (eques|trian)
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Pronunciation:/ɪˈkwɛstrɪən, ɛ-/
adjective

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relating to horse riding:his amazing equestrian skills
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depicting or representing a person on horseback:an equestrian statue

noun

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a rider or performer on horseback

Origin:

mid 17th century (as an adjective): from Latin equester 'belonging to a horseman' (from eques 'horseman, knight', from equus 'horse') + -ian

so technically anything to do with riding, however with my complete contempt for the english language personally id use it to describe most forms of horse based activity.