LeMieux Hobby Horse

Lemieux Hobby Horse and Accessories

The latest craze to enter the equestrian world is the sport of hobby horsing.  The hobby horse has been a child’s toy for generations.  The toy is a plush horse’s head set on a wooden pole.  For many years children have used hobby horses to simulate riding a real horse by holding the stick with the horse’s head in front of them

Finland is the country of origin for the hobby horse and in Finland the sport of hobby horsing is taken quite seriously.  There is an annual national championship and it is particularly popular with girls and young women between the ages of 12 and 18 years

Fred Sundwall, secretary general of the Finnish Equestrian Federation, views hobby horsing positively: "We think it's just wonderful that hobby horsing has become a phenomenon and so popular." "It gives kids and teenagers who don't have horses a chance to interact with them outside of stables and riding schools."

At Discount Equestrian we have a range of Hobby horses and accessories available from brands like LeMieux.  The LeMieux hobby horses have a realistic head, plaitable mane and a hook and loop mouth.

There are a wide variety of accessories available for the hobby horse toys.  You can buy your hobby horse a new bridle, headcollar or fly hood to give them a unique look.