With over 47 million views, a TikTok user goes viral defending the practice of ‘Hobby Horsing’, but ends up being heavily mocked by critics of the activity.
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You’ve probably heard of ‘Hobby Horsing’, a sport practice that originated in Finland around 2002, where participants compete using toy horses instead of real animals to gallop and jump over obstacles.
Though it clearly looks fun, internet users are struggling to view the activity as a real sport, and many have criticized and commented that hobby horsing seems more like child’s play without much challenge.
But one practitioner of hobby horsing used her social media to defend the sport, and her video on TikTok has already garnered over 47 million views. In the footage, a rider named Anna ironically questions mean comments: “‘Hobby horsing isn’t a sport, it’s easy and anyone can do it.’… Oh really?”
In the 40-second clip, Anna can be seen lying on the ground after competing in a tournament. The 16-year-old girl wrote in the caption: “This is me after my dressage routine… I was fainting, couldn’t breathe, almost throwing up, dizzy, shaking, whole body burning with pain…”
The TikToker’s post quickly went viral, but her defense of hobby horsing ended up generating even more criticism from internet users, and many mocked the whole situation; “I started crying laughing when I found out what hobby horsing is. I was a pro at it when I was 3 years old,” one commented; “Hobby horsing is NOT easy. It takes years of dedication to believe it’s a real sport,” said another.
According to the Daily Mail, currently, in Finland, there are over 10,000 riders of hobby horses, and the popularity of hobby horsing has been increasing over the years with practitioners in other countries like Switzerland, Germany, and Sweden.
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