Hold your horses.

A girl leaps high into the air in a hobby horsing competition in St. Petersburg, Russia. (AP/Dmitri Lovetsky)
A girl puts up a hurdle. (AP/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Children ranging from first grade to teenagers gathered in a gym for the hobby horsing competition. (AP/Dmitri Lovetsky)
A girl sails over the hurdle! (AP/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Do you have a hobby horse? (AP/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Volunteers serve in a gym for the hobby horse competition. (AP/Dmitri Lovetsky)

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Braid your horse’s hair. Trot around the room. Jump hurdles. Dance and prance. Your horse never gets tired. Why? It is a hobby horse!

More people go to hobby horse contests these days.

Pray: Thank God for the fun of running and jumping with friends.

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Do you own a horse? If not, no problem. You can still be in a horse competition. Buy or make a hobby horse. Contests are all over the world. Nearly 50 kids went to a competition in St. Petersburg, Russia, in April. They guided their stick ponies over hurdles. Some hobby horse contests invite people to do prancing routines. Horse toys have been around a long time. Children played with wheeled horses hundreds of years ago.

“Then loud beat the horses’ hoofs with the galloping, galloping of his steeds.” (Judges 5:22)