Heralds ride on horse-back through the streets of Moscow proclaiming the forthcoming coronation of Tsar Nicholas II, 1896. P.S. All pictures are presented in high resolution.

A girl competes in a hobby horsing competition in St. Petersburg, Russia, April 21, 2024. (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)

Competitors practice their moves before taking part in the UK Hobby Horse championship at Bury Farm Equestrian Centre on September 08, 2024 in Slapton, United Kingdom. While hobby horsing as a form of play has been around for centuries, the modern-day interpretation of the sport originated in Finland.(Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

A man rides a horse through a bonfire on January 16, 2009 in the small village of San Bartolome de Pinares, Spain. In honor of San Anton, the patron saint of animals, horses are riden trough the bonfires on the night before the official day of honoring animals in Spain. (Photo by Denis Doyle/Getty Images)

Icelandic horses graze on a meadow at a stud farm in Wehrheim near Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, September 1, 2025. (Photo by Michael Probst/AP Photo)

A man rides a horse while others swim on the beach of Gaza City, Friday, August 3, 2018. (Photo by Khalil Hamra/AP Photo)

A gaucho is unseated by an untamed horse during the Creole week celebrations in Montevideo, Uruguay on March 26, 2018. (Photo by Andres Stapff/Reuters)

Studio shot of the new Red Bull Racing RB8 Formula One car is released on February 6, 2012 in Milton Keynes, England. (Photo by Red Bull Racing/Getty Images)