Spanish Riding School

A rider of the Spanish Riding School of Vienna sits on a Lipizzaner horse during a dress rehearsal for a gala show in Vienna October 22, 2008. REUTERS/Herwig Prammer (AUSTRIA)



A Lipizzaner horse of the Spanish Riding School of Vienna jumps during a dress rehearsal for a gala show in Vienna October 22, 2008. REUTERS/Herwig Prammer (AUSTRIA)




Austrian horse rider Hannah Zeitlhofer sits on a Lipizzaner horse in the Spanish Riding School in Vienna October 15, 2008. For the first time ever, in the 430 year history of the Spanish Riding School, women will be allowed to ride the world famous Lipizzaner horses. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger (AUSTRIA)

Dancers hold figures of horses

Dancers hold figures of horses ("Ma" in chinese) during Taiwan National Day celebrations in front of the Presidential Office in Taipei October 10, 2008. REUTERS/Nicky Loh (TAIWAN)

Yabusame Shinto ritual

Mounted archers participate the Yabusame Shinto ritual of the Autumn Grand Festival at the Meiji Shrine in Tokyo November 3, 2008. Yabusame is a traditional form of archery performed on horseback. REUTERS/Toru Hanai (JAPAN)

A mounted archer aims at a target

A mounted archer aims at a target from a galloping horse during the Yabusame Shinto ritual of the Autumn Grand Festival at the Meiji Shrine in Tokyo November 3, 2008. Yabusame is a traditional form of archery performed on horseback. REUTERS/Toru Hanai (JAPAN)

An opening ceremony

A mounted archer performs during an opening ceremony of the Yabusame Shinto ritual at the Autumn Grand Festival at the Meiji Shrine in Tokyo November 3, 2008. Yabusame is a traditional form of archery performed on horseback. REUTERS/Toru Hanai (JAPAN)

Cute Horses

Overdose

Sandor Ribanszki, chief trainer of Hungarian race horse Overdose, shows the horse in Dunakeszi September 10, 2008. Hungarian steel entrepreneur Zoltan Mikoczy stumbled upon brilliant sprinter Overdose, who he reckons is the best and most exciting racehorse to come out of the eastern half of Europe in 130 years, by accident. Picture taken September 10, 2008. To match feature HORSE-RACING/OVERDOSE REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh (HUNGARY)