Katherine Dashper is a Senior Lecturer in Events Management at Leeds Beckett University, UK. She specializes in the social and cultural aspects of sport, leisure and events. She has expertise in relation to gender and equality, and in researching encounters between human and nonhuman animals in a variety of sport, leisure and event spaces. Much of her research has focused on equestrian sport and leisure. Drawing on theoretical insights from human-animal studies, she is interested in exploring the role of nonhuman animals within human leisure and the interspecies relationships that can develop through joint action and interaction

"[This book is] of paramount interest for many academic fields. [It] contributes to human-animal studies and provides exciting new insights about sport and leisure, society, gender and identity performance in the past and in our own time." - Susanna Hedenborg, Department of Sport Sciences, Malmo University"All in all, the book is a very easy read and the references at the end of each chapter could provide years of interesting reading. Putting what is or was essentially a hobby or leisure activity into scientific and sociological terms is an avenue open for further exploration and the Author, I believe, has made a brilliant start to research in this area." - Judith Turner, Euqine Behaviour Forum

• Preface1. Introduction: Welcome to the Horse World2. Human and Animal: Co-being and Co-becoming3. The Yard4. Training5. The Hack6. Competition7. The Horse World Online8. Conclusions: Human-Animal Relationships in Equestrian Sport and LeisureGlossaryBibliography

Katherine Dashper is a Senior Lecturer in Events Management at Leeds Beckett University, UK. She specializes in the social and cultural aspects of sport, leisure and events. She has expertise in relation to gender and equality, and in researching encounters between human and nonhuman animals in a variety of sport, leisure and event spaces. Much of her research has focused on equestrian sport and leisure. Drawing on theoretical insights from human-animal studies, she is interested in exploring the role of nonhuman animals within human leisure and the interspecies relationships that can develop through joint action and interaction

"[This book is] of paramount interest for many academic fields. [It] contributes to human-animal studies and provides exciting new insights about sport and leisure, society, gender and identity performance in the past and in our own time." - Susanna Hedenborg, Department of Sport Sciences, Malmo University"All in all, the book is a very easy read and the references at the end of each chapter could provide years of interesting reading. Putting what is or was essentially a hobby or leisure activity into scientific and sociological terms is an avenue open for further exploration and the Author, I believe, has made a brilliant start to research in this area." - Judith Turner, Euqine Behaviour Forum

• Preface1. Introduction: Welcome to the Horse World2. Human and Animal: Co-being and Co-becoming3. The Yard4. Training5. The Hack6. Competition7. The Horse World Online8. Conclusions: Human-Animal Relationships in Equestrian Sport and LeisureGlossaryBibliography

Katherine Dashper is a Senior Lecturer in Events Management at Leeds Beckett University, UK. She specializes in the social and cultural aspects of sport, leisure and events. She has expertise in relation to gender and equality, and in researching encounters between human and nonhuman animals in a variety of sport, leisure and event spaces. Much of her research has focused on equestrian sport and leisure. Drawing on theoretical insights from human-animal studies, she is interested in exploring the role of nonhuman animals within human leisure and the interspecies relationships that can develop through joint action and interaction

"[This book is] of paramount interest for many academic fields. [It] contributes to human-animal studies and provides exciting new insights about sport and leisure, society, gender and identity performance in the past and in our own time." - Susanna Hedenborg, Department of Sport Sciences, Malmo University"All in all, the book is a very easy read and the references at the end of each chapter could provide years of interesting reading. Putting what is or was essentially a hobby or leisure activity into scientific and sociological terms is an avenue open for further exploration and the Author, I believe, has made a brilliant start to research in this area." - Judith Turner, Euqine Behaviour Forum

• Preface1. Introduction: Welcome to the Horse World2. Human and Animal: Co-being and Co-becoming3. The Yard4. Training5. The Hack6. Competition7. The Horse World Online8. Conclusions: Human-Animal Relationships in Equestrian Sport and LeisureGlossaryBibliography