How state backing can make riding accessible to everyone
THE huge and diverse popularity of riding in Sweden shows the effect of state interest and backing, research has found.
Sports professor Susanna Hedenborg, of Malmö University, investigated the reasons equestrianism in the country is so “classless”, in contrast to the system in some other countries.
Riding is one of the most popular youth sports in Sweden and the national federation has more than 150,000
