In Finland, thousands of little girls compete in national competitions where they do tricks on fake horses. Around 2004, a bizarre trend popped up in Finland among preteen girls - Hobby Horsing. Where little girls trains laboriously to compete in Olympics-style competitions where they take one of those horse heads on a wooden stick and ride it around doing intricate tricks and jumping over hurdles. The competitions are judged like an actual horse show, and the girls take their dedication to the craft very seriously. On this episode of Deep Cuts, we delve into the strange world of competitive Hobby Horsing.Additional incidental music credits:The Deadboy DetectivesD.Catalano https://wekeepoddhours.bandcamp.comDadbeats http://bit.ly/FoodFightPodLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices