Can the same person ride two different horses?
The same rider can ride more than one horse in a show event depending on the rules of that particular event. For example, horses that are shown individually to the judges such as dressage, hunting or jumping can use a rider that is showing in the same class on another horse. Ultimately, the owners of the horses in the class decide who will ride their horses.
But this does not work for classes such as equitation or confirmation classes where all of the horses in the class must be in the ring at the same time before the judges.Check out this link here. In this instance, riding more than one horse is physically impossible – unless the class happens to be trick riding or “Roman riding”, where the rider stands on two horses’ backs. However, Roma riding show classes are not often offered in intercollegiate competition.
There are a few rules that a rider needs to be aware of. Intercollegiate riders rise in levels of ability during their time in college. Once they rise to a higher level, they are not allowed to compete in a lower level. If they fail to do this, they forfeit all of the points they have earned. Riders can only compete in college horse shows where they are approved to compete in.