AP PHOTOS: Russian kids ride sticks with a horse's head in hobby horsing competition

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AP PHOTOS: Russian kids ride sticks with a horse's head in hobby horsing competition

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AP PHOTOS: Russian kids ride sticks with a horse’s head in hobby horsing competition

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — Several dozen kids — 48 girls and one boy, from first-graders to teenagers — gathered recently at a gymnasium in northern St. Petersburg for a hobby horsing competition. The event looked exactly like a proper equestrian competition, but instead of a horse they rode a stick with a horse’s head. Hobby horsing aficionados say one can buy a stick horse or make one from scratch. The Russian Federation of Hobby Horsing, w…