‘Hobby horse’ rider claps back at people who say it’s not a real sport in viral TikTok
She’s telling critics to hold their horses.
A “hobby horser” – who gallops and jumps hurdles with the children’s stick toy – fired back at critics who dissed the activity as “easy” in a video that has since gone viral.
“‘Hobbyhorsing is not a sport, it’s easy and everyone can do that’ . . . Oh yeah?” Anna sarcastically asks in May 28 TikTok‘s caption.
The 37-second-long video then shows the flushed 16-year-old – who has a Czech Republic flag in her TikTok bio – violently coughing and hyperventilating on a gym floor, while other wannabe-jockeys jump hurdles in the background.
“This is me after my dressage routine … I was passing out, couldn’t breathe, almost throwing up, dizzy, shaking, whole body burning in pain,” reads the clip, which has amassed a 47 million views.
One commenter snarked, “The best part in hobby horsing is that u dont have to do it!”
That comment generated over 1,300 “likes.”
Dozens of TikTokers have since mocked Anna’s meltdown in their own videos, in which they reenact the episode using her same caption.
But Anna seems to be moving – neigh – trotting right along, according to five TikTok videos she’s posted within the last week.
In a clip captioned “Back to the moment i won national championship” posted on Thursday, Anna dramatically bursts into tears – presumably when she is announced as the winner of the competition – as she stands alongside three other hobby horsers.
“One of the happiest moments of my life,” the caption continues as Coldplay’s “Viva La Vida” plays.
“Hobby horsing” originated in Finland in 2002, and had attracted around 10,000 10- to 18-year-olds by 2017, according to the Associated Press.
It has spread to other countries like the UK.
