A schoolgirl from Lancashire has competed in hobby horse competitions - involving show jumping with a stick pony.<br /><br />Tilly Norris, 11, from Burnley, has miniature pet horses but took up the sport earlier this year as she likes "keeping fit and doing all the jumps."<br /><br />Hobby horsing is where participants use a 'stick horse' to compete in movements that are similar to show jumping or dressage.<br /><br />The sport originally started in Finland in 2002 but now tens of thousands of people have started taking part in it all over the world. <br /><br />Tilly says she enjoys taking part in the sport and competing because it allows her to show jump without actually doing it with a horse.<br /><br />She said: "I like meeting up with all of my friends.<br /><br />"I like keeping fit and doing all the jumps. <br /><br />"I do like jumping but I don't like jumping on a horse."
