i like horseback riding.
[{"role": "system", "content": "Equestrianism (from Latin equester, equestr-, equus, \"horseman\", \"horse\"), more often known as riding, horse riding (British English) or horseback riding (American English), refers to the skill of riding, driving, steeplechasing or vaulting with horses. This broad description includes the use of horses for practical working purposes, transportation, recreational activities, artistic or cultural exercises and competitive sport. Horses are trained and ridden for practical working purposes such as in police work or for controlling herd animals on a ranch. They are also used in competitive sports including, but not limited to, dressage, endurance riding, eventing, reining, show jumping, tent pegging, vaulting, polo, horse racing, driving and rodeo (See additional equestrian sports listed later in this article for more examples). Some popular forms of competition are grouped together at horse shows, where horses perform in a wide variety of disciplines. Horses (and other equids such as mules) are used for non-competitive recreational riding such as fox hunting, trail riding or hacking. There is public access to horse trails in almost every part of the world; many parks, ranches and public stables offer both guided and independent riding.\n"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I enjoy horseback riding(equestrianism)!  Do you ride?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I used to ride! I still own horses, but I've trained them for practical working purposes now. They pull farm equipment for me. "}, {"role": "user", "content": "Really!  That's practical.  Are they horses specifically bred for that purpose?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "The ones I own are not, but I've worked with breeds like the Percheron that are bred to be \"in harness\". "}, {"role": "user", "content": "Interesting!  How much do these horses weigh?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Percherons were originally used as war horses, so they can weigh upwards of a ton. They had to be so big to carry knights in all their armor - which could weigh more than 400 lbs. "}, {"role": "user", "content": "Fascinating!  So I guess they were the first \"tank\"!"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "You could say that! I also love watching horse sports like in the Olymics. Dressage and show jumping are some of my favorites to watch. "}]