Bella Hadid, Russell Crowe, Kaley Cuoco and more

One of Hollywood’s most famous jokes is that if a casting agent asks an actor if he can ride a horse, he says yes and then finds out later. But for these stars of the big and small screen, plus one or two catwalkers, no need for subterfuge on their CV, because riding is their biggest passion.

Among the stars who have professed their love for horses, some have taken their passion to professional heights.

24 Actor Kiefer Sutherland is a two-time US team roping champion, while actress-turned-designer Mary-Kate Olsen recently placed second at the Longines Global Champions Tour in Rome, riding her impressively-named mount, Iowa Van Het Polderhof.

Model sisters Bella and Gigi Hadid ride regularly to the family farm in Pennsylvania, and Bella had been pushing to represent her country at the Rio 2016 Olympics before Lyme disease hit.

Another famous horse enthusiast, Lady Gaga, says of her passion: “Riding forced me to be fearless pretty quickly.

From Kendall Jenner to Jamie Foxx, here are 14 serious celebrities in the saddle …

Mary-kate olsen

Olsen reconciles his love of fashion, running the design brand The Row with his twin sister, Ashley, with his love of horseback riding. The former actress, 35, recently placed second and third in two rounds of the Longines Global Champions Tour in Rome on September 18.

“I was 6 when I first fell in love and it was with a pony named 4×4,” she said. Equestrian shows in the sun for his unwavering love of horseback riding. “Having horseback riding as an outlet was super important because it allowed me to have another life and an outlet outside of work and school.”

Kaley cuoco

The ranch owned by The Big Bang Theory The actress owns 25 horses and has been passionate about horseback riding for years. Cuoco, 35, admits that her fame has sometimes hampered her passion, telling Jimmy Kimmel that she competed in shows: “I actually started showing under a secret name … I have a little pseudonym. . I’ve tried to avoid being super visible, but it’s hard when you’re followed. I just tried to find something simple because it’s always on a big sign for people to walk by and see the name.

Jeremy Irons

The Oscar winner has been riding since his childhood and describes himself as an “avid rider”. The British actor, 73, also wrote the foreword to the book England on horseback: “Make your way in the open… watch the shadows of the clouds move across the face of our Earth. And maybe peace could creep into your soul. Better yet, if you can, go out on horseback. Being one with an animal can be the beginning of being one with all things. “

Kendall jenner

Regularly posting photos of herself at the stables on Instagram, the 25-year-old model has been riding a horse since childhood and bought her first pony when she was 12.

Keeping her horses in a stable in Bell Canyon near her Calabasas home, she said The cup: “I grew up riding a horse. So for all my life I would beg my parents to get me a pony. I wasn’t just a little girl who said, “I need a pony for no reason.” It was my life. I ate, breathed and slept horses. And I wanted one so much.

Kiefer Sutherland

The actor, 54, first discovered horseback riding when he starred in the 1988 film Young weapons and ended up spending months in the saddle. Since then, he has not only competed in professional competitions, but has also twice won the US Team Roping Championships.

Kacey musgraves

The Grammy-winning country music star showed her love for all things equestrian by wearing a Ralph Lauren-designed hymn to the American Horsewoman at the recent Met Gala. Outside the red carpet, the Keep looking The singer took to Facebook to share that her dream came true when she bought her first horse, Mismo.

“Today marks a day that I have dreamed of my whole life,” she wrote. “I finally have my own horse! I was the little girl who drew pictures and poems on horses and slipped them under her parents’ pillows – always begging them to leave me one.

Jamie foxx

The Oscar winner’s undeniable riding skills aren’t just reserved for the big screen, because Foxx is a true rider as well. In the movie directed by Quentin Tarantino Django Unchained, the actor was riding his own horse, a chestnut gelding named Cheetah. The horse, which was given to the actor for his birthday in 2009, is what inspired him to learn to ride, a passion he has since passed on to his daughter.

Katie Price

The British model and reality TV star admits: “Horseback riding is my passion and always has been.” In addition to owning numerous horses and competing on the UK dressage circuit, Price has also published his own line of equestrian clothing, children’s books focused on horseback riding and hosted a reality show in 2016 called, Katie Price’s pony club.

Viggo Mortensen

Unsurprisingly for a man who spent almost three years in the saddle filming the the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Mortensen became a big fan of horses. After his lead role as Aragorn in LOTR, he then appeared in Hidalgo, a film about a man and his horse.

Mortensen then bought the horse he rode during filming, recounting FilmForce: “I had no intention of buying a horse from this movie. But with TJ he was … I don’t know, I really really like him. He has such a unique and strong personality.

Richard hammond

The power of Top speed presenter isn’t just to be found under the hood of a car. “The Hamster,” as his fans call him, comes from a family of riders and is a regular at British racing, Cheltenham, with his horse-loving wife, Mindy.

Bella hadid

The 24-year-old model, who has been riding since childhood, had dreamed of competing in equestrian events at the RioOlympics 2016. However, symptoms of Lyme disease from which she suffers have shattered her hopes. Hadid started riding when she was 3 and regularly posts photos of herself and her family’s horses on their farm in Pennsylvania.

“Bella had to give up her lifelong dream of having a professional riding career and a shot at the Olympics due to her severe symptoms and inability to ride,” her mother Yolanda Foster wrote on her blog. “It was the greatest heartbreak of her life and an extremely sensitive subject for her.”

Madonna

The singer, 62, first discovered the love of horseback riding when she embarked on the English country lifestyle while married to English director Guy Ritchie. A serious accident in 2005 in which she broke several bones during a fall from a horse, led the singer to take a break from her hobby until her recent return to the saddle.

“I love horses,” she said. “I think I might have been one of Henry VIII’s knights in another life, going through a great forest.”

Russel crowe

The Oscar winner, 57, owns and operates his own horse ranch in Nana Glen, a short drive from Sydney.

“I have fallen in love with most of the horses I have worked with,” he wrote on Twitter. “It takes a certain temper to be a great movie horse, but trust me, they know when it’s show time and they’re in show biz.”

the australian Gladiator star also said that horses are “like people”.

Lady Gaga

The Poker face The singer came to horseback riding later in her life when her record company gave her a mare for her birthday after her first move from New York to California.

“I had never taken riding lessons. I literally didn’t know how to ride a horse, ”she said. V magazine. “But I just grabbed her by the mane and rode her bareback.” Adding: “Horseback riding required me to be fearless pretty quickly.”

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Update: September 25, 2021, 7:06 am