Galloping Dreams: A Journey to the 2025 Finland Hobby Horse

Title: Galloping Dreams: A Journey to the 2025 Finland Hobby Horse Championships

Introduction:

Imagine a sport where athleticism meets imagination—where riders leap over jumps, perform dressage routines, and chase championship titles… all while galloping on handcrafted stick horses. Welcome to the world of hobby horsing, a growing global phenomenon that’s redefining what it means to compete, create, and express oneself.

We're raising funds to create a short documentary that follows our journey to the 2025 Finland Hobby Horse Championships, the heart of this vibrant and passionate community. Finland is the birthplace of the modern hobby horse movement, and each year, hundreds of competitors from around the world gather to showcase their skill, creativity, and spirit.

This isn’t just a quirky subculture—it’s a movement about empowerment, self-expression, and challenging norms. Through humor, heart, and cinematic storytelling, our documentary will explore what drives people—many of them young women and girls—to pour their energy into a sport often misunderstood by outsiders.

We need your support to help us get there: to cover travel, equipment, production, and post-production costs. With your help, we can bring this inspiring, playful, and surprisingly intense world to life on screen—and show that sometimes, the most powerful journeys begin on two legs and a hobby horse.

Join us in telling a story about joy, identity, and what it means to chase a dream that doesn’t always fit the mold.