Mounted orienteering

Mounted orienteering can be completed competitively, either as a discipline in its own right, or as part of a multi-discipline sport such as Trec.

The rules between governing bodies vary widely, although all require horsemanship and the ability to read a map and use a compass.

Differences concern the map, course, route choice, and control points.

These maps generally are not appropriate for teaching beginning competitors to use the more advanced skills of field navigation.

[1] American (NACMO) mounted orienteering competitions resemble rogaining in that courses are long and competitors choose the order in which to seek control points, and resemble treasure hunting or fox Oring in that once in the vicinity of a control point the task is to search for (rather than navigate to) a landmark and from there follow a compass heading to the control point.