Author(s): HE, Q., LI, C., PAN, Z., Institution: INNER MONGOLIA NORMAL UNIVERSITY, Country: CHINA, Abstract-ID: 448

This paper analyzes equestrian sports by using the literature method, logical analysis method and Maslows Hierarchy of Needs Theory, and discusses the relationship between human and animal.The study found that about 12,000 years ago, humans began to domesticate horses in the Mesopotamia Valley, when the friendly relationship between humans and animals was initially established.Domesticated horses provide living materials for human beings and meet the basic physiological survival needs of human beings.Humans tamed horses and made them reliable means of transportation and effective labor, freeing the legs of humans.After equestrian riding was invented, it was combined with archery to form equestrian shooting technology, which became a symbol of personal ability to defend the home. Since then, people have obtained the basic needs of safety and belonging.This is a process of acquaintance and mutual understanding between humans and animals, and a great leap forward in the relationship between humans and animals.With the development of society, equestrian sports highlight the need of human social communication.In the folk horse racing, people communicate with each other, share experiences and emotions, and enhance social communication skills. In addition, the communicative function of equestrian sports also shows the interaction and communication between humans and animals. Riding requires the rider to communicate, train and empathize with the horse through language, body and feeling to establish a tacit understanding. Of all the animals first domesticated by man, horses move the fastest.Therefore, horses were selected to pull chariots and used in military operations. In history, Genghis Khan once used a bow and a horse to unify Mongolia and gallop across Europe and Asia. Therefore, the horse gives the nation and the country strong, gives the individual ability and status, so that the nation, the country and the individual can be recognized and respected; The process by which people obtain the above four needs of physiology, safety, communication and respect through equestrian sports is also the process of achieving their own self-realization.In addition,the physical and mental nurturing function of equestrian sports can also cultivate and temper the horses strength and temperament. Therefore, equestrian sports together achieve the all-round development of humans and horses.When equestrian sports meet the needs of human society, respect and self-realization, the labor value of horses to humans is greatly weakened, and the equal relationship between humans and animals is emphasized. This is a process of companionship, respect and mutual achievement between humans and animals, and another major leap in the relationship between humans and animals.This is a process of companionship, respect and mutual achievement between humans and animals, and another major leap in the relationship between humans and animals.