Puzzle 10: Hold Your Horses

Visual clue. People wearing racing silks riding horses at high speed on tracks.

The hook. Jockeys compete in equestrian sports such as steeplechasing and flat racing.

Visual clue. Horses attached to harnesses, pulling trams, carriages, or farming equipment.

The hook. Before the widespread use of motorized vehicles, draft horses were the primary engines for transportation and agriculture.

Visual clue. People riding living horses for travel, work, or parades, rather than as part of a competitive race.

The hook. Equestrianism for transport and ceremony spans many cultures and eras, from the historical Pony Express to everyday travel.

Here's the trap we set. You likely noticed other stamps with riders, but the jockeys form their own group of racers, and the monument riders are carved in stone or bronze!

Visual clue. Horses made of clay, stone, bronze, or metal, rather than flesh and blood.

The hook. The horse is one of the oldest and most popular subjects in art, featured prominently in grand civic monuments and smaller decorative figurines.

Here's the trap we set. Because two of these statues depict famous historical figures riding on horseback, they were designed to tempt you into adding them to the 'Riders' group.