Hobby Horse Championship

Do you consider this a sport? (Why/Why not)

It's actually more of a sport than riding a horse, cause now they have to move themselves.

Not quite as much a sport as wife carrying or air guitar, closer to even with boot throwing or swamp football. Slightly above cell phone throwing.
That is, if we judge sports by international level of competition.
(Yes, these are all Finnish "sports".)

I'm not a hobby horse aficionado, but it seems to me that running/jumping hurdles requires a modicum of athleticism, and I assume participants are competing against something (each other, the clock, etc.) which would technically make it a sport.

Those kids weren't laying in bed scrolling through social media, so I'm all for it.