a ghost (=the spirit of a dead person) with no head, who rides a horse. He appears in several ghost stories, the most famous of which is The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1820) by Washington Irving
Horsemanship is the ability to ride horses well. the skill involved in riding horses. Art of training, riding, and handling horses. Good horsemanship requires that a rider control the animal's direction, gait, and speed with maximum effectiveness and minimum effort. Natural aids are a rider's balance, hands, voice, and legs; artificial aids include bits, reins, saddles, and spurs. Horsemanship was important to cavalrymen and cowboys, and is the fundamental element of dressage