The sport of show-jumping rabbits is taking off by leaps and bounds. It began in Sweden in the 1980s and is now becoming increasingly popular in the UK. The bunnies can jump up to five times their ...

Professional show-jumping rabbits will show off their hopping skills this weekend as they take part in a rabbit Grand National. The Swedish rabbit jumping team will appear at the Great Yorkshire ...

It is no secret that rabbits like to hop. But these specially trained 'show-jumping' bunnies are leaping to a whole new level by vaulting hurdles and fences like horses. The hobby has taken a leap in ...

If ever there was a species born to show jump, it's the rabbit - and here, in a GIF currently topping the Reddit hot chart, one fine young cottontail shows the other bunnies how it's done. As you ...

A Canadian vet is helping to introduce the sport of rabbit showjumping to Western Australia. More than 20 bunnies have been put through their paces at training sessions ahead of the first competition ...

Show-jumping rabbits that can leap as high as 3ft will battle it out this weekend at their own version of Hickstead. The animals will be timed tackling a course, which is a straight run with hurdles.

Rebecca Cloninger, 14, of Kalispell led her New Zealand-Palomino cross rabbit down a line of jumps Thursday. (Mackenzie Reiss/Daily Inter Lake) A bunny contestant hops its way down a jump course ...