how do people burn calories when horseback riding?

Question

I’ve never rode a horse, but it seems like the horse is doing the work while the human just sits there. I googled if calories are burn during horseback riding and I found that riding a horse for 45 min burns 200 calories. How is this possible if the humans not really doing anything except sit on the horse?

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I suggest you go and ride a horse for 45 minutes… if you are able to stay upright and do it you will surely have a lot of muscle pain the next day to show for the effort it took…:)