Whether or not there is any intrinsic reinforcement to an activity can vary and is not fixed. If I rode only to compete and get ribbons, then I would be riding for an extrinsic reinforcer. Extrinsic reinforcers are reinforcers that are provided as an additional incentive to do the activity. Intrinsic reinforcers are reinforcers that come from doing the activity itself. This is often called the debate between using intrinsic and extrinsic reinforcers.
Similar questions are asked of anyone who uses positive reinforcement training, whether it’s teachers giving out stickers or zookeepers working with elephants. One of the concerns that people have is that using food (or other added reinforcers) somehow changes the motivation of the horse to do behavior, and that this is detrimental to the relationship between the horse and their trainer.
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