Grapevine: Michael considers horse riding future

The 37-year old German Ferrari driver, an avid horse riding fan, said in an interview with Bild that he could compete in western riding once he hangs up his helmet.

"I might go for a new kind of competition: I could do western riding," said Schumacher, whose wife Corinna has been practising the sport for many years.

Schumacher reckoned his wife was better than him.

"It's true, but this doesn't mean I can't learn," he said. "It's a sport to be taken very seriously. I don't know what I will do after F1. I have many hobbies which I'll finally be able to dedicate myself to, but I've always said the family will come first of all."

According to the German press, Schumacher has bought an estate in Switzerland, not far from his new house in Gland, over which he has built an indoor 3,200 square meter horse riding track which can host a 26-stall stable and is fitted with 1,400 seats.

He has reportedly named the estate after his wife: "CS Ranch".

Schumacher will attend the inauguration of the horse riding track at the end of this month with an international western riding competition taking place.