Amenhotep II erected a stela at Giza that recorded many of his athletic feats.

Now when he was a lad, he [Amenhotep II] loved horses and rejoiced in them. It made him happy to work them, to learn their natures, to be skilled in training them, and to enter into their ways. When (it) was heard in the palace by his father . . [Thutmose III] . . . the ear of his majesty was glad when he heard it, rejoicing at what was said about his eldest son. . . . Then his majesty said to those who were at his side: "Let there be given to him the very best horses in my majesty's stable which is in Memphis, and tell him: Take care of them, instill fear into them, make them gallop, and handle them if there be resistance to you:" Now after it...