You may not have known that Aussie singer Iggy Azalea is an equestrian, but she says horseback riding saved her life. We caught up with Azalea partaking in her favorite past time Saturday at an LA-area stable, looking spiffy in dressage attire, despite the broiling Cali heat.

Azalea said recently, of her new hobby, "I started riding, and six months into that I was just enjoying it so much, I wanted to get my own horses. Now I have two!" Iggy originally stumbled upon the sport when she dropped off a pet guinea pig at a rescue that also hosted horses. She tried a lesson on one of the majestic animals and fell in love. Iggy says riding gives her mind a break: "When you’re going over jumps or riding a horse, there’s nothing else that your brain can think about. You don’t have the time to think about those other things – you just have to think about staying on the horse. It helps to be able to mentally have the space where you can go for an hour or two and really switch your brain off," according to an interview with People.