Answer:
It's a game played by serious people that takes place on a global scale.
Without a bridle, or a saddle, across a thing I ride a-straddle. And those I ride, by help of me, though almost blind, are made to see.
What do you have when you're sitting down that you don't have when you're standing up?
When the horse strokes the cat, the wood begins to sing.
My first is equality; my second is inferiority; my whole is superiority.
I’m grown from darkness but shine with a pale light. Very round I am and always a lady's delight.