This feels like a reference to Ducktales (at least in the games where Scrooge jumps on an enemy with his cane like a pogo stick)
I think there has been a lot of platformer games which had a downward thrust jumping attack. To me it reminds of Zelda II, for example. There were more.
I remember seeing art from this guy a few years ago but couldn't find activity from them, now they are back and i gotta say their art is better than ever
Man, I love the internet's ability to take even blobby horses and gijinkaify them. This here feels like fanart for an anime as opposed to funny horse videos. Kudos, fledgeling Horse Race Tests fandom.
As if the glassy eyes, the fingers and hair fusing into her crown, and the suspiciously low resolution weren't enough proof, it's even outright tagged as such on Pixiv!