The use of "du"

I was wondering why "du" is used in the following sentences:

Le garcon fait du cheval.

La fille fait du velo.

du pain= (some) bread

I understand that in the bread case "du" is a partitive article and used to express quantities that cannot be counted. Cheval and velo seem to be countable so why is "du" used ?

Thanks

Jewels

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Permalink Reply by Isabelle75Paris on March 9, 2010 at 11:20pm

"du" or "de la" (if it's feminine) will be use after the verb "faire" to express the action of doing or making something.