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HORSEBACK RIDING

I'll be honest, I'm no champion dressage artist, but I do tale lessons and LOVE it. And I'm sure alot of people people reading this do too! So comment on the forum about how you ride! Post your riding stories and stuff! I'd LOVE to hear it!


Western Riding.


English Riding
*Difference between English and Western riding.

There are both differences and similarities between English and Western riding. The most obvious difference is the tack the horse wears.

The Western saddle is larger and heavier than the English saddle. It's designed to spread the weight of the rider over a larger area of the horses back, making it more comfortable for long days out chasing cows.
The English saddle is smaller and lighter and designed to give the rider a closer contact with the horse's back.

As far as riding goes, the main difference between english and western riding is that in english riding, the rider takes a direct contact with the horse's mouth via the reins and uses the reins as part of the "aids" (along with the seat and the leg) for speed and direction. Most western riding horses are ridden on little or no contact and the rider uses his seat, his weight and neck-reining to give aids to the horse.
The position of the rider is much the same in both english and western. The rider should sit tall and straight, leaning neither forward nor backward. The rider's legs should hang naturally against the horse's sides and the arms should be relaxed and against the rider's sides (flapping elbows are frowned up in both disciplines).


western riders can participate in western pleasure, barrel racing, roping and cutting, reining, competitive trail classes and more.
English riders can participate in dressage, hunter or jumper, combined training and more.

*Read the whole artilce here.

CAN YOU TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ENGLISH AND WESTERN IN THE FOLLOWING PICTURES?









“Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down like a game of Solitaire. It is a grand passion.”
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Like the wind, till I'm free again.
~"Ride my Pony", Mary Ann Kennedy






PICTURES OF FRANCE



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