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Post by norsu on Oct 26, 2008 0:28:15 GMT
Yeah I wonder... I bet it depends on the horse. I mean, shetlands probably prefer going trail riding in a western saddle than jumping 5 feet, but hey you never know! *tries to picture a shetland jumping that high*
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Post by Reef. on Oct 26, 2008 10:58:22 GMT
lol its probably physically impossible for a shetland to jump that high!
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Post by norsu on Oct 26, 2008 14:22:50 GMT
Probably LOL! I love watching Grand Prix jumping, it keeps you on the edge of your seat!
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Post by saffi101 on Oct 29, 2008 18:50:48 GMT
i ride english mostly although do quite alot of bare back  i prefere it on the bouncy horses what is it if you ride in an english saddle but barely ever use Irons??? is it still english??? |
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Post by Lawrence on Oct 29, 2008 19:33:45 GMT
ive learnt to ride english style (which to most americans means i must be gay) - im not incidentally (no offence to any americans out there), and i have ridden western style and i hate their saddles lol. bareback riding iove done some aswell, but its mostly just english style in the school and hacking :-)
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Post by `G.old on Oct 29, 2008 19:44:23 GMT
haha sounds like we got a bunch of english riders here. =] hehe
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Post by Reef. on Oct 29, 2008 21:05:36 GMT
i ride english mostly although do quite alot of bare back i prefere it on the bouncy horses what is it if you ride in an english saddle but barely ever use Irons??? is it still english??? i think so, i guess not riding with stirrup irons is like not using a martingale, just a little more unorthodox! lol lawrence, what was it about western saddles you dont like? i've never had the chance to use one |
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Post by norsu on Oct 29, 2008 21:10:36 GMT
OMG you haven't? I love western saddles, they take away some of the connections with the horse but they are oh so comfy and safe! Especially when your horse is going beserk and you need something to hold on too.... LOL been there done that!
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Post by Reef. on Oct 29, 2008 21:29:10 GMT
nope, i'd like to try though. i'll maybe find somewhere that does one-off lessons
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Post by norsu on Oct 29, 2008 21:39:39 GMT
Yeah, I love western. I enjoy barrel racing... I like speed.
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Post by `G.old on Oct 29, 2008 21:47:35 GMT
western is good for keeping your seat durring fast menuvers.(sp?)
i applaud any guys that ride english. my boyfriend hates english because it is unconfortable for him..he only rides western
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Post by Lawrence on Oct 30, 2008 6:28:45 GMT
umm, about the martingale thing first.....i only ride with one cos it keeps my horses head down, not beacuse its orthodox lol - all the horses i know dont have one unless they need it....anyway, just a thought about the western, i went on a holiday in france where u live in a small cottage for a week and you go riding in the french countryside (kin the south of france) for 4 hours per day on western saddles, and they were terrible lol. the ones i had was like two bars with a whole down the middle with a sheeps skin over it (which kept falling off ) and the other style was like an english saddle in its shape but just completely rock hard leather, very uncomfortable on the old seat bones. especially for 4 hours per day for a week lol |
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Post by Lawrence on Oct 30, 2008 6:31:00 GMT
also another point, u dont really need lessons to ride western, like with me i had leanrt english and just turned up to this holiday place, and u just get on, get used to longer stirrups and necking for steering, it doesn;t take long to get the knack of it. bout 10 minutes lol ;-) . and yeah the saddles are safe, like roman cavalry saddles lol - its hard to fall off
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Post by julie1988 on Oct 30, 2008 12:33:52 GMT
tough decision...actually my style is a mix of english, western and bareback. i normally don't go to championchips or things like that. in germany we call that style "free-time-riding". i don't know if there's a word for that in english  |
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Post by Reef. on Oct 30, 2008 12:34:41 GMT
true, i very rarely ride in a martingale if i can help it. as few gadgets as possible seems to work best most of the time, i find
the holiday thing sounds like a good idea, i'd love to try it. was it a really professional place? because maybe the saddles were uncomfortable if they were the cheapest the place could get hold off, you get some horrible tack in holiday camp places!
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