If you saw my last forum I was losing my horse knowledge so I'm asking this question to help me, and this could let you see which one's most popular too!

Question:
Which riding style do you prefer?

Choices:
Western
English
Both
Neither

 

I've only ridden western, but I would very much like to learn how to ride english.

I like riding both! I also want to learn how to jump!

I love western riding! Been riding for almost 10 years and have ridden both. The only thing I miss about english is jumping! But I can jump in Western too.

I ride western, but I think that once I get a bit better at reining I might try jumping (as of right now I don't want to get confused )Does anyone else neckrein?

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Originally posted by b-lynn:
I ride western, but I think that once I get a bit better at reining I might try jumping (as of right now I don't want to get confused )Does anyone else neckrein?

I always thought that neck reining was the only way to rein.

LOL

That's how all my horses were trained.

I like both but I feel better in a western saddle because I've been riding western for 19 years and english for about 10 years.

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Originally posted by angeeleeta:

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Originally posted by b-lynn:
I ride western, but I think that once I get a bit better at reining I might try jumping (as of right now I don't want to get confused )Does anyone else neckrein?

I always thought that neck reining was the only way to rein.

LOL

That's how all my horses were trained.

There's a lot of different ways to guide a horse! LOL

I totally love english! And I guess you'd have to if you ride dressage! LOL

ENGLISH! but i would love to learn to ride western, even if it was just for pleasure. I think english is better for competing though, no offense to the western lovers. I just like being around horses in any way possible

Today I went trail riding and even though I'm a experienced rider I had a hard time riding it. Like many trail rides it was western.

I ride both but I feel more comfortable in western. I have been riding western longer than english.

I prefer western because it has a more relaxable seat and you can take your feet out of the stirrups and stretch them out while your riding and not fall off.

I can tell you from experience that if you are'nt an ECEPERT rider and you try to ride English you WILL FALL OFF!!!!!!!!

I was taught English from day 1, love jumping, dressage and eventing like nothing else. But during my career opportunities to train horses, I was lucky enough to ride lots of horses who were trained Western. It seemed like Western horses were more enthusiastic and trainable for eventing than jumpers were to adjust to Western, maybe because I was more familiar with jumping and eventing training and had only the slightest clue about Western riding --until my Appy Apache taught me all I know, like how to stick on when she decided make a 180 turn for the gate instead of jumping what was in front of her.

Western or English doesn't matter, ride your horse on whatever saddle you choose through waterfalls with only a backpack on you and a halter or the gentlest bit on your horse, hopefully with other friends and their horses. Having fun with your horse, maybe camping out with other friends and horses in a beautiful wild area,is the way to become best partners with your horse, no matter what discipline you and your horse have chosen.

I agree that it doesn't matter too much what type of saddle or bridle. I grew up riding english and got a job at a thoroughbred race track. There, exercising race horses is english but ponying the race horses is done western. Ponying is when you ride a horse while leading a race horse. At least for me I found when you're good at riding, picking up western is easy and it probably works the other way. Barrel racing won't give you the skills for dressage or the other way around, but for just trail riding a horse is a horse.

Well I rode Western for a little over a year before switching to English. Although I like English loads better, I think riding Western in the beginning did help me to become a better rider in general, and helped me learn a lot about horses. I think I mostly like English better because the jumping is so amazingly fun!

ive ridden both for about 12 years and i lov western, there is just something about it that i cant quite explain but i just ride western much more often.