Horse Riding

[Rainshadow]

  If you do find a place to ride, you should try a dressage saddle.  Trust me, they're much more comfortable than western saddles.  Western saddles feel like you're riding on a block of wood to me.

[Rainshadow]

  REVIVE!

  For those of you who haven't heard (I'm not sure how that's possible!), my dear friend, Chester, died Saturday morning.  Chester, I will miss you!

[Redwallfan7]

  REVIVE!

  For those of you who haven't heard (I'm not sure how that's possible!), my dear friend, Chester, died Saturday morning.  Chester, I will miss you!

sorry for your loss!

[Rainshadow]

  Thanks.   He'll be missed, but I've heard that my teacher was possibly getting a horse donated.  Though it won't be Chester, we still need another horse to replace his position!

[BrookSkimmer]

I'm sorry to hear about your friend Chester... that is so sad. I wish horses lived longer.

I've been riding since I was very young. That makes almost 20 years of experience now. Mostly english (jumping, cross country, dressage) but also some western.

Horses are absolutely great! They make me feel calm, they are so good for people to work with, and they are just beautiful. My favorite breed are all warmblood breeds (mostly out of Germany) my favorite of these would be Oldenburgh and Trekehner.

I'm currently volunteering at a ranch called Rocking Horse Ranch. They rescue horses and do all kinds of disabled riding programs. I train one of their dressage horses (they also train horses for show riding). HIs name is Rocky. He's 17'3 hand and really great! I'll see if I can find a good pic...





There we go. Rocky the wonder horse. Well, not really. But he is pretty great. He jumps and does awesome dressage!

[Dreamer]

Yes I ride and show horses. I own one to. Her name is belle.

[Rainshadow]

  Wow, he's beautiful!  How old is Rocky?  And Dreamer, you're lucky!  I don't own a horse (yet).

[Coobreedan]

I would sing Gangnam Style if I was on a horse.

[BrookSkimmer]

Yeah but he never rides the horses... just dances oddly around them...

Rocky is around 8 years old.

[Ungatt Trunn]

My younger sister LOVES Horseback riding. Me, I don't really give it much thought...

[MarielGullwhacker]

I LOVE HORSES!! I used to own a horse with 3 of my friends...really! We each owned a "hoof" and we shared the expenses. "Hank" was our horse's name, and he was a quarter horse, and could jump over the moon! 

[Leatho Shellhound]

I love ridding too. I really like horses. I don't have many chances to ride them though. But when I do, I ride them well, I guess I'm a natural. 

[Maudie]

I've never used the reins before, but I have sat on the horse's back while my brother led her.

[Russano the Wise]

I've ridden a horse a couple of times before. One of my friends owns several horses and sometimes I go riding on one of them. I also rode horse at a wilderness camp last year. It was a lot of fun but my bottom really hurt afterwords. If I remember correctly the horse that I rode was named Rosie.

[KitrallStreamrippler]

I LOVE horses, but definitely have a healthy respect for them. Actually, I worked with the horse program at a Boy Scout camp for several weeks the past few summers. (Had I been a Boy Scout, I would have gotten a merit badge, because I had to take and pass the horsemanship course before I could do anything.)