What riding style is more common in Massachusetts: English or Western?
I live in Massachusetts and I ride at Ironstone Farm and I do what I’m riding style. I have a chance to ride again in Seattle and someone asked me Which style I use. I’m pretty sure it’s English but please help me!
Does the saddle you use look like this: http://lizditz. typepad. com/i_speak_of_dreams/images/EnglishSaddle4web. jpg or this: http://www. chicksaddlery. com/Merchant2/graphics/00000001/8726. JPGIf the one you use looks more like the first one, you are riding English. If it looks like the second one, you are riding western. So, if you are doing any jumping or dressage that is English.
Does your saddle have a horn-if so you are westernNo horn-English
If you do not know you must be pretty new at it. Mass mostly in English
-Does your saddle look like this: http://www. equusite. com / articles / basics / images basic english saddle. jpg (English) or this: http://www. equusite. com / articles / basics / images basic western saddle. jpg (Western) – Do you post the trot? Usually when riding western, you do not. – Do you (Or the more advanced people at your barn riding the same way) Have more contact on the reins, or are they loose? English: http://horsenorth. ca/images/pagemaster/PennyandRio_1. jpg Western: http://www. alqha. com/images/charmer1a. jpgUsually English is more common than on the East Coast Western-and, judging by Iron Stone’s website, they seem to be using English tack. However that,’s just the pictures they have-they may have some Western tack as well, as it seems a lot of Therapy Programs Do Because it is more secure.
You do not know what style you ride? Wow. Generally, English is more common on the east coast and west coast. Western is more popular in the west, and there is a fair mix in the midwest. THere is both disciplines everywhere though. Here is fairly standard western gear. Note the size and shape of the saddle. And the fact it has a horn. If the tack on the horses you ride looks similar to this western, you ride. http://www. moonrakerqh. com / tack / gfx / tackup. jpgHere is an example of an english saddle. If you ride in the saddle looks similar to this, you ride english. http://www. equusite. com / articles / basics / images basic english saddle. jpg
Well, I live in southern / central Pennsylvania, and here, Western is WAY more common. But I know that near Philadelphia, hardly anyone rides Western. And again, near Pittsburgh, there’s a lot of Western. So, who knows about that in Massachusetts. But here. Saddles, Western: http://horsesrus1. com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/western-saddle2. jpgThere’s so Western sport saddles (treeless) that look a little different: http://horsesrus1. com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/western-saddle1. jpgEnglish: http://cdn-write. Demand Studios. com / upload / / 6000/700/80/3/46783. jpgArena’s Western: http://www. lkarena. com / View_From_Roping_Box. jpgEnglish: http://www. newhorse. com/dynamic/photos-category/horsephoto-section-533/whiteheadriding/English_using_arena. JPGBridles / reins, Western: http://www. lesaboteur. com / ~ western/photo/race/quarter-horse_portrait_01. jpgEnglish: http://www. horsetackinternational. com / images / legacy-draw pure. jpg (If your English riding you have to keep pressure on the reins, you ride Western of your instructor probably tells you to stay off the horse’s face) So, many Western saddles will be worn with a breast collar: http://www. cowboyway. com/images/BreastCollar1. jpgHope this cleared things up