would you say riding western is more of a childs way of riding a horse?
do you know what im saying? like ive noticed more experienced people usually ride english and the kids first starting out usually ride western, is that the case?
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Western is for working.
it’s personal preference, some people may not like to ride english.
Absolutely not! It’s a horse and rider working together in the most extreme ways! Especially when it comes to cows and trails. . .
Yes I guess so. When I first started riding, I was just like every other horse loving kid: I loved horses and wanted to be with them anytime I could.
I rode Western for 5 months and learned how to walk, trot, post, canter, and do barrels, so now if I ever have to ride a Western trained horse, I will know how to. But with English, the stirrups are much skinnier, and it is very hard to balance, and it takes a week or more to not fall off. Then the trotting, and posting and cantering and jumping also requires much more than shouting “Giddyup” and kicking your heels and galloping around. I love western but English is much more refined, with more contact, no words used, but just you and your horse.
So Western’s much easier for a child to understand than English.
I started riding horses around 6 years old. I actually chose to ride english, and I’m still riding english today. I ride western sometimes, but it’s totally up to the child. My mom thought that I should to western because she didn’t really know anything about english because she rode western. I love riding horses with any kind of saddle, as long as I’m on a horse I don’t care what I’m using.
No, I don’t think so. At first it may be easier to ride western as the gaits are generally smoother and slower (with the intention of sitting them). The saddle is perhaps more secure and the horses are self sufficient to some degree–they don’t need contact on the bit, for example.
However, once you start really riding, western is just as difficult as english and there are many, many excellent riders who choose to stay western. I think that to say that western riding is for beginners or children is a very baseless statement.
I know what you are saying. I myself started riding Western, but thats only because I didn’t really know anything about horses and had no idea there was English riding. I ride English for lessons now, but I still prefer Western over English. I think you see smaller kids riding Western because it is easier to stay in the saddle if something happens and it’s more comforting. But I do not see Western as a childs way of riding. I do barrel racing, pole bending. . . gaming and I don’t ever see little kids doing that. How you ride depends on what you like.
But yes, English is a little more advance than Western. There is a lot more to do and a lot more to know than Western.