sunridge1 wrote:
JDKdressage wrote:


I have to disagree with this one. I've been a trail guide in a National Park (as an actual job, taking three to five groups out into the mountains in a single average day), as well as a serious dressage competitor, and when given a choice I will ride in the ring EVERY TIME. I frankly find trails really boring. Lah lah lah trees grass trees more grass water water field water trees. And awesome, about a billion biting insects. Whoopee.

Look at pictures and map above. Lah lah lah lah.

I used to guide for years, apples and oranges to real trail riding or what I consider real trail riding. I used to wear sun glasses pull my baseball cap down and actually doze when guiding a real boring group.

Yeah, I'll admit that taking out the tourists was less fun than going out with an actual experienced riding crew (though sometimes the tourists and their shenanigans were a hell of a lot more amusing!). Still, though, I just generally prefer rings to trails. I did find that working on dressage moves--seat and leg cues, turns on the forehand and haunches, moving off the leg and into the hand, etc.--made it more interesting, but I just never got the kick out of the really serious adventure rides that some of my friends do.

I have always wanted to ride on a beach, though, and haven't had a chance. Does that count as trail riding?

Last Edited By: JDKdressage Jul 28 09 12:57 PM. Edited 1 times.