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HorseTrouble wrote: Oooh Pismo Beach is a blast! If you go anywhere and ride for the day you have to go there. And rental horses just wont do. You have to be able to cruise around the beach at your own leisure. Especially in your bathing suit & through the waves. I've still never ridden in the snow & have always wanted to... But I think I will take beach riding over snow. lol
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sunridge1 wrote: Trail riding is such a conundrum. Being a former SS snob turned trail rider I have learned there are degrees of trail riding. I prefer the most extreme. An example: The Bob Marshall Wilderness area. No guide, 3 ammy's, 6 horses/mules, 75 miles, 5 days, brutal. Priceless. First pic is satellite pic of the whole trail on Gibson Reservoir, second pic is from between my crazy, 6 year old, show trained ASB's ears on THAT trail. Yeah trail riders ARE idjits.
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SNowY49 wrote: That said, I do judge people who ride in bitless bridles. I know that some horses go better in them due to mouth conformation or general preference and I do know that it is possible to ride well and effectively in a bitless bridle (I've seen the videos online - very impressive)...BUT, in my experience, 9 out of 10 people who ride in a bitless bridle also own a horse that exhibits an extreme false ewe-neck and they trot around with zero contact (if riding English) and/or a giraffe head-set (English and western). The only conclusion I can draw from this observation is that there is a large population of people who purchase bitless bridles, not because it is best for their horse, but because they don't want to HURT their horse, and this desire is reflected not only in their choice of tack, but in their riding as well. So, in general, when I see someone with a bitless bridle, especially if their horse has humongous muscles hanging off the underside of his neck, I think: weak and wussy rider/horse owner.
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izze90 wrote: Wow that looks like so much fun!! Very beautiful.I am kind of biting my nails over that rope that's running under the horses tail. *Imagines rope getting pulled tight & horse bucking the rider over the cliff*
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SNowY49 wrote: I am lucky in that I board at a very large facilty with many different groups of riders doing very different things (barrel racing, western pleasure and HUS, eventing, dressage, Hunter/jumper, saddleseat) and I am able to see a variety of riding styles and examples of very good riding from each style. I tend not to judge based on whether someone has a Paint or a QH because I can see them do what they do best on a daily basis. That said, I do judge people who ride in bitless bridles. I know that some horses go better in them due to mouth conformation or general preference and I do know that it is possible to ride well and effectively in a bitless bridle (I've seen the videos online - very impressive)...BUT, in my experience, 9 out of 10 people who ride in a bitless bridle also own a horse that exhibits an extreme false ewe-neck and they trot around with zero contact (if riding English) and/or a giraffe head-set (English and western). The only conclusion I can draw from this observation is that there is a large population of people who purchase bitless bridles, not because it is best for their horse, but because they don't want to HURT their horse, and this desire is reflected not only in their choice of tack, but in their riding as well. So, in general, when I see someone with a bitless bridle, especially if their horse has humongous muscles hanging off the underside of his neck, I think: weak and wussy rider/horse owner.
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Jul 28 09 3:45 PM
CassielFell wrote: SNowY49 wrote: I am lucky in that I board at a very large facilty with many different groups of riders doing very different things (barrel racing, western pleasure and HUS, eventing, dressage, Hunter/jumper, saddleseat) and I am able to see a variety of riding styles and examples of very good riding from each style. I tend not to judge based on whether someone has a Paint or a QH because I can see them do what they do best on a daily basis. That said, I do judge people who ride in bitless bridles. I know that some horses go better in them due to mouth conformation or general preference and I do know that it is possible to ride well and effectively in a bitless bridle (I've seen the videos online - very impressive)...BUT, in my experience, 9 out of 10 people who ride in a bitless bridle also own a horse that exhibits an extreme false ewe-neck and they trot around with zero contact (if riding English) and/or a giraffe head-set (English and western). The only conclusion I can draw from this observation is that there is a large population of people who purchase bitless bridles, not because it is best for their horse, but because they don't want to HURT their horse, and this desire is reflected not only in their choice of tack, but in their riding as well. So, in general, when I see someone with a bitless bridle, especially if their horse has humongous muscles hanging off the underside of his neck, I think: weak and wussy rider/horse owner. ....You don't associate with alot of Paso Fino people.. They're generally started bitless and aren't moved to a bit UNTIL they're carrying themselves correctly. And you even if you decide to ride them bitless after the fact.. you should still get the correct level of collection, impulsion from the rear.. flexion at the poll, etc. Nevermind the horses that compete in Bella Formas.. (collection and gait on long lines.. no bit involved) It ain't the bit that does or does not result in a finished horse.. it's the training and the skill of the rider. ETA: I'm talking about good trainers... at least everything I grew up with. Some people may do it differently but I kinda grew up around the "bridle horse" training of Pasos.. IE: Started bitless (bosal, training noseband w/bit hanger, jaquima, rope bridle)... Once the horse has proper carriage, suppleness, collection, understanding and willingness.. then he is moved to a snaffle or rubber bit.. and only when his training is considered "finished" he's moved to the spade bit.
EagleViewArabian wrote:What IS it with everyone freaking out about foals sliding back into the canal?!!!! THAT IS NORMAL! I promise you they will NOT get sucked into some big black vortex to never be seen again.
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AppyButt wrote: JDKdressage wrote: AppyButt wrote: Nothing boring about cliffs, jumping logs, fording rivers or galloping up a nice big hill! I think it's probably all about personal taste. I've done lots of galloping up big hills and fording rivers (not so many cliffs, the Adirondacks are a lot older than those spiky mountains y'all have in the West!), and even camping out with horses. It's fine, I enjoy it, but if I'm given a choice, you'll find me in the arena, ever so slowly working my horse towards the ability to do a correct, supple, relaxed, and joyful half-pass. Now THAT is something that 99% of people I know think is completely and insanely boring! Thing is, I can do those things on the trail too. My horse was much happier to learn to sidepass out on the trail then she ever was in the ring, and turn on the haunches made much more sense to her when a deer trail suddenly ended on a rocky cliff and we didn't have room to turn around any other way. I see the point of ring work, but my best dressage has always been done in the middle of nowhere.
JDKdressage wrote: AppyButt wrote: Nothing boring about cliffs, jumping logs, fording rivers or galloping up a nice big hill! I think it's probably all about personal taste. I've done lots of galloping up big hills and fording rivers (not so many cliffs, the Adirondacks are a lot older than those spiky mountains y'all have in the West!), and even camping out with horses. It's fine, I enjoy it, but if I'm given a choice, you'll find me in the arena, ever so slowly working my horse towards the ability to do a correct, supple, relaxed, and joyful half-pass. Now THAT is something that 99% of people I know think is completely and insanely boring!
AppyButt wrote: Nothing boring about cliffs, jumping logs, fording rivers or galloping up a nice big hill!
WhoKilledBambi wrote: no kicking the nerds. We need them for sciencing.
Jul 29 09 7:43 AM
daintyhyena wrote: Trails are more way more exciting to nature nerds like me. I know all the plants and animals and bird songs. You guys would laugh at me.... I get excited when I see certain species of ferns. Trails easily amuse me. When they get too boring dirt roads), then its time to go faster. I'd die of boredom in a ring. I try to do it sometimes to practice leads at my riding club's property but my horse gets just as crabby and bored as me. I do want to ride a schoolmaster in a ring sometime.
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