I do Eastern riding. no, wait- English! Yeah it's English x-facepalm-x

ANYWAY, I think English is more common, but that could be because I live in the Eastern part of the US. In the west, there's Western, so I was confused with Western/Eastern or whatever. (I don't know where you live so I don't know what's most common there.) English is not like the stereotypical "cowboy," English is jumping, eventing, etc. "Cowboy" would be Western. If you go to you tube and type in the search thingy "Dressage Olympic clip" something should come up that in the Olympics is called Dressage, but it's basically English riding. I don't know much about Western style, but you can look into that as well. I've been riding for three-ish years, and I hope you start soon! Both styles I mentioned are fun, but as I already said I don't know much about Western. I really like Eastern though.

That was probably an info overload, but there's my two cents (although in this case it could be ten cents lol).

Yeah I know all about riding I just can't decide what to do! I've been into horses since 2nd grade and I'm in 7th now so I just can't decide! It is a real struggle...I want to either do western pleasure or jumping or dressage.

I do English hunter/jumper (haven't gotten to jumping yet though) and I love it!! If I have horses as an adult I will probably do English pleasure

DO ENGLISH JUMPING OR ENGLISH DRESSAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well that's my opinion I didn't mean to sound like i'm the boss LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!

lol when I said western pleasure I meant western dressage! but i probs gonna jump

Um, there is no such thing as Western Dressage, at least that I know of. Dressage is a subdivision of English riding.

(Dragon, little help here?)

Oops! I looked it up. http://westerndressageassociation.org/

sorry I made a fuss about that

lol thats ok! its not very common so it easily gets forgotten...

Maybe you could find a place that lets you go back and forth until you decide. And my personal preference is bareback

bareback sounds really frightening to me for some reason.

It can be at first, but it's a really easy way to get a better seat.

x has no comment or advice becasue she is a Horse Riding Noob x

R.I.P. XD

Yeah but back to Logan (sorry I always end up making it about me ), I agree with Dragon. [insert Dragon's comment here]. And bareback can be scary Flamefrost, but i wouldnt know since the only time I ever "rode" bareback was... I think around in the age span of 3 - 6. Idk. I was just up on the horse (a gray [the white term] pony called Mystery) while the owner (my Godmother's daughter) held the reigns so I couldn't signal the horse to go lol. It was on a family trip tomy Godparent's place.

Moonglow: .... yeah..... nobody either asked or needed to know that.

Harrytail: x slaps Moonglow with wing playfully x Is there ever a time when you aren't cheeky?

Moonglow: x grinning x nope!

Harrytail: x grins x

O brother

Why do Moonglow and Harrytail alsways make me laugh so much?? lol

Because that's Emi's special skill, writing stuff to make us laugh

I’d recommend English. But that’s my opinion. Western is relaxing and easier on the horses back.

I ride Western all the time, but mostly herding cows and for the fun of it. Like Flamefrost said, its the “Cowboy Riding Style.” I would love to do English riding too, but only for jumping.

Anyways, I would say start with a Western saddle. They have a horn for you to grip on to so you feel more comfortable. The stirrups are also bigger. The saddle itself is a little more complicating to cinch up and stuff, and its much heavier. But someone will help you with that until you get the hang of it Im sure. Once you master Western riding and have galloped and blah blah blah, then probably go to English for the more experienced stuff. But thats just what I think.

I'm still just learning cantering in English and I think it's complex! Western is probably more relaxed but I honestly sometimes struggle with the weight of an English saddle. x-facepalm-x Anyway, I think it would be an unnecessary extra activity to do Western as well as English.