Alright so I've been thinking about starting to ride horses! I just can't decide what kind of riding I want to do. Sooo...I was hoping you guys could help me out! Thanks guys!
The Storm Herd left Rahkki and the 5th clan and went to the place Redfire found. Echofrost felt like a half without Rahkki but she knew this day had to come. It has been a year since the Storm Herd left the landwalkers and started a new life. One night Echofrost felt sad because she had a flash back of Rahkki and how he saved her and how she saved him. " Are you thinking about him again?" asked Hazelwind. " Yeah but were free now. Free together." She nuzzeled him and went to go talk with Dewberry and her foals. I want to make her happy but we cant go to the landwalkers. The next morning, Hazelwind went up to Echofrost and said "maybe we can pay your boy a visit. Soon because of the foal coming." " Yeah. What should the name be" " We cant discuss it right now but maybe after the baby is born." " Your right Hazelwind." Dewberry trotted up with Shysong and told Echofrost to join them. " Coming. Sorry Hazelwind. I have to go." Echofrost trotted to Dewberry and Shysong and they started talking about the upcoming foal. Dewberry went up and put her wing up to Echofrost stomach and felt where the foal is. " Its getting closer. It should be due by next month by the most." " This is exciting that you and Hazelwind are going to be parents." said Shysong. " Yeah but im nervous." " Why are you nervous Echofrost. You should be happy that you are starting your own family. You should be happier that you still have Hazelwind. Your stallion didn't die on you when you first got pregnant." " Your right. Thanks Dewberry." "Anytime Echofrost. Here eat these. IT should help with the pains." Dewberry handed Echofrost some roots to handle the pains she was getting. " Hazelwind said that i can visit Rahkki and Feylah soon. After the foal has come and grown to be a weanling." " Thats great! Maybe I can visit I'Lenna some day. I miss her a little bit." said Shysong. The mares trotted happily back to the Storm herd and Echofrost went to talk to Hazelwind. " Arn't they cute together?" asked Shysong looking at Echofrost and Hazelwind. " Yeah they are. Both strong so their foal could be a spy or a battle mare." said Dewberry. " How do you know its a mare?" asked Shysong. " Echofrost is in her last month with her and her belly isnt as large as a mare with a boy inside. Mares are facing the right side of the stomach and males are facing the left side. I didn't want to tell her about it yet because their still picking out names for her." " Thats sweet that is is going to be a girl. No one in the herd knows what names they are picking. I can't wait to see what names they have chosen." A few weeks later, Echofrost was three days from due date and she was having pains ever so often. The day the baby is due, The Stallions are with Hazelwind by the lake and telling him its going to be ok. With Echofrost and Dewberry, they successfully delivered the foal. " Hazelwind. You can come now." Said Dewberry. Hazelwind trotted to Dewberry and entered the woods where Echofrost layed.The foal was awake and Echofrost was cleaning it off. " Hazelwind. Come here and meet her." Hazelwind hope rose and he touched the fillies nose with his. She played with his mane and they were both filled with joy. A minute later, they left the woods with the baby and they made the announcement. " The foal is a girl and we are naming her........."
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.
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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.
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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.