What discipline do you do in horse riding?

[Cupcake1243]

I do Show jumping!! Actually competing in a big show (hopefully) in November

 

[Butterscotchbitesfinger]

I do Show jumping!! Actually competing in a big show (hopefully) in November

Cool!

 

[littledog]

Wow, I'd never heard of that before now. Those horses are super strong, and it looks like it could be a cool sport, but I don't like how #6 was whipping the crap out his horse that was already trying as hard as he could, or the other horse that got whipped for losing momentum on the hill and getting bogged down in the deep sand.

It was mostly a joke. It's my favorite type of horse racing (I don't ride myself). It's a japanese draft horse race where they have extremely heavy weighted sleds they drag over hills. It's slow but the horses involved are crazy strong.

It would be cooler if the footing was better for the horses (not as deep) and if the heavy sleds could be on some kind of track like a tank so it didn't bog down.

 

[ChocolateMouse]

Wow, I'd never heard of that before now. Those horses are super strong, and it looks like it could be a cool sport, but I don't like how #6 was whipping the crap out his horse that was already trying as hard as he could, or the other horse that got whipped for losing momentum on the hill and getting bogged down in the deep sand.

It would be cooler if the footing was better for the horses (not as deep) and if the heavy sleds could be on some kind of track like a tank so it didn't bog down.

Since I've seen jockeys in regular horse racing do the same I don't feel like it's worse than that, but I 100% get what you mean. The difficulty in pulling the sled would be greatly reduced if the footing and track were easier, so naturally the sled would be easier to move. You'd have to weigh the sled down more.

Ban'ei is a holdover from a time when these horses were used for work and had to pull heavy loads through difficult terrain. It was a way for farmers to show off their best working breed horses in a way that showed they could do the work. That's why the track is built that way.

 

[Peaches Lee]

I'm a dressage gal. Hopefully, someday my boy and I will compete (he's just a yearling now)! I also love trail riding--being in nature is where it's at for me! I have a 5 year old I meant to start under saddle this year, but with Covid craziness I have shelved that for next year when things will (hopefully) be better. This is okay because I'm really bonding with him and that's important for me before I get in the saddle.

 

[RoosterWhisperer]

OK @Butterscotchbitesfinger im here

 

[RoosterWhisperer]

I'm a dressage gal. Hopefully, someday my boy and I will compete (he's just a yearling now)! I also love trail riding--being in nature is where it's at for me! I have a 5 year old I meant to start under saddle this year, but with Covid craziness I have shelved that for next year when things will (hopefully) be better. This is okay because I'm really bonding with him and that's important for me before I get in the saddle.

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He's BEAUTIFUL

 

[Butterscotchbitesfinger]

I'm a dressage gal. Hopefully, someday my boy and I will compete (he's just a yearling now)! I also love trail riding--being in nature is where it's at for me! I have a 5 year old I meant to start under saddle this year, but with Covid craziness I have shelved that for next year when things will (hopefully) be better. This is okay because I'm really bonding with him and that's important for me before I get in the saddle.

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For a while I didn’t know what I was! Hacking, trail rides, jumping, X country. Then I tried dressage and it was the most painful but it was also the only one I felt like I had complete control in. It almost killed my arms fighting my horse to drop his head onto the bit but now I can shift them and he drops his head. One day it just clicked. Now we are learning to do shoulder inns after the 8 treacherous months it took to reach him how to be on the bit and me how to get him on the bit. Now everything has fallen into place.

 

[Butterscotchbitesfinger]

 

[whiteboy]

Team Roper here. THis is a link to my website. We also breed for barrel and rope horses.
https://peakviewperformancehorses.com/home