Do You Ride Horses?

[.Scarlet.]

Haha thanks! And I try to get pics. My mom doesn't like to sit in the cold so I only get vids usually in the summer. I'll try to upload my video. But it's from a while ago. I have no clue how to upload things to you tube though e.o but if I ever figure it out, I'll post it here for you to see. Lol.

[karkadorr]

Oh, I have a youtube (as you can see lolol) I can teach you how to upload things later on when you have videos c: It's quite easy actually
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anyone want me to critique their position?

[.Scarlet.]

That would be awesome! And here's a picture of my little man Phinneus. If I wasn't going to college in less than 2 years I'd buy that boy. He's my little sweetie :3

https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc1/735582_511057965601750_433222412_o.jpg

[karkadorr]

Ohmygoodness he's absolutely ADORABLE<33 awww I can't take it anymore he's too cute. I love his markings C:

[.Scarlet.]

Haha I know right? He's only 5 and they saved him for the track. Unfortunately, he isn't sound. But he's getting a lot better. I guess I'm a pretty good rider since my instructor put me on a horse scared of a wheel barrow. When I first started riding him, he wa a mess at the canter and would be terrified to go over just small x's on the ground.

[karkadorr]

Oh no ._. when did he go lame?
And now, instead of being terrified to go over small X's you and him had a great lesson together c: he is actually so cute though

[emmiedee]

I just wanted to pop in and say how nice that video of you riding was, Imperial. c:
I stalk this thread, and that caught my eye.

[.Scarlet.]

Not lame. Just not sound.but that was when they first brought him in. And that was a little bit ago. He spooks at a lot. For reals. He cut the arena in half because a girl had the wheel barrow. When I fist saw him, te girl that rode him rode him very stiffly and she was scared. He refuse almost every little x and she didn't like cantering him. I was very nervous riding him the first time but then I rode him and he did wonderful! My instructor later explained that the girl that rode him isn't all that good. But they weren't big jumps. Maybe like a foot off the ground because Cianna who I usually ride with can't jump too high because she's getting old. But I bet he could jump. He is such a cute little mover. He's very bouncy though. So riding Cianna every now and then helps me. There's a reigning mare named Bambi that I ride a lot but I really don't like her or her canter. So I try my best not to ride her :s

[opal.]

Hello guys! I read everything between here and my last post!

@Fate
I think all the photos looked really nice as well, but in the third one, even though it was higher, it looked like your release was a little big. There was another where your heel could use to be lower, but I really like how Mystic looks over a lot of them C: her knees and back legs both seem to be really even the majority of the time, and she looks pretty scoopy too C: I can't critique prefectly since I'm not a jumper, but I didn't see anything major like hollowing your back or your leg moving when she takes off. A LOT of jumper have really nice eq. up until the jump, and that their leg slips back, but your leg looked great in the pics!

I actually couldn't watch the video since it wouldn't play on a mobile device and I opperate off my Ipad, but I watched some of the others. I know they were older, but I noticed that both your hands and legs moved around A LOT on the flat and at the trot and canter. The problem with your leg moving around a lot is that it bumps the horse and desensitizes her or him to cues. Then when you actually ask for something, the horse is like "Wait, huh?! What!? Your actually asking now?" and the response time is dulled. That's why so many lesson horses get "leg dead"; they've been bumped and kicked in the side for years on end. Your heels were pretty down, but I think really stretching into them and making sure your entire leg has contact with the horse would keep it from moving around to much C:

Your already said this yourself. but you have a tendancy to pump with your arms. Really bring your shoulders back and your elbows in. Your upper arms should come straight down from your shoulders, and then the lower arm should make a forward angle with the reins so that your lower arm and reins make a direct, straight line to the horses mouth.

@TO THE WESTERN TO ENGLISH CONVO.
It's actually kind of funny, but within different breeds, the expectations of western pleasure vary. In the Morgan breed, your not gonna do so hot if you horse doesn't have impulsion. You have REALLY got to make your horse step up under himself and put his haunches into action if you hope to even so much as TOUCH a ribbon XD. Letting your horse drag his feet through the dirt at 000.1mph with his head below the withers might be acceptable in quarter horse classes, but not it Morgan classes. It's challenging, because you have to retain the same impulsion as an english horse at less than half the speed. I'm not sure what you were taught western, but I'm hoping you were taught a little collection and impulsion. In the Morgan world we call QH Western pleasure horses "Penny pushers" because their noses are so close to thr ground that they could push pennies around XD Morgan western pleasure riders are generally not big fans of the western QHs

[Mr.Milo]

Im probably going to switch barns, i like the rescue but now they said i can't work with Mikey anymore. I have been working with him for just over a month and it just gets me mad that i can't do anything with him now. I seriously cried afterwards, i love that horse so much. They were thankful that i began working with him but they didn't want me introducing the whip or to even do any groundwork with him. I haven't cracked the whip on him at all and all i have been doing is scratching him with it. I never am able to get lessons and so the only thing i looked forward to was Mikey. Now there is nothing.