I ride western and have always called it “Walk”, “Trot”, “Canter” and “Gallop” although Gallop is not often used. Didn’t know I was using English terminology.
@@rustinstardust2094 no, learn whichever you want. Both are great and have benefits, just make sure you choose an instructor that won't have you hurt the horse. That is a very important part
KMichelle Argus Your comment is completely inaccurate. Pleasure horses are trained to be extremely comfortable and easy to sit. (Hence the name PLEASURE horse).
owen outhwaite yeah, for western it’s walk jog lope gallop, english is walk trot canter gallop. Idk if this is true but idk if the terminology is different simply BC they are different disciplines, but to me a western “lope” is more extended, relaxed, and slowed, rather than a collected shorter English canter, and a jog is more slower than maybe and English trot. Not sure
I know this is three years later, but if you're still making videos I would love to hear about the differences in riding cues for English vs Western. By the way, your horses are beautiful. 💖
Hello I am a western rider and I have a problem. I love my barn so much but I want to do English, I want to switch barns but like I said I love my barn to much
ive never seen anybody ride western that way my whole life this is completely wrong in my eyes whenever we trot or cantor we don't just sit in the saddle we do 2 point and we move with the horses body movement idk where you got this from
Hm, I think everyone is taught a little differently because I learned western and nearly all the horses have a throat latch and usually our reins are connected. Also what was the “jog”? I learned trot and it’s the same thing as the English trot soo ..?
We also have a throat latch on some of the bridles but it differs. If you are a western starter, the reins can be attached but usually they aren't. The jog is a very slow trot as the lope is also a very slow canter. These are mostly used in the discipline western pleasure. They are just more comfortable to sit. But we in my stable also say and do trot as horses have to be specially trained and/or bred to perform jog and lope ^^
It's pretty rare that your reins are connected in Western. We usually show in Split reins (what she's using), or Rommel reins. Rommel reins are what we use on a bridle horse. Splits are for cow work and are crossed over the horse with tails on each side. 😂 YOU NEVER show Western Pleasure holding the reins the way she said, you hold you splits crossed in the left hand, your other hand hanging loose at your side. 😂 I
Our reins were tied together in a knot and left long in Western. The horses each wore whatever style bridal they responded best to. And we were taught walk, trot, canter. We were definitely not showing, though.
A nice video. My father had a devout hatred of an English saddle. I was taught to thread the reins between the fingers of the right hand. Left between the index and middle fingers, with the right rein between the ring finger, and the little finger, with the remaining length trailing out the “bottom” of the hand/fist.
Thank you so much for this video! I can tell you worked hard and I learned ALOT. My niece is 6 and just joined 4H to show and I wanted to be more educated. Thank you! ❤️
is it just me or is your horse way behind the vertical? And the differences between western and English is not so much the tack your ride in as the style of which you ride. I ride western and I use snaffle bits and connected reins. And actually there are very few western riders I know that don't have a throat latch on their bridles. And I have never heard a western rider call a trot a "jog"
I use a roping saddle from when I won an event in my area, spilt reins (separate) and all the basics. All this about the western side is all off. Plus why is the horses head running so low? And most western bridles do have the neck strap. Mainly because when we’re out in the field messing with each other is usually by pulling off the thing altogether. Walk, fast walk, slow trot. No lopping in there at all. There is NO need for an expert for any of this. My QH and draft mix has no withers. So it was hard to find where the saddle sat. Plus each horse might need a different size. Ranger (QHDraft) is a 17 saddle. He’s massive, at least 15 hands. He is big all around. Not fit for any fast pace events(barrels) but he’s amazing on trails of when I’m working out in the back. He has a problem keeping his head up and that has caused him and me to be rolled more times that I can count due to him picking up speed and me not pulling his head up in time. My fault, but it is something I’m working on with him. A lot of this is wrong. If you need information on western riding look for someone who actually rides western. Don’t base off google or whatever this woman based it off of. Not to be rude or disrespectful at all, but please before you do something like this make sure you look at multiple different sources and talk to someone who does that specific thing.
I don't usually respond to these comments but, for the sake of spreading misinformation, I'd like to clarify a few things. This video is intended for people who want to show in the stock horse circuit. In regards to your statements: if you are working cattle in the field, you're going to need to lope. I agree each horse is going to need a different saddle WIDTH. '17' is referring to the seat size, meant for your butt. The width of the saddle is to accommodate the width of the horse. Western saddles usually refer it to "semi-quarter horse bars", "full quarter horse bars", etc. I am happy that you won a saddle, but chances are it doesn't fit your wide guy like it should and that is why you are having difficulty finding where the saddle should sit. Good point that people should look at multiple sources, I agree completely. However, I have been riding Western since I was born, trained multiple world and reserve world champions (in western), and started numerous colts (in western). Don't believe me, click on my channel name and watch some of my other videos. I know what I'm talking about.
I want to do Western and English but I need to figure out what one I think is better I like both I want a western and English horse but I don’t know what to get first I really want to do jumping and I’ve been riding western for longer than I’ve been writing English but if anyone has any suggestions please let me know Note both of my parents want me to do western but they said they will be fine with whatever I chose
holidays agreed. If she's been riding for a while this won't help her at all. This is more for people that are literally BRAND new to anything horse related
Jog????? It's still a trot in western! And that horse was NOT doing a good trot or lope. It should've been going faster. Edit 9 months later: I now know that jog is the correct term for showing in Western pleasure, so don't hate on me 😂
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That first horse looks identical to a horse I used to have. It warms my heart to see this horse. Mine died of COPD we had to put him to euthanize him because he was struggling to breathe and we done everything we could including oral steroids to open the airways. He lived a long full life and passed at age 25. He was the sweetest horse I ever had. He was a good boy ❤️
She doesn’t seem as comfortable in the western saddle and there is not that much connection when she’s riding western so I think she mainly focusses on riding English
when she demonstrated the walk trot canter for both the english and western it looked super slow. the canter should be much faster then the trot. also fix your microphone.
My brother who ride in a western saddle says "I cantered today" so... When he says that again, I'm gonna say "actually it's called a lope, not a canter.. a canter is faster than a lope"
well you gonna sound hella stupid because we go way faster than that nobody ever really goes that slow...like ever ive never seen that in my entire life this was some bs
I ride Western. Well it’s technically called a lope but people at my barn use canter interchangeably so it’s really just a name, meaning speed doesn’t really matter. You can fast lope, slow canter, etc. It’s really just two different names for the same thing. However, I don’t ride English so maybe it’s something different in that discipline.
these haters have never ridden proper pleasure. i’m laughing at these comments, she did a lot of right things, but no one is perfect. i have no idea what discipline these people are riding 🤣🤣
I AGREE!!! Everyone is being so rude to her she did 3\4 of the things right people WHY YOU GOTTA BE SOOO RUDE EVERYONE [accept the ones who said nice things]!!!
I mean I see where you're coming from but there's also many different classes in each discipline so they could be referring to a specific class. Like even I saw a few problem with her Western Pleasure. And I've been riding for most of my life and competed in English and western events. Overall though she put in a great effort with what tack she had and I can applaud her greatly for that
Hmmm, not really... its a whole lot more than that and she's holding the reins wrong, she doesn't look comfortable. (yeah western is more comfortable than English but you can absolutely be comfortable in an English saddle) I could say a lot about everything wrong, but I'm not going to...
Unbridle Yourself Yes it is. Good job! When referring to English discipline it is a trot and a canter. When referring to the Western discipline it is a jog and a lope. Thank you for watching my video!
Ahh, no. Western bridles have throat latches, the reins can be connected, and the "jog" is a trot, and it goes faster. The "lope" is a canter. If you're going to talk about Western style, get it right. I understand things might be different for other people, and she has the little details right, but the pacing is all wrong.
Gamer Southern99 Western bridles *can* have throat latches, the reins *can* be connected. It is a matter of different style. For what I do, connected reins aren’t allowed. As far as the gates go, it is proper terminology associated with the discipline.
Gamer Southern99 I agree. You also post trot in western if you don’t want to sit trot. Also the way she was holding the reins in western wasn’t really that accurate. I hold the reins with both hands not just one.
Holy horses. Does anybody in the comments understand the English and Western pleasure worlds? All what she is doing is normal for these disciplines. I use my paint quarter horse for dressage, hunters, and eventing. He is pretty much an all around english boy.
Isadora looked like such a big girl in the curb bit. To hell with trends I think Neon looked sharp in the light leather. My question is say you started you horse Western , how far along in the training do you go until you introduce an English saddle?
Apart from personal preference, I'll do it when I feel safe enough. I am more confident in a western saddle, even if the horse is an english horse. When they are broke enough, I'll start riding them english. It's a horse to horse situation.
K. native Rezz Some English riders are terrible people and treat there horses terribly also. Same goes for western. And in the horse world Reining (a Western discipline) is the equivalent of dressage. Both disciplines involve collection, control, pacing, and numerous other difficult tasks. In no way is English inferior to western.
If you guys know so much about about western and English why the hell are u even on this video, it seems like u came here just to judge since you already “know it all”. Everyone’s critiquing the teacher but their on this video trying to learn from her...
It's sad that I already know the difference but I'm just that bored that I'll watch anything in 'suggested'. I'm started out in English and transitioned to western. Honestly I HAAATED the English tack and I found it made a lot of the horses I worked with incredibly uncomfortable.
Also I don't know where you got the idea of that being riding western no offense but your making western riding look like you don't do anything and its boring. You don't just sit there and you NEVER I repeat NEVER lean back in your saddle. If the horse is cantering galloping or a fast trot then it stop quickly leaning back or forward will throw you off the horse. And we do more then just sit there and in western you hardly ever walk so you are always doing something. [WARNING TO ALL VIEWS] This is NOT how you western ride riding like she did on the video could go wrong in many ways DO NOT WESTERN RIDE THINKING YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR DOING IF YOU WANT TO WESTERN RIDE LOOK FOR A TRAINER IN WESTERN RIDING DO NOT WATCH A VIDEO AND THEN THINK YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING.
I really wish people would stop talking about things they clearly have no knowledge on. Here we are on UA-cam put “AQHA Congress western pleasure” in your search bar and you will see that this woman is not as crazy or dumb as you make her seem. By your description of what “western riding” is I’d assume you don’t know what Western Pleasure is so here I’ll educate you. Western pleasure is supposed to look easy. That’s the whole point. Your supposed to be able to ask your horse to lower its head and get on the bit and give it all the directions while using nothing but your seat and legs. Albeit I do think the way people breed and train their horses makes their movement seem very unnatural and almost lame, but the sport has good intentions and is quite fun if you try it. This woman may not be the perfect western rider but you have no right to judge because we all have our faults as riders. For this very brief and short video I thought she did very well at touching base of what English and western pleasure is. Albeit there’s 1000 more steps to this sport I didn’t think she gave any misinformation either.
@@caryulmer5578 I was taught pinky out always, no exceptions. I have worked/ridden at various stables over the course of 15 years. Maybe one way has fallen out of fashion over the years in England and not the US.
Idk why y'all r hating on her. That's how she was taught. And in western pleasure that's how your movements usually r. I mean my Great-Grandma rode western pleasure. Me I only barrel race, pole bend, goat yet, rope and trail so I don't know the specifics but she is 92% of what I was taught. I have only rode English once and that was having to act as. a. jockey for a friend as a dare 5 years ago so I don't know anything on English really even though I'm the granddaughter of a show jumper/barrel racer.
Yes you do that’s the proper way. If you ride with the reins on different sides it just helps so if you drop the reins they don’t fall off the neck automatically
That double leverage metal bit is way to much and not neccessary. The pain is just not justified. You can ride without a bit and do everything you need.
There are several kinds of bits used in western. More than likely that's the bit she prefers to use or the horse was trained to use. And for the bridle, it probably wasn't tightened. Honestly, my bridle I use for western is basically the same as the English. Its just the style of bridle she chose; I imagine it can be tightened to for better
my right ear is lonely
Hehe nice
😂
😂 😂
Ikr 😂
I ride western and have always called it “Walk”, “Trot”, “Canter” and “Gallop” although Gallop is not often used. Didn’t know I was using English terminology.
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I use them interchangeably and have for a while lol
I'm also a western rider, recently started english though
@@daizul5698 Do you recommend learning western first, before english?
@@rustinstardust2094 no, learn whichever you want. Both are great and have benefits, just make sure you choose an instructor that won't have you hurt the horse. That is a very important part
@@rustinstardust2094 you should learn English first imo to learn proper balance in the sattle. Imo it's also a lot more fun
This is a good introduction for a raw beginner. To explain all the differences would take hours and are usually learned over years.
that horse keeps it' head so low!
some dude on UA-cam it’s sad
Its a pleasure horse. They almost always suck to ride.
KMichelle Argus Your comment is completely inaccurate. Pleasure horses are trained to be extremely comfortable and easy to sit. (Hence the name PLEASURE horse).
Because he’s relaxed and don’t say anything watch a video about it there is one it’s called horse body language
@@-traininggem-8254 thank youu that guy is either an English rider or has some askew sense of comfort
She looked extremely uncomfortable
on the western saddle, and a lot more relaxed on the
english saddle
C.B.K actually u feel very comfortable when western riding
@@ramseehofer9585 can confirm. I've tried both styles (English for ten years, Western since 2019) and Western is a lot more comfortable
Western Is more comfortable and safe
@@ramseehofer9585 big facts western riding is much more comfortable in my opinion
it's probably because she rides English, western saddles are super comfortable and secure feeling.
A lot of those things about western riding isn’t true
Julia Gloomsky yea and her horse was like loping extremely weird like not most english or western pleasure horses lope like that
yeah same with English. Or at least it is different in the Netherlands
That first horse was so fricking cute!😍😭💛
I know! Skewbalds are very pretty!!
They both were in my opinion.
@depressed weeb Yo fellow weebo!
Ikr
Jog?Band?Reins Seperate?Riding with left hand?Thumb on top? Im a western riding and i dont call or do any of this
same hahahah
being able to ride with our left hand is practical when you do roping (western style)
sorry for my english tho
You’ve seriously never heard of a jog
Olive Shupe I've been riding for 17 years grew up on a ranch and been around ranching all my life we call it a walk trot lope gallop
owen outhwaite yeah, for western it’s walk jog lope gallop, english is walk trot canter gallop. Idk if this is true but idk if the terminology is different simply BC they are different disciplines, but to me a western “lope” is more extended, relaxed, and slowed, rather than a collected shorter English canter, and a jog is more slower than maybe and English trot. Not sure
I know this is three years later, but if you're still making videos I would love to hear about the differences in riding cues for English vs Western. By the way, your horses are beautiful. 💖
*Me an eventer watching this like* "Dont mind me"
*Sees the forelock isnt where its supposed to be, cries in eventer*
Hello I am a western rider and I have a problem. I love my barn so much but I want to do English, I want to switch barns but like I said I love my barn to much
I’m a total beginner and I noticed the same. SO to my instructor
ive never seen anybody ride western that way my whole life this is completely wrong in my eyes whenever we trot or cantor we don't just sit in the saddle we do 2 point and we move with the horses body movement idk where you got this from
You ride with your butt in the seat when you ride western pleasure.
I’ve never ridden like that
Well you have to think that is for Western pleasure or showing Western and she only covered the basics of what tack she had.
I completely agree,just her posture on the horse in western was making me cringe
Same
Hm, I think everyone is taught a little differently because I learned western and nearly all the horses have a throat latch and usually our reins are connected. Also what was the “jog”? I learned trot and it’s the same thing as the English trot soo ..?
We also have a throat latch on some of the bridles but it differs.
If you are a western starter, the reins can be attached but usually they aren't.
The jog is a very slow trot as the lope is also a very slow canter. These are mostly used in the discipline western pleasure. They are just more comfortable to sit. But we in my stable also say and do trot as horses have to be specially trained and/or bred to perform jog and lope ^^
It's pretty rare that your reins are connected in Western. We usually show in Split reins (what she's using), or Rommel reins. Rommel reins are what we use on a bridle horse. Splits are for cow work and are crossed over the horse with tails on each side. 😂 YOU NEVER show Western Pleasure holding the reins the way she said, you hold you splits crossed in the left hand, your other hand hanging loose at your side. 😂
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Our reins were tied together in a knot and left long in Western. The horses each wore whatever style bridal they responded best to. And we were taught walk, trot, canter. We were definitely not showing, though.
Thank you for explaining this to me
A nice video. My father had a devout hatred of an English saddle. I was taught to thread the reins between the fingers of the right hand. Left between the index and middle fingers, with the right rein between the ring finger, and the little finger, with the remaining length trailing out the “bottom” of the hand/fist.
Very helpful, thank you!
There is another way to hold the reins while riding western. You can cross the reins.
if you have a connected rein you can also pinch. (as my grandpa says) :)
There's 3-4 says to hold the reins in western lol but I think she may have just been taught that one.
Your horse is gorgeous
Thank you it helped for beginners
Thank you so much for this video! I can tell you worked hard and I learned ALOT. My niece is 6 and just joined 4H to show and I wanted to be more educated. Thank you! ❤️
OMG SAME
FYI, the Kimberwick bit isn't a snaffle bit because it works off of leverage.
Loved the video keep it up! ;D
We call it trot to lady and western headstalls usually have a throat latch. And those “separate reins” are called split reins.
Very good
In 40 years have rode western and have always used a throat latch
I can see elements of both English and Western in traditional and more contemporary Persian riding style, interestingly not the same..
Good job 😊😊😊😉✌🏿️
What is that for a jumping saddle?
What is the reason for holding the reins with the left hand when riding western style?
Roping?
Riding using an English saddle is on my bucket list.
is it just me or is your horse way behind the vertical? And the differences between western and English is not so much the tack your ride in as the style of which you ride. I ride western and I use snaffle bits and connected reins. And actually there are very few western riders I know that don't have a throat latch on their bridles. And I have never heard a western rider call a trot a "jog"
Usually if you do western pleasure or horsemanship you call it a jog, you can call it either, I think the jog is just a more popular term
She cals it a jog becose she rides plesure that is just what they cal it
I call it both, depends on if you show or not
What brand is your half pad? I am looking for one just like yours with the gel!
katieann192 Me too! I ride western and I'm trying to switch to English and get all the gear I need!
I've done both & I definitely prefer English. I like the fashion better, too. Lol
I use a roping saddle from when I won an event in my area, spilt reins (separate) and all the basics. All this about the western side is all off. Plus why is the horses head running so low? And most western bridles do have the neck strap. Mainly because when we’re out in the field messing with each other is usually by pulling off the thing altogether. Walk, fast walk, slow trot. No lopping in there at all. There is NO need for an expert for any of this. My QH and draft mix has no withers. So it was hard to find where the saddle sat. Plus each horse might need a different size. Ranger (QHDraft) is a 17 saddle. He’s massive, at least 15 hands. He is big all around. Not fit for any fast pace events(barrels) but he’s amazing on trails of when I’m working out in the back. He has a problem keeping his head up and that has caused him and me to be rolled more times that I can count due to him picking up speed and me not pulling his head up in time. My fault, but it is something I’m working on with him. A lot of this is wrong. If you need information on western riding look for someone who actually rides western. Don’t base off google or whatever this woman based it off of. Not to be rude or disrespectful at all, but please before you do something like this make sure you look at multiple different sources and talk to someone who does that specific thing.
I don't usually respond to these comments but, for the sake of spreading misinformation, I'd like to clarify a few things. This video is intended for people who want to show in the stock horse circuit. In regards to your statements: if you are working cattle in the field, you're going to need to lope. I agree each horse is going to need a different saddle WIDTH. '17' is referring to the seat size, meant for your butt. The width of the saddle is to accommodate the width of the horse. Western saddles usually refer it to "semi-quarter horse bars", "full quarter horse bars", etc. I am happy that you won a saddle, but chances are it doesn't fit your wide guy like it should and that is why you are having difficulty finding where the saddle should sit. Good point that people should look at multiple sources, I agree completely. However, I have been riding Western since I was born, trained multiple world and reserve world champions (in western), and started numerous colts (in western). Don't believe me, click on my channel name and watch some of my other videos. I know what I'm talking about.
Your horse looks exactly like a horse at my barn lol
I want to do Western and English but I need to figure out what one I think is better I like both I want a western and English horse but I don’t know what to get first I really want to do jumping and I’ve been riding western for longer than I’ve been writing English but if anyone has any suggestions please let me know
Note both of my parents want me to do western but they said they will be fine with whatever I chose
you will learn nothing from this video. i can only promise that
In the long run I truly suggest western. It's more comfortable for the horse and rider, especially if you're showing
holidays agreed. If she's been riding for a while this won't help her at all. This is more for people that are literally BRAND new to anything horse related
Which style (English or Western) is best for galloping/cantor at a fast speed?
I would suggest western for speed.
I prefer western
Depends on which you are more comfortable in. I am comfortable galloping English and Western.
i breakaway rope and barrel race, and my reins are very very diferent. my reins are connected.
Is that an american paint
As a relatively new rider, this video opened up a whole new can of worms! I like.
Jog????? It's still a trot in western! And that horse was NOT doing a good trot or lope. It should've been going faster.
Edit 9 months later: I now know that jog is the correct term for showing in Western pleasure, so don't hate on me 😂
i was thinking that .she butchered the western style
It's a definite trot, yeah
Look you clearly don't ride western because I have ridden western for 13 years and jog is a thing so stop hating
Not for showing, which is what she said she was focusing on today
The horse looked like it had no energy.
There was only audio of the music in the beginning
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I love western saddles. Western is just so much more my style.
I’ve never heard of a jog, in western it’s walk trot lope
When you do western pleasure they call it jog
That’s going to be my horse for camp yay
I ride western and we say trot and canter not jog and loke
Lope
Thank you. Positive vibes.
That first horse looks identical to a horse I used to have. It warms my heart to see this horse. Mine died of COPD we had to put him to euthanize him because he was struggling to breathe and we done everything we could including oral steroids to open the airways. He lived a long full life and passed at age 25. He was the sweetest horse I ever had. He was a good boy ❤️
Hi UK here you have your girth on the wrong way, elastic always goes on the off side👍
Thanks for the advice! This particular type has elastic on both sides.
This looks exactly like my barn I ride at 😂
Im guessing this horse is mainly used for Western Pleasure considering its head and strides
I'm western...BUT IT'S REAL WESTERN
She doesn’t seem as comfortable in the western saddle and there is not that much connection when she’s riding western so I think she mainly focusses on riding English
Walk, trot and canter/gallop for western
The English saddle looks like it's to far back
😂😂😂😂
For beginners the mexican saddle is mucho easier to ride
Omg! Are you at Rose Ranch? I ride that horse I love my rucco!
For some reason her voice only is in my left ear bud thing
Same!
I want a horse like that for camp
when she demonstrated the walk trot canter for both the english and western it looked super slow. the canter should be much faster then the trot. also fix your microphone.
The fact that the English saddle has no horn scares me!
My left ear enjoyed the audio.
My brother who ride in a western saddle says "I cantered today" so... When he says that again, I'm gonna say "actually it's called a lope, not a canter.. a canter is faster than a lope"
well you gonna sound hella stupid because we go way faster than that nobody ever really goes that slow...like ever ive never seen that in my entire life this was some bs
Kayla Nicole I'm sorry? What saddle do you ride in?
I ride Western. Well it’s technically called a lope but people at my barn use canter interchangeably so it’s really just a name, meaning speed doesn’t really matter. You can fast lope, slow canter, etc. It’s really just two different names for the same thing. However, I don’t ride English so maybe it’s something different in that discipline.
Amelia Mysterywave at the barn I go to we call it a canter for both western and English. It’s just a name of speed.
Actually the lope is faster then the canter and the trot is faster the a jog
Have you guys ever considered participating in the Virtual Dressage shows?
ooohhhhhh I just hang my head and groan at some of this
The western one looks like a Tom Thumb bit
The western saddle are placed WAY to far up the horse
me watching before i go to horse back
the canter tho it was so slow
The comments on this video oml 🙄 I love everyone trying to act smart and showing how little they actually know. Great video!
stacey m sis preach!😂
Sorry, but I show professionally and not everyone is going to be an expert like you clearly feel you are.
Erm... I can’t hear anything.. does this video not have sound? Or is my sound broken?
Glorious Tabby Cats it’s just really quiet
The first horse looks like a paint
You don't HAVE to ride in a snaffle bit in English. I have seen Olympic jumpers ride in a bit less bridle.
I braid the mane and tail and I ride western :/
If you show that way the Judge will dock you for it
these haters have never ridden proper pleasure. i’m laughing at these comments, she did a lot of right things, but no one is perfect. i have no idea what discipline these people are riding 🤣🤣
I AGREE!!! Everyone is being so rude to her she did 3\4 of the things right people
WHY YOU GOTTA BE SOOO RUDE EVERYONE [accept the ones who said nice things]!!!
I mean I see where you're coming from but there's also many different classes in each discipline so they could be referring to a specific class. Like even I saw a few problem with her Western Pleasure. And I've been riding for most of my life and competed in English and western events. Overall though she put in a great effort with what tack she had and I can applaud her greatly for that
Yes because I suppose in western riding if you are going fast and leaning back in the saddle like she was wouldn't throw you off
Only audio in left ear
We dont use shanks and you can have a throat strap
Wait thats what you do in english riding??? I ride western.. .-.
Hmmm, not really... its a whole lot more than that and she's holding the reins wrong, she doesn't look comfortable. (yeah western is more comfortable than English but you can absolutely be comfortable in an English saddle)
I could say a lot about everything wrong, but I'm not going to...
The jog is a freakin trot and lope is a effing canter
Unbridle Yourself Yes it is. Good job! When referring to English discipline it is a trot and a canter. When referring to the Western discipline it is a jog and a lope. Thank you for watching my video!
I love that English saddle!
Ahh, no. Western bridles have throat latches, the reins can be connected, and the "jog" is a trot, and it goes faster. The "lope" is a canter. If you're going to talk about Western style, get it right. I understand things might be different for other people, and she has the little details right, but the pacing is all wrong.
Gamer Southern99 Western bridles *can* have throat latches, the reins *can* be connected. It is a matter of different style. For what I do, connected reins aren’t allowed. As far as the gates go, it is proper terminology associated with the discipline.
Laurel H sorry, I forgot to mention it was option. Yeah, it depends on the rider's preference
your right my western bridle has a throat latch
Agree!! I also noticed she wasn't really giving much effort for riding on Western.
Gamer Southern99 I agree. You also post trot in western if you don’t want to sit trot. Also the way she was holding the reins in western wasn’t really that accurate. I hold the reins with both hands not just one.
you need to lean to ride
This is in every country diffrent btw you rided the dressage wrong
Dressage? She didn’t ride dressage
Holy horses. Does anybody in the comments understand the English and Western pleasure worlds? All what she is doing is normal for these disciplines. I use my paint quarter horse for dressage, hunters, and eventing. He is pretty much an all around english boy.
We never use bits for English ridding and showing
Isadora looked like such a big girl in the curb bit. To hell with trends I think Neon looked sharp in the light leather. My question is say you started you horse Western , how far along in the training do you go until you introduce an English saddle?
Apart from personal preference, I'll do it when I feel safe enough. I am more confident in a western saddle, even if the horse is an english horse. When they are broke enough, I'll start riding them english. It's a horse to horse situation.
Westetn training isnt complicated or anything special. English riding on the other hand is where the real riders are at
K. native Rezz Some English riders are terrible people and treat there horses terribly also. Same goes for western. And in the horse world Reining (a Western discipline) is the equivalent of dressage. Both disciplines involve collection, control, pacing, and numerous other difficult tasks. In no way is English inferior to western.
If you guys know so much about about western and English why the hell are u even on this video, it seems like u came here just to judge since you already “know it all”. Everyone’s critiquing the teacher but their on this video trying to learn from her...
It's sad that I already know the difference but I'm just that bored that I'll watch anything in 'suggested'. I'm started out in English and transitioned to western. Honestly I HAAATED the English tack and I found it made a lot of the horses I worked with incredibly uncomfortable.
Isis McElroy It proba y made them uncomfortable because of saddle fit. English saddle fit is much more specific than Western fit.
Western is horrible
Also I don't know where you got the idea of that being riding western no offense but your making western riding look like you don't do anything and its boring.
You don't just sit there and you NEVER I repeat NEVER lean back in your saddle. If the horse is cantering galloping or a fast trot then it stop quickly leaning back or forward will throw you off the horse. And we do more then just sit there and in western you hardly ever walk so you are always doing something. [WARNING TO ALL VIEWS] This is NOT how you western ride riding like she did on the video could go wrong in many ways DO NOT WESTERN RIDE THINKING YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR DOING IF YOU WANT TO WESTERN RIDE LOOK FOR A TRAINER IN WESTERN RIDING DO NOT WATCH A VIDEO AND THEN THINK YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING.
I really wish people would stop talking about things they clearly have no knowledge on. Here we are on UA-cam put “AQHA Congress western pleasure” in your search bar and you will see that this woman is not as crazy or dumb as you make her seem. By your description of what “western riding” is I’d assume you don’t know what Western Pleasure is so here I’ll educate you. Western pleasure is supposed to look easy. That’s the whole point. Your supposed to be able to ask your horse to lower its head and get on the bit and give it all the directions while using nothing but your seat and legs. Albeit I do think the way people breed and train their horses makes their movement seem very unnatural and almost lame, but the sport has good intentions and is quite fun if you try it. This woman may not be the perfect western rider but you have no right to judge because we all have our faults as riders. For this very brief and short video I thought she did very well at touching base of what English and western pleasure is. Albeit there’s 1000 more steps to this sport I didn’t think she gave any misinformation either.
Why does she talk like a robot?!
She has a accent it's from somewhere in the UK
You are not riding correctly on the english saddle. You have to enlarge much more your stapes
Some people like to hold their pinky under the reins... umm, I think every english rider does this 'cause they teached me like this...
Sofie Piessens I do it for the fine movements. I can twist my wrist instead of moving me whole arm.
Sofie Piessens same here
Sofie Piessens No, both ways are acceptable in english riding. Btw you mean 'taught' not 'teached'😊.
@@caryulmer5578 I was taught pinky out always, no exceptions. I have worked/ridden at various stables over the course of 15 years. Maybe one way has fallen out of fashion over the years in England and not the US.
Idk why y'all r hating on her. That's how she was taught. And in western pleasure that's how your movements usually r. I mean my Great-Grandma rode western pleasure. Me I only barrel race, pole bend, goat yet, rope and trail so I don't know the specifics but she is 92% of what I was taught. I have only rode English once and that was having to act as. a. jockey for a friend as a dare 5 years ago so I don't know anything on English really even though I'm the granddaughter of a show jumper/barrel racer.
Does this lady even know how to ride
jennifer Barnhard probably not
Kinda have to know how to ride if she's riding a horse. Otherwise she'd have freaked out and probably fallen off
That horse looks like it is Limping and you don’t put both reins on one side
Haley Woodell I know do you call it a jog or trot in western
Jaden Morrison a jog is a slow trot so you say both
Yes you do that’s the proper way. If you ride with the reins on different sides it just helps so if you drop the reins they don’t fall off the neck automatically
@@jadenmorrison7856 trot I’ve never heard anyone in my life call it a jog. It’s not a jog
@@haleywoodell430 you say trot cause jog isn’t a gait for horses
Her seat could be better but still good
Not the best vid on what you where talking about
sorry but you dont seem to have mastered neither of these 2 disciplines
That double leverage metal bit is way to much and not neccessary.
The pain is just not justified.
You can ride without a bit and do everything you need.
Avraham Edery The western headstall is a bit too long making the bit too low in the horse's mouth too, as well.
There are several kinds of bits used in western. More than likely that's the bit she prefers to use or the horse was trained to use. And for the bridle, it probably wasn't tightened. Honestly, my bridle I use for western is basically the same as the English. Its just the style of bridle she chose; I imagine it can be tightened to for better