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English Riding
by Lauren Age 12
English riding is a fancier riding type than Western. In English you jump fences, gates, and poles.
There are four different paces in the English riding horse movements. The first is the walk.
The walk is a four beat motion. At the walk the horse has three feet on the ground and one foot in the air at all times.
The next motion is a faster two beet motion called a trot. At the trot the opposite forefeet and hind feet hit the ground together to give a two beat motion.
The next pace is the Canter. This pace is a three beet motion. In the Canter two diagonal feet hit the ground together while the other two hit the ground separately.
The last pace is the Gallop. The gallop is a four beat pace. The gallop follows the same pattern as the canter, but the paired limbs don.t hit the ground together.
For the English outfits you where nice horse riding pants and a nice shirt. The helmet must be padded so if you fall you wont get that hurt.
The English saddle is very different from the western saddle The English saddle is usually brown or black it doesn.t have a Horn like the Western riding does. English saddles are for jumping poles or for dressage.
For the saddle to stay on the horse you must have a girth. Leather girths are a little bit more expensive, but they are stronger and last longer. Under the saddle for protection of the horse you have a saddle pad. The saddle pad is like a very small blanket.
In English you use the reins differently or hold them differently than the western riding. In English you use a rein in each hand, but in western you put both of them in one hand.
English is what I started with when I was starting horse lessons, but then I went to summer camp and I rode western. It was difficult at first but then it was fun.
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