Horse People, where are you? Whinny if you can hear me!

We have too many horses to list! Lol! Right now I'm riding a colt of mine pretty regular. But we have 5 that are rideable . We also have a team for the wagon/sleigh. And another colt that I'll be starting in the next month or two. I'm a busy girl! Riding is part of my "exercise" and I LOVE every minute of it!

I'm currently horseless, but I grew up eventing to training level. I've owned a QH and a Morgan. I also have worked as a manager at a jumper barn and groomed at a dressage barn. I really miss the horses, but riding is not in the budget these days.

I'm so jealous of all the people that ride regularly and have horses! I used to ride western, then took lessons in English and at the point when I was ready to compete for dressage my parents told me I couldn't do it anymore because it was simply too expensive

If anyone lives in NJ and wants to ride together let me know! haha

When I was a teenager I did allot of long distance riding. (I really wanted to be an endurance rider.)

When my horse Saint would get winded, I would hop off and jog next to him. The break always perked him right up, and gave me an awesome exercise.

Oh, my mother is a farrier, so I was pretty much born into horses.

Neigh baby, neigh!

I've been riding since I was twelve. I started off riding english, but once I got to college and joined the equestrian team, I switched to western. I competed on the team for the four years I was there and had so much fun.

I don't own my own horse, and haven't ridden since April (I'm in serious withdrawal, guys. Its painful). Lessons are just so expensive, and since I'm still living at home, looking for a job, its just not feasible for me money-wise. I'm thinking of volunteering at a barn, and in return I would be able to do some riding, but the barn is kinda far away from me.

As for advice, I can give you some on how to get a better seat. RIde without stirrups! Seriously, it helps so much. There was one semester where my coach (who is a 6 foot tall amazon woman) didn't have a saddle with stirrups that went short enough for me. So for practically the entire semester, I rode stirrup free. Man, by the end of that semester my seat was EXCELLENT. My butt would stay in the saddle no matter what.

I volunteered at a boarding ranch for two years. I didn't have the opportunity to own my own horse, but be around them consistently satisfied my soul. I met a lot of great people there and made a bunch of lasting relationships with people my age. In return for working I got to ride some of the owner's horses, even my friends horses! Since the barn owner's daughter was the trainer I got some free lessons out of the deal too! It was an incredible experience. If you have the opportunity to volunteer I highly recommend it. Feel free to add me too!

I ride too although a little less than I used to. Good to see so many horse people here! To the OP: I find that yoga really helps with my riding, especially if I practice more than once a week.

Woo horses I currently own 3 horses; a 23 year old AQHA/Buckskin double registered mare, a 17 year old Arabian gelding that does NOT act his age...he's mentally maybe about 2 lol, and a 18-19ish multiple mix mare that we rescued from an auction. I had another registered quarter horse, but she died a couple of years ago from cancer and colic complications.

I ride mostly hunt seat now, but I did a lot of competing in barrels, poles, and saddle seat riding. I'm on my university equestrian team, doing hunt seat flat work since I'm not a jumper.

Riding and equestrian team are my motivation right now to stay in shape/get into even better shape. I want to make sure that I don't out-grow my hunt seat clothing since we all know that show clothing is expensive! I also want to know that I can still handle myself and my horse without hurting myself or anyone around me, and I can't do that if I'm not in shape!

My favorite exercises to prep for riding are some ankle stretches, ab workouts to keep my core tight and strong so my posture is correct, jumping jacks to help my cardio, and riding my stationary bike to help work my legs, because as an English rider, I'm posting a lot, and the stronger my body is the longer I can go.

Whinny!!!! I am a horse lover! I just started learning to ride this fall, which was a dream of mine since I was little. My husband team ropes so I am learning through him. We have three horses total. 2 Roping horses and 1 for me. Right now I am struggling a bit with my confidence so any tips are appreciated. Please feel free to add me as a friend as well!

I rode for pleasure a lot as a kid. We always had a horse or two. Since then my father got out of the horse owning business and gave us the one horse he had left. She is Arabian and absolutely beautiful. We treat her much like a dog....running and playing with her - never riding her. She is a big ol pet!

In! DW boards and trains, and I'm the tractor driver.... my belgian's the only horse on the farm more out of shape than I am.

I own a mare named Lady, I ride for fun and exercise, I love everything to do with horses :blushing: I am one of those people who talks about her horses all the time lol....

my daughter owns a 2.5 year old Arabian/fjord and we ride together for short periods right now until he is older.

Mine were displaced too and I am ending my 12th week. I still have to sleep in a chair and it still hurts to bend and twist and such. It actually doesn't hurt to ride my horse, I am just being very cautious as I don't want to do anything that could cause my ribs to take longer. How long before you had no pain at all? Doctors kept saying 6 to 8 weeks so I am feeling like I'm taking too long to heal.

Hey all. I have a 5yo Canadian Warmblood mare who is on the petite side (~15.2hh, hopefully still growing!) and I'm, well... not so petite anymore! My weight has prevented me from riding her much so I'm hoping to lose some weight over the winter so we can start strong in the spring. My mare is quite green at the moment - my fault, lack of time/fitness - but we will be competing in the hunter/jumper rings when the time comes.

Horses are one of my biggest motivators to lose weight, so I'd love to have other equestrians to chat with and motivate on the journey. Feel free to send an invitation my way!

NEIGH NEIGH NEIGH WHINNY!

I took a horse riding course a year ago. It was pretty fun.