English Pleasure

Lauren and Kellie rode in several English "Go As You Please" classes in the May 2 horse show. Both of them took home a barrel's worth of ribbons, and Lauren even won a trophy! Unfortunately, I loved the footage so much that I was unable to shorten it to the ten minute YouTube limit, so enjoy what did make it!

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[emilymichelle21]

what is pleasure riding?

i cant find a good deffinition of it, but i apparently have to do it for exhibition qualifying rounds ,...



[2palmsranch]

these horses look to be western trained-so they have a low headset

[2palmsranch]

it is a posting thing-when you rise in a english saddle a squisehelps keep the forward motion-we try not to kick-it looks bad

[woodnot]

Dont know this compitition. But none of the horses have their head set. Whats up with that?

[HunterAndDrew]

@Gottagirl33 I was going to ask the same question as

horsekrazy851993

But your answer seems sompletely Accurate. western there isnt much pressure on the mouth, therefore, less kicking.

[EnglishCowgirl23]

@Gottagirl33

Your not even supposed to move your legs, it's j8ust something people end up doing when they don't have enough stability

[boocoda]

i love pleasure

[ArablvrXoXo]

@Gottagirl33 um no, we dont kick every time. it is just a reaction of us when we post. because you put some pressure on the stirrups when you go up, it makes it seem like it is kicking

[hrslvr1027]

@horsekrazy851993

And sometimes it's not a kick. It's the rider's leg swinging with the motion of rising ;)

[Gottagirl33]

@horsekrazy851993 I've ridden both styles, and I feel as though there is less of a need for kicking in Western than in English. My theory is that since English riders focus on keeping their horse on the bit and rounded (and therefore have their reins shorter), a kick for every post is necessary to keep the horse in forward trotting motion so that they don't think they need to slow to a walk or halt.