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What are the levels of horse riding like novice?
What would i be if i have been riding for a year and a half?

beginner, novice, intermediate and advanced.
it all depends on your riding capability some people just dont have the natural riding talent like others and vice versa, and it all depends on how much teaching you get thats a great help as well, and experience oh course. experience teaches us what an instructor cant! age can be a factor, the younger you are you may catch on to things quicker, but the older you are physically it will be tiring and sometimes you wont be able to do things until you reacha certain fitness level. ect…ect

I am a constant worrier about every little thing. There is nothing I can do to rest my mind except horse riding. When I am riding the whole world just disapears and I am completely happy and worry free. Does anyone else feel this way when they are riding?

Yes riding makes the whole world perfect. “There is nothing better for the inside of a person then the outside of a horse.” -anonymous

I have been going to the same horse riding school for 3.5 years and always end up helping out on the riding camps, looking after the horses and lil kids. The thing is I would like to help more often-the camps are in the holidays only-and maybe even get a job helping out. How do I approach this and convince the owner of my riding school? I would also like to mainly work with the horses. Thanks and Happy holidays.

Talk to the barn manager and just simply ask if there is anything you can do around the barn to assist. As a barn manager they are always looking for help, especially help that is around anyway. By using the boarders and students they help to keep the expences down, which means you pay less. So just talk to them, I would bet that there is something that you can do.

i need a present to give my horse riding teacher, she is a very very close friend and i want a present to blow her mind!! and i want it to be very cheap or homemade!!

Make her a bracelet with her name on it and yours… she'll treasure it.

Basically, I’ve just started horse riding lessons and my friend a previous rider would like to start again at the same club as mine. She says she has asked her Mum once and she has said maybe. She really wants to do it and stopped when she was 9 (now 14) so she kind of nows what she is doing. how can she persuade her parents to definitely let her go?

Get her to ask her mum directly why it may not be a possibility. Riding clubs/schools can usually be checked out online and many of the “safest” are logged within official societies [eg/ if you're in the UK, 'The British Horse Society'], which may help her mum decide that it’s a safe and good environment.

If she’s scared of her daughter getting hurt, put forward the mandatory hats and maybe a body protector suggestion.

If it’s a money thing see if between her and her mum if something can be worked out to pay off the lessons [eg/ babysitting or work at home].

Before the lessons begin, if the mum is still at a maybe, get her friend to bring her to one of your lessons, let her watch and see how it’s a good environment with stable horses, most riding schools will allow this as long as neither watcher are a heavy distraction.

I used to go horse riding for years and never had much problems, then I stopped cos of school. I've gone a number of times since then and every time after my legs are killing me! Are there any exercises I can do to stop this? Honestly - I think I sprain the ligament at the top of my thigh. VERY painful. Any ideas?

You should probably do some exercise to strengthen your legs for the horse riding, squats and cycling will train your leg muscles for endurance, making them stronger and more stable.
Make sure you stretch often and have a good warm up and warm down.

may sound a strange question but i am a girl and after horse riding my girlie bits are really sore and tender. the rest of me is fine and this wears off by the next day but is very painfull and can even hurt to pee. im wondering if there is something i can buy to protecct them a bit.

You're obviously getting an abrasion, that's why it stings when you pee. But why?
First of all, you aren't riding bareback, are you? That's the only time I get sore below.
Secondly, does your saddle fit properly? I wonder if it's forcing you onto your crouch instead of flat on the seat of your butt? I don't think I could ride on my crouch in either my English or Western saddle if I tried, but my daughter's English saddle has quite a deep V or seat, and it would be fairly easy to get a rub with it. I suggest you get an experienced friend or trainer to look carefully at you ride, and then advise you on saddle and your riding position.
Lastly, there are pads for saddles. I own a cashel gel pad, they make them for both English and Western saddles. It isn't a saddle pad that goes between horse and saddle but instead is a small gel pad that goes on the seat of the saddle and is fastened on firmly. I am quite thin and boney and if I don't use a gel pad I get a real sore right where my "pin bones" are on my buttocks. Some years I've had actual marks from riding all summer, they look almost like bedsores or rub marks. The cashal pad prevents all that. Plus there are also sheepskin type pads that do the same thing, but they tend to get hot in the summer.
Lastly, I agree with others comments about being careful what sort of pants you ride in. I have only about 2 pairs of pants that are comfortable to ride, most have too thick a seam and hurt at one place or another. Find a pair with a thin seam and stick with them.
Good luck and happy riding!

I live in Aberdeen, Maryland. I'm 14(if that matters). I would like to start riding/taking lessons. I would be using a horse owned by the stables. And taking a one hour(around there) lesson per week.

somerimes you will be charged more for using one of their horses, but sometimes it is included. if there is goin to be a charge it will generally be around $15. and if you are taking a group lesson you can probably find somewhere as inexpensive as $35/hour. A private lesson will be more along the lines of $50+. When first starting out i would actually reccomend a group lesson because you get to watch other people ride and see what mistakes they are making to learn from as well as give you a resting period if you get tired. You can also meet new people!

That doesn't consist of a horse riding holiday/vacation but simply offers half day riding? I've seen one that says you have to be able to mount/dismount unassisted and im afraid i can never get back on! lol, so thats a no.
Any ideas?
Also, is sand duning available in Morocco?
Thanks!
I should mention, I'm staying in Casablanca some days and then Marrakech others And yes sand duning - quads/jeeps lol

I'd love to go riding on beautiful trails in Morocco whilst i'm there, or camel riding. Do hotels also help organise this? Thanks again
That depends on where you are! If your going to Casablanca, you can go horse riding in lots of places, but don't expect very good school horses! (They usually let stupid little kids ride them that do nothing but hitting and kicking) Of course they'll help you to get on a horse if your not able to!!!

Do you mean driving a quad or jeep on dunes by sand duning? If yes, Zagora is EXCELLENT! I went with both, quad and car, for 2 hours each, but you can also go a whole day. (If you don't care about having reaalllly sore muscles)

I hope this helped…

P.S. Hotels do help to organize, I would recommend camel riding (you have to expect a sore but if your not used to horse riding). If you really want to ride horses, go to marrakech; the landscape is so much better there… though you might have some difficulties to ride the horses if your not experienced because most of them are Arab or Berber horses…

In marrakech you just have to stay at a ryadh hotel, they're the best (some are better than others…) if you can't find one, stay at the Es Saadi! In Casa you should go dining in the Rick's Café (from the movie Casablanca), it's very pretty!

i ride english style riding and i compete and love horses but i have alway been confused about wetern riding.so how do you get your horse to move and can you jump in a western saddle?

The main difference between the two diciplines it the tack. The western saddle is roomier and has a horn. The bridles are similar but western bits often have long shanks as opposed to the snaffle bit primarily used in English or Hunt Seat riding. This shanked bit is sometimes curbed or ported and it attactched to long split reins.

Another difference is that western riding is the use of one hand to steer the horse instead of two. Because of the use of one hand the western horse is commonly steered by neck reining. For instance, if you want to turn your horse to the left, you would put your right rein on his neck as well as use your legs and seat to steer him this direction.

You are able to get the western horse to move pretty much the same way you get an english horse to move. Nudging their sides, squeezing with your calves, and/or vocal encouragement.

You can jump small jumps in a western saddle. There is a dicipline called Western riding where the rider take the horse through a series of manuevers and jumps a jump that is supposed to resemble a log that you would encounter on the trail or on the ranch. However, most western people don't jump with their western saddles. The horn impedes this.