So i'm a very traditional English rider and when I went to my grandma's she took me to the western yard up the road and they gave me a lesson. It was quite an experience but the horse I had was the sweetest thing... called "H"
Here's some pix
Looks pretty good...but LOOK UP. lol Try to stretch down into your stirrups and get those heels down. That horse looks like a sweat heart. Its great that you enjoyed your first western lesson!
Looks pretty good. I agree, your stirrups are a little too short and you need to look up. I won't say anything about your heels. I tend to ride with my toes more down too.
Yea a transition from english to western might be hard.. just remember that you should be sitting deep into you're saddle and barely have a bend in you're leg.
Haha, I have the same problem riding Western that you do (as a classicaly trained english rider also) - my stirrups are always too short...even when I feel like they're excessively long! LOL You get used to it though. I'm finally getting used to having the longer stirrups. I'm still told they could go down another hole but too bad for now. Hehe.
Awww, very nice! In the first pic, he actually looks like an English horse with that head-set and front leg extension!
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