Dear fellow riders
I am a beginning rider and lots of folks tell me that dressage is the basis of everything and that I should be able to do this. But... I don't understand why and I do not see the use. I know that you should be able to do some basic dressage for eventing (I want to eventually go into cross country/military and I am more interested in long distance running, running (jockey style) and maybe some jumping.)To be honest... I am totally not motivated to ride circles, squares and 8 figures... This is not meant to be offensive, but I am the kind of person that is only motivated when I see the use of something... Probabmy my horse also feels that I do not like it (I noticed this). Can some more experienced riders explain to me why I should be able to do dressage and how much of it should I be able to do when I want to go into military riding? Why is it necessary that my horse and I can do this? (reasons?) Is it for the muscles of the horse? Because If the only reason people do this is because it is required at contest riding, I still think it is useless (like why did someone ever decide you have to wear white?) Or do people only do this for their own fun/to watch horses doing nice things? :|
I am a beginning rider and lots of folks tell me that dressage is the basis of everything and that I should be able to do this. But... I don't understand why and I do not see the use. I know that you should be able to do some basic dressage for eventing (I want to eventually go into cross country/military and I am more interested in long distance running, running (jockey style) and maybe some jumping.)To be honest... I am totally not motivated to ride circles, squares and 8 figures... This is not meant to be offensive, but I am the kind of person that is only motivated when I see the use of something... Probabmy my horse also feels that I do not like it (I noticed this). Can some more experienced riders explain to me why I should be able to do dressage and how much of it should I be able to do when I want to go into military riding? Why is it necessary that my horse and I can do this? (reasons?) Is it for the muscles of the horse? Because If the only reason people do this is because it is required at contest riding, I still think it is useless (like why did someone ever decide you have to wear white?) Or do people only do this for their own fun/to watch horses doing nice things? :|