What does your week look like?

[Hunter Mom]

I have been wondering how "normal" my horse's work schedule is. I'll answer in a separate post for Emma.

How many times a week is your horse ridden?
- Flat only?
- Jumping?
- "Just for fun" riding?
How long do you usually ride them at a time?
Do you show?
- If so, how is your show week schedule different than a non-show week?
- How?
Do you always ride your horse, or do others ride them?
- If others, who?
- Why?
Do you ride horses that aren't yours in an average week?
- How many?

[Hunter Mom]

How many times a week is your horse ridden? 5
- Flat only? 2
- Jumping? 3
- "Just for fun" riding? 3 - usually at the end of a lesson
How long do you usually ride them at a time? 60 minutes, then another little bit of riding around the farm.
Do you show? Yes
- If so, how is your show week schedule different than a non-show week? Somewhat.
- How? The last jumping lesson is usually much shorter than usual
Do you always ride your horse, or do others ride them? Others ride her, too
- If others, who? She gets used for little kids, too.
- Why? Because she packs them around so well, my trainer uses her sometimes.
Do you ride horses that aren't yours in an average week? Yes
- How many? It just depends. Sometimes none, sometimes lots. We all ride the trainer's lesson horses for tune ups, and I exercise for another trainer in town some, too.

[Renn/aissance]

How many times a week is your horse ridden? 5 or 6 times a week. His schedule is usually three days on, one day off.
- Flat only? 4 to 5 days
- Jumping? Once per week, unless horse-showing. No more than twice per week.
- "Just for fun" riding? At least one ride per week will be in a big open field or out trail riding in the woods (I counted that as flat riding) and we also do trot sets and gallop sets in the field, which he thinks is a lot of fun!

How long do you usually ride them at a time? My horse has a short attention span and a low level of flatwork tolerance (but mooooooooom, it's so haaaaaaard.) He does better if I expect more out of him in a short period of time--say, 30 to 45 minutes. Jumping lessons are around 1 hour. Trail rides can take much longer.

Do you show? Yes, but usually only weekend shows. It's rare that we ship out and keep stalls somewhere.
- If so, how is your show week schedule different than a non-show week? If I show twice in a weekend I don't jump at all during the week and arrange his schedule so that he has a day off before the first show and a hand-walk or light trail ride after the second day. If I am showing once I try to keep the jumps a little lower during the week.

Do you always ride your horse, or do others ride them? My sister's horse is currently out with a suspensory injury, and so one of her weekly lessons is on my horse. I count it as a light flatwork day for him. Normally, I'm his only rider, unless I ask my trainer if she could hop up on him to demonstrate something for me when something isn't clicking in my head.

Do you ride horses that aren't yours in an average week? If my trainer has a horse that needs exercise, I might.

[bhrunner06]

How many times a week is your horse ridden? 5-6
- Flat only? 3-4
- Jumping? 2 (1 is a course day, the other is gymnastics)
- "Just for fun" riding? well, one of my flat days is in the field, but i always have a purpose with my riding, just some flat days are easier than others.

How long do you usually ride them at a time? depends on the day and how they are going, could be 25 minutes, could be an hour
Do you show? yes
- If so, is your show week schedule different than a non-show week? yes
- How? my horses jump more at a show then at home.
Do you always ride your horse, or do others ride them? i do, with a schooling ride from my trainer/boss once every few weeks/once a month
- Why? to help me figure out what needs to change or what i need to do better
Do you ride horses that aren't yours in an average week? yes
- How many? 4 or 5

[supershorty628]

How many times a week is your horse ridden? 6
- Flat only? 4 or 5 days of just flatwork. 2 days are strict flatwork in the ring, 2 days are conditioning on a hill.
- Jumping? Once or twice a week, depending on when our next show is.
- "Just for fun" riding? Once a week.
How long do you usually ride them at a time? 45 minutes to an hour.
Do you show? Yes.
- If so, is your show week schedule different than a non-show week? Depends on when I am leaving for the show and what I am doing there.
- How? Obviously we jump more during a show than at home. Nikki also gets lightly hacked each morning at the show - no more than 20 minutes or so.
Do you always ride your horse, or do others ride them? I always do.
Do you ride horses that aren't yours in an average week? I used to, but when my back started getting bad, I stopped (just recently).
- How many? Depended on the week.

[preciouspony]

How many times a week is your horse ridden? 5-6
- Flat only? 3-4
- Jumping? 2
- "Just for fun" riding? After flat days we go on trail rides, so 3-4
How long do you usually ride them at a time? During the week, flat days are more serious so we ride about an hour. Saturday flat day is usally a short hack just to stretch and then a trail ride. Jumping is usually about an hour.
Do you show? Yes
- If so, how is your show week schedule different than a non-show week?
- How? Extra lesson the Friday before we trailer and no riding the day we trailer.
Do you always ride your horse, or do others ride them? Others
- If others, who? My trainer.
- Why? She rides days I can't get out to keep pony in shape.
Do you ride horses that aren't yours in an average week? Yes
- How many?2-4

[IsolaBella09]

How many times a week is your horse ridden?
- Flat only? 4-5
- Jumping? 1-2
- "Just for fun" riding? Depends on the week.
How long do you usually ride them at a time? 30 minutes for a hack, 45-60 minutes for a lesson and jumping.
Do you show? Yes.
- If so, how is your show week schedule different than a non-show week? He'll get flatted the first day of the show, and then do a warm up class the day after. Then he gets a day off and will do a bigger class on the weekend.
- How? I pay special attention to him at shows to make sure he is happy and comfortable.
Do you always ride your horse, or do others ride them?
- If others, who? My trainer will hop on him, once in a blue moon. It's usually me who does his training though.
- Why? I can't make it out to the barn or he needs his butt kicked by the boss. ;)
Do you ride horses that aren't yours in an average week?
- How many? Once in a while I'll hop on my trainer's greenie.

[spmoonie]

How many times a week is your horse ridden?3-4
- Flat only?2
- Jumping? 1-2
- "Just for fun" riding? 1
How long do you usually ride them at a time?about half an hour or so
Do you show?yes
- If so, how is your show week schedule different than a non-show week?I ride a little more seriously, no playing around
- How? I keep the same schedule pretty much
Do you always ride your horse, or do others ride them?I am the only one that rides him
- If others, who?
- Why?
Do you ride horses that aren't yours in an average week?Yes
- How many?1

[Jumpersluck]

How many times a week is your horse ridden?5-6
- Flat only?4
- Jumping? 2 - 1 private lesson, 1 group lesson
- "Just for fun" riding? when I feel like it haha usually sunday and/or monday so I guess 1-2
How long do you usually ride them at a time? half an hour. depends on what I want to work on
Do you show? yes
- If so, how is your show week schedule different than a non-show week? A little less riding, we don't jump as hard and just light hacks
- How? same schedule
Do you always ride your horse, or do others ride them? He is a bit of a fireball haha so others generally aren't lining up to ride my horse
- If others, who? my best friend if I need her to
- Why? I can't get down to the barn?
Do you ride horses that aren't yours in an average week? usually yes
- How many? depends on how many my trainer needs me to ride

[Quin]

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How many times a week is your horse ridden? What's the weather like? Anything from 0-5, depending on the conditions as we ride outdoors on grass.
- Flat only? preferrably 2
- Jumping? preferrably 3, but 1-2 of those may be very short jumping sessions added to a flat or fun ride: work on 1 line or 1 turn half a dozen times at no more than 2'6
- "Just for fun" riding? often, incorporated into the above rides - we're already out in a field; easy to turn off into the woods if it's hot, or go ride the fence line.
How long do you usually ride them at a time? 30-60 minutes
Do you show? Yes. When he's not lame. Pity Party happening here right now; TWO local shows this weekend to choose from & couldn't go to either. Got new bar shoes Tuesday. Stepped on his own heel Wednesday & pulled one off; didn't discover it until Thursday. Farrier put it back on (and trimmed those back toes a bit more!) but he'd strained something in the front leg when he pulled the shoe off; not dead lame but not quite right and I didn't want to risk it. He'll be fine with (another) week off.
- If so, how is your show week schedule different than a non-show week?
- How? We try to trailer over to the trainer's barn for a lesson sometime during the week before the show. Shows tend to be one day, on a weekend.
Do you always ride your horse, or do others ride them? Others too.
- If others, who? DH or DD. Or when a horsey friend comes to visit.
- Why? DH or DD: if the weather is good and I can't get home to ride, like if I'm traveling for work. Friends: he's a fun ride and pretty uncomplicated
Do you ride horses that aren't yours in an average week? Yes
- How many? Might ride DH's or DD's as we have them all at home. Unless we are trailering in, once a week I will take a lesson at trainer's barn on one of trainer's horses. In the past I have sometimes helped out someone who boards with trainer by riding on of theirs 2-3 times/week.

[Wizard of Oz's]

How many times a week is your horse ridden? 6
- Flat only? 4
- Jumping? 1
- "Just for fun" riding? 1
How long do you usually ride them at a time?
Flatting-40 minutes
Jumping(lesson)-1 hour
Fun-30 minutes-1 hour but no strenuous work
Do you show? Yes
- If so, how is your show week schedule different than a non-show week? Not very
- How? I make sure to jump a course a few holes higher than I'll be showing in my lesson
Do you always ride your horse, or do others ride them? Only me
- If others, who?
- Why?
Do you ride horses that aren't yours in an average week? No
- How many?

[Paint Hunter/Jumper]

How many times a week is your horse ridden? 5-6
- Flat only? 1-3
- Jumping? 1-3
- "Just for fun" riding? 1-2
How long do you usually ride them at a time?
Lesson: 45 min - 1 hr
Reg. Riding: 30 min - 45 min in ring; 30 min - 2 hr trails
Do you show? yes
- If so, how is your show week schedule different than a non-show week?
jump about 1-2 times, one of those times the day before show or 2 days before. Flat a lot. and off the day after show.
Do you always ride your horse, or do others ride them? sometimes others will
- If others, who? my sisters, my trainer, friends
- Why?
sisters: both are younger; one is 8 years old and can ride him in lessons; the other is 13 years old and right now her horse is out for 2 months from colic surgery and before that I would let her ride him for fun sometimes
trainer: when he needs a professional
friends: when they don't have anyone to ride and I can't get to the barn
Do you ride horses that aren't yours in an average week? sometimes
- How many? 1; sometimes more in the summer

[Heineken]

How many times a week is your horse ridden?
- Flat only 4-5 times (3 by me)
- Jumping 1 time
- "Just for fun" riding most of the 4-5 flat rides are hacking out
How long do you usually ride them at a time? 30-45 minutes
Do you show? yes
- If so, how is your show week schedule different than a non-show week? no jumping
- How? no jumping
Do you always ride your horse, or do others ride them?
- If others, who? Several of the jrs and ammys at the barn hack him for me
- Why? time, vacations, he's for sale so its good for him
Do you ride horses that aren't yours in an average week? yes
- How many? 2-3 depending on time

[toxicity]

How many times a week is your horse ridden?
- Flat only?
Whenever I'm not with a trainer or it's a surprise flat only lesson. Probably 3 times a week.
- Jumping?
In lessons and shows, 4 times a week
- "Just for fun" riding?
Maybe once a week. We don't have any trails.
How long do you usually ride them at a time?
30 minutes to an hour depending on the weather
Do you show?
Yes
- If so, how is your show week schedule different than a non-show week?
It's not, except I don't ride Thursday/Friday because that's when we pack the trailer
- How?
One day shows we pack on Friday, two/three days pack on Thursday, school on Friday at the venue.
Do you always ride your horse, or do others ride them?
Yes, no one rides my horse.
Do you ride horses that aren't yours in an average week?
Yes, if my horse is lame or has lost a shoe, which happens way more often than it should. Or break after a show.
- How many?
Depends.

[indygirl2560]

I'm filling this out for the TB I was training a couple months ago....

How many times a week is your horse ridden?
- Flat only? 2-3
- Jumping? 2-3
- "Just for fun" riding?1-2
How long do you usually ride them at a time? Usually not more than an hour
Do you show? I was planning on it, but then I got injured(not from riding)

Do you always ride your horse, or do others ride them? I was the only one riding him for 3 months since the owner was pregnant and she didn't have enough money to pay a trainer; so I trained/tuned him for free and I got a lot of riding time

Do you ride horses that aren't yours in an average week? yes
- How many? for awhile I rode 5 different horses a week; then my pony sold and I narrowed it down to 3, and now 0 since I can't ride because I'm injured

[mep0726]

How many times a week is your horse ridden? 5-6
- Flat only? 5-6
- Jumping? 0 or 1, depending on if I can fit a lesson in that week
- "Just for fun" riding? 0; we will hack out in a field once a week for trot sets, but my horse absolutely hates trail rides. I have an odd horse that loves arena work
How long do you usually ride them at a time? 30 min. - 1 hr., depending on what I'm doing
Do you show? yes
- If so, how is your show week schedule different than a non-show week? it's not really any different; I just try to make sure that I can fit a jump lesson in
- How?
Do you always ride your horse, or do others ride them? I always ride my horse
- If others, who?
- Why?
Do you ride horses that aren't yours in an average week? Not really; maybe 1 if someone asks me to school it
- How many?

[Jumper6252]

How many times a week is your horse ridden?-3-4
- Flat only- about 3-4
- Jumping- I don't really jump my horse at home, maybe once or twice a month
- "Just for fun" riding?
How long do you usually ride them at a time?-about 20-30 minutes
Do you show?-Yes
- If so, how is your show week schedule different than a non-show week?-Not very different
- How? - I may take a lesson on my horse if he hasn't done much recently
Do you always ride your horse, or do others ride them?-Just me, sometimes he'll get schooled
- If others, who?-one of my trainers will school him
- Why?
Do you ride horses that aren't yours in an average week?Yes
- How many?-Maybe one or two

[juniorhunter15]

How many times a week is your horse ridden?
- Flat only? 2
- Jumping? 3
- "Just for fun" riding? 1
How long do you usually ride them at a time? 20-30 minutes, or in a lesson maybe an hour
Do you show? yes
- If so, how is your show week schedule different than a non-show week?
- How? if its an away show, my horses are ridden by my trainer about three days, and i ride other horses at home, if its home i ride them almost every day
Do you always ride your horse, or do others ride them?
- If others, who? my trainers, sometimes other kids at the barn
- Why? training, not enough time, etc.
Do you ride horses that aren't yours in an average week? yes
- How many? 2-4

[DominoEffect6]

]How many times a week is your horse ridden? 6 or 7
- Flat only? 5
- Jumping? 1-2
- "Just for fun" riding? occasionally, not every week
How long do you usually ride them at a time? 45-60 minutes
Do you show? yes
- If so, how is your show week schedule different than a non-show week? More jumping, less intense flatwork.
Do you always ride your horse, or do others ride them? Yes
- If others, who? The pro at my barn
- Why? He's a 5 y/o first year green horse.
Do you ride horses that aren't yours in an average week? Yes.
- How many?[/B] At home- 4 or 5 At a show- the same or slightly less
- Why? Tune-ups on my younger siblings' and school horses, and training on my trainer's large pony and my mom's Pre-Green horse. I also take lessons on my trainer's other horses occasionally because I show them sometimes.