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Jack of all trades, master of none - what disciplines do you do/want to try?

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  • #21
    barrel racing could call my name
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    • #22
      forgot to mention driving...yeah, I've driven the occasional pony cart around...but if I ever hit the powerball, I want to take some time to really learn to drive.
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      • #23
        One of the boarders at my barn jousts. Yes, jousts! She has the jousting lance in the tack room and said I can borrow it. One of my horses used to do polo and it won't be too long before I at least try to hold the lance when riding. Now, buy the full armor plate required to actually joust? No.
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        • #24
          Oh, one more - we were going to try to get together a group lesson in cowboy mounted shooting! Sort of like barrel racing while popping balloons. I even went and took a gun safety course for extra background knowledge. Might not manage to get it organized this year, but that looks like a fun sport!

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          • #25
            Originally posted by glimmerling View Post
            One of the boarders at my barn jousts. Yes, jousts! She has the jousting lance in the tack room and said I can borrow it. One of my horses used to do polo and it won't be too long before I at least try to hold the lance when riding. Now, buy the full armor plate required to actually joust? No.
            Try ring jousting -- no armor required -- and it's a big thing on the east coast (MD, VA, PA) and it's the official sport of Maryland:

            http://www.nationaljousting.com/

            I bet there is a club close to you, depending on where in GA you are located.

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            • #26
              1) Western games - barrels, poles.
              2) Cross-country
              3) Maybe WP - as someone else said, those clothes... Clearly my inner tart.

              I'm always amazed at how many different horse sports there are.

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              • #27
                What I've done:
                *H/J from 8yo-15, 20-year hiatus then back to H/J
                *Dressage - to 2nd Level, schooled some 3rd
                *Eventing - competed BNH, schooled to Training
                *Miles & miles of trails

                What I've tried:
                *Cutting - (on borrowed "pro" horse)electric calf only, holding for Dear Life to that horn!
                *Reining - (on borrowed granddaughter of Chic Olena)spinning made me dizzy
                *Barrels - my TB luvs that run for Home
                *Pole-bending - Flying Changes!!!
                *WP Trail Class - TB says: "Stay away from the Dragging Bag of Death!"
                *Horse-camping - F*U*N! But never enough time in my Life now for more than a long weekend
                *Driving - LOVED it! Some day I will have a driving pony!

                What I'd like to try:
                *Saddleseat
                *Foxhunting
                *Anything else on horseback
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                • #28
                  Have Tried
                  H/J/Eq
                  Dressage
                  Eventing
                  Driving

                  Want to Try
                  Reining
                  Combined Driving
                  Western Pleasure (I'm a Bling 'Ho)
                  Foxhunting (maybe...)

                  Not a Chance In Hell I'd Try
                  Everything else.

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                  • #29
                    Many moons ago I did endurance. My ex-harness racer has suffered through trails, drill team, hunter paces, hunter and jumper classes, pleasure/flat classes, dressage, eventing, wahooing around the farm without saddle (and occasionally, bridle), gymkhanas, team sorting/penning, and even a polo lesson with me. He obviously knows how to drive, and I've done it in the past, but I don't own a cart so I haven't driven him yet. The STB I used to show did western pleasure, although he wasn't particularly built for it and I ended up stealing him from his owner (my aunt) and doing dressage with him. If he had lived longer I might have evented him, but I was only just getting into jumping at the time.

                    I want to try sidesaddle, and even saddle-seat, someday. To ride the working western events on horses truly made for it would be fun, too.

                    I've schooled 4- and 5-gaited Icelandics for a client, and ridden a few STBs that were very talented at racking, but I would like to sit on a saddleseat horse/saddle just to do it. I know there are introductory sidesaddle clinics in this general area but the timing hasn't worked out for me, yet.

                    My friend's daughter does vaulting and it looks ridiculously fun but I think I seriously lack the coordination and flexibility to do it.

                    I would LOVE to get into jousting and that kind of thing. I am a huge nerd.
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                    • #30
                      What I've done:

                      POLO <3 - I've played for 3 years now, its a family affair haha.

                      Hunter/jumper - Just 3'3 hunters and 3' jumpers, working on getting a few more feet on there I love it, it's my true calling

                      Combined driving - Mom does it, so usually I'm navigator, we've only done training level but I might navigate for my friend & her intermediate horse this year, probably be scared shitless

                      Eventing - I've fooled around on cross-country courses and may do a BN event this September! Once had an amazing opportunity to ride an Intermediate horse around a xcountry course, he packed my butt around v. nicely!

                      What I Want to Do:

                      Reining - Think this looks awesome, would love to take some lessons

                      Vaulting - Super cool. Def want to try although I don't imagine I'll be very good at it
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                      • #31
                        Well I have tried my hand at a fair number of things over the years.

                        The list goes like this: ( I did all of this with my Appy gelding Red Rum and am continuing the tradition with my young Appy mare Bailey)

                        -trail riding, my first and lasting love
                        -camping with horses
                        -fox hunting, what a rush
                        -side saddle a couple of times
                        -showed at the local Appy club shows
                        -evented up to Training level
                        -dressage shows to the equivalent of second level (we had another system when I was doing it)
                        -show jumping in the local circuit
                        -hunter over fences (too bad no judge would over look our spots...how times have changed)
                        -team penning which was a blast for a couple of years and I may do it again
                        -competative trail riding
                        -parades

                        Things I would still like to try:
                        -reining
                        -driving my own horses, I have driven others
                        -maybe try polo, not sure I'm co-ordinated enough though
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                          #32
                          chukkerchild, there are vaulting clubs in Canada - I can send you a list of them if you like. For those who are here in the US, you can find the official list (there are non-competitive teams as well) here: http://www.americanvaulting.org/findclub/ While getting to the top levels takes a huge amount of athleticism, even the beginners can have a huge amount of fun and do some really cool stuff. Most clubs encourage 40-something and 50-something parents of their team-members to give it a try, and even have theraputic vaulting for people with some fairly serious handicaps! It's just like any other kind of riding - you don't start out as a worldbeater!
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                          • #33
                            Whisper if you don't mind I'd love it if you could send me that list of Canadian clubs? I'm located near Toronto if it matters... thanks!
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                              #34
                              I won't have time today, but will get them for both of you tomorrow. So far, 3 ladies from the UDBB (I think a couple of them also post here) have gotten into vaulting as well, and are also really having fun with it.
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                              • #35
                                What I've done (in chronological order).

                                Trail/recreational riding (both western and hunt seat)
                                Barrel Racing
                                Western Pleasure
                                Western Horsemanship
                                Western Riding
                                Showmanship
                                Halter
                                Gymkahna events (for fun at fun-day shows)

                                I've taken a few lessons in jumping, it was fun.

                                What I would like to do:

                                Cutting
                                Reining
                                Working Cow Horse
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                                • #36
                                  I've done a ton of different disciplines. Where to start.
                                  Hunters and pony hunters rated for awhile until I got sick of politics
                                  foxhunted for 3 years
                                  Dressage through 2nd level
                                  Evented through training
                                  Western pleasure- college team captin! -What a boring sport
                                  Reining- more my speed- I have to say more english people should at least go and take one lesson of this, its a thrill to see how perfectly some of the horses are trained.
                                  Jumpers level 3
                                  Endurance
                                  Gaited horses- showed a Tennessee Walker Stallion so people could see how calm he was
                                  parades and polo- never enjoyed either.

                                  One thing I would like to try is--
                                  Sidesaddle.

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                                  • #37
                                    Go ahead and try sidesaddle.
                                    It is fun and a secure seat. Although you do need to make sure you get a sidesaddle that fits you and your horse. Most of the El Cheapos fit neither.
                                    The fact that sidesaddle can be used in Hunt seat, Saddle seat and Western makes it even more fun.
                                    Out here in California we even have a sidesaddle rider who was cutting in her Western.
                                    One young lady even did barrel racing.
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                                    Originally posted by caitlins View Post
                                    I've done a ton of different disciplines. Where to start.
                                    Hunters and pony hunters rated for awhile until I got sick of politics
                                    foxhunted for 3 years
                                    Dressage through 2nd level
                                    Evented through training
                                    Western pleasure- college team captin! -What a boring sport
                                    Reining- more my speed- I have to say more english people should at least go and take one lesson of this, its a thrill to see how perfectly some of the horses are trained.
                                    Jumpers level 3
                                    Endurance
                                    Gaited horses- showed a Tennessee Walker Stallion so people could see how calm he was
                                    parades and polo- never enjoyed either.

                                    One thing I would like to try is--
                                    Sidesaddle.

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                                    • #38
                                      Started western, switched to hunt seat, did some dressage...lately I've had the overpowering urge to try saddle seat/gaited.....I have no idea why!
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                                      • #39
                                        Want to try barrel racing!

                                        Have done:

                                        -Dressage thru PSG
                                        -Hunters
                                        -Eventing
                                        -Foxhunting
                                        -Western Pleasure
                                        -Reining
                                        -Cutting

                                        Addicted to: cutting. Now the only kind of show horses I have:-)

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                                        • #40
                                          Have done:

                                          Cutting
                                          Dressage
                                          *English Equitation/pleasure/hack classes
                                          *Gymkhana (including barrel racing)
                                          *Halter/showmanship
                                          *Hunters
                                          *Jumpers
                                          Reining
                                          *Trail class
                                          Trail Riding
                                          *Western pleasure/equitation/riding

                                          (* = have shown in the discipline)

                                          Like to try:

                                          to show in everything aforementioned that was not starred
                                          Cross Country
                                          Driving
                                          Endurance/competitive trail
                                          Gaited (NO big lick though!)
                                          Polo, Side Saddle, Trick Riding(maybe)
                                          I've probably missed something there...but yeah, most sports involving horses interest me.

                                          I haven't done much Dressage, but I would LOVE lessons with a great dressage trainer and get my butt kicked!

                                          Also would like to pick up reining/working cow horse and cutting again...did some in college. Pretty fun!

                                          My first love is jumping - jumpers or hunters (depends on my mood )
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