Western or English?

I’m curious how many of y’all ride western or English. I ride western and want to compete in barrels and poles. But English is so fun too! Agh decisions decisions.
How do y’all ride?
infinityrider
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I ride western I do barrels and poles also. I love the adrenaline I get as me and my horse is racing around the barrels. It is so much fun. My cousin also does the barrels and poles too and then her brother does mutton bustin he says one day he is going to ride bulls lol default smiley xd
BlueHorse14
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I ride western, just starting to get into english. I tried an all purpose saddle and wasn't crazy about it, I just got a dressage saddle and find it much more comfortable! I am still much more comfortable in my roping, ranch association or cutting saddle.
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English!
I mainly ride Dressage in real life.
I used to barrel race when I was a kid though default smiley :)
I still ride a little western, but I prefer English.
PalindromeGrace
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I ride english.
MOOMOO
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I ride western and showed cutting horses! I want to learn English riding though and try something new!
CatMint
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I don't ride, but if I ever get into it, I'd want to do dressage
Mewados
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English and western!! I do jumping and barrel racing!

Mewados wrote:

I don't ride, but if I ever get into it, I'd want to do dressage

You should totally!! Dressage is so fun!
sandtruck21
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I ride English. I used to do dressage! Right now, I'm focusing on hunter jumping and shows. Really competitive in the real world.
MOOMOO
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Ok what I'm looking for is folks doing working equitation. Those speed runs are unreal!
miketg
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I did a bit of everything for a while. Now I'm taking a break to step back from shows and riding and be there for my horse. I know I'm gonna start riding again, just not on my horse. I don't know what I want to do though. I love cross country, a bit more meh for dressage and show jumping, think they're cool, just not my thing. I also love reining and working cows. But I also like endurance racing. They are all so different and I don't know what to do and where to go with my riding. It's a big decision and I feel like I'm just jumping into the deep end. What do you guys think?
HORSEGIRL
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English. I’m doing stadium jumping, but I want to try dressage and eventually event
WarmbloodFan
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I did english for most of my life, but in 2020 I tried western for the first time and fell in love with it. I also find western competitions to be more fun to watch than english, but that's just my personal preference. I still love coming back to a dressage saddle every now and then! I think both ways of riding have their pros and cons in their different ways of doing things.
Foxfire
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miketg wrote:

Ok what I'm looking for is folks doing working equitation. Those speed runs are unreal!


I want to try it so bad!!!!!

Personally I ride predominantly western; barrels, poles, and dabbling in cowboy dressage. I have ridden quite a bit of english and endurance in the past. As well as showing all around quarter horses
Mischief In Heels
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WarmbloodFan wrote:

English. I’m doing stadium jumping, but I want to try dressage and eventually event


I want to try cross country eventually but stadium jumping would be awesome!
infinityrider
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