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Why does it seem like kids who come from riding familys cant ride as well as those that dont come fr2007-11-24 21:23:23

I've seen some show winners in equitation who couldn't tack up their horse if their lives depended on it. And have seen others who were well versed in all aspects of horse care. Most lesson programs have a goal of winning shows - not necessarily being a horseman/horsewoman.

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I don't think thats a really fair generalization... I've always noticed the opposit actually, I think you may just be seeing kids from experianced families pick out well suited mount. Kids from non-horsey familes are more likely to be on unsutible horses, or not have taken lessons, making it look like their horse is really more green than it actually is. I come from a very horse-interested family (we own a boarding/training barn with around 30 horses), and I have not ridden a well broke horse since I was 12. I always have green horses, or horses with problems (I have had some very bad luck with buying horses). This leads a lot of people that I show with to think that I can't ride, but I have never had the same horse for longer than 2 years, this makes it so I can get on pretty much any kind of horse and adapt...I have a AQHA rom and top ten at the congress, but I deffinitly don't just sit pretty.

I have found when I ride a horse that is well trained (because I have put work into it) I get comments like 'oh shes only doing well because her horse is dead broke'.well my horse is dead broke because I made it that way. a good rider can make anything look easy to ride, even when its not. Don't discredit people on easy looking horses, you don't know how much work they may have put into them to get them there.