English reining?

[Suki Wingy]

wow, I've never heard of doing it that was Zara! But then again I ride jumpers. Sounds cool.
To get an extended trot you leg and half halts, right?

[Miss Z]

To get an extended trot you leg and half halts, right?

Yeah, that's basically it. An extended trot should not have a faster stride than working trot, the legs just extend more so you cover more ground. If you apply your legs, but sit deep and keep a firm grip on the reins to restrict faster movement you should get it Also, allow the horse to stretch its neck a little more in extended paces, believe it or not a lot of powerful muscles are stored in its neck which control its forelegs, so the horse needs to lengthen his whole outline to be moving actively.

You ride jumpers? Nice. Are they warmbloods? They always make good jumpers. I ride a few jumpers, and i do like a spot of showjumping every now and again, but i suppose dressage is my thing It's really helped me to become a better rider. And you don't fall off so much in dressage! lol

[Suki Wingy]

Almost all the horses I ride are Thoroughbreds

[Miss Z]

Almost all the horses I ride are Thoroughbreds

Ooh, i love thoroughbreds, and strangely enough, i ride them for dressage style riding! They are good all-rounders

[Sweet Sixy]

Well, i ride a little bit of everything.......western, hunt seat, dressage, side saddle, saddle seat....you name it!
I agree with everything that Miss Z said as far as stearing.
Although I have to say the same things don't work on every horse.
The mare that I'm riding now is very different from the horses I have ridden in the past. She is very green and doesn't really leg yield too well (although she's getting better) so to turn her right, you need to almost push more with your right leg to give her that support to bend around.
I think English is fairly easy to get comfortable with the way you control the horse. Good luck!!

[HollandLoppy89]

I ride english.. its been about 4 years i guess. Legs are very important in riding. If you kind of shift your buns to the L or R of the saddle and your inside shoulder's back with outside shoulder forward that's definitely a good way to do it. Reins don't do all that much. Not as much as people seem to think anyway. Slowing down a horse in posting trot is mainly leaning back more when posting and lightly pulling on the reins. When I first started I thought that reins were the only thing to steer and stop. Oh boy.

[dab_20]

Never ridden English before here. But there is also a different way you can steer in Western, and I think it's the same as English. The way you described above is called Neck Reining. There is also Bit Reining where you pull right if you want to go right. That is in western and english I think.

Good Luck!!