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Which Horse Disipline Do You Think Is the Hardest (Dressage, Showjumping, Eventing Ect.) and Why?

which do you do, if youve tried more than one, which did you find hardest? and could you send in pics of you and your horse doing your fave one. thank you.

http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/25730_1247607194051_1345577319_30594594_2066733_n.jpg?dl=1

you may need to copy and paste it into the search bar, but this is my mare megz. me and her out a while ago, showjumping. send in your pics! :) )

  1. Fennec Fox
    July 28th, 2011 at 11:24 | #1
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    All of the above.

    I’m an H/J rider.

    http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/5692_1236618874799_1209045781_30692097_1118593_n.jpg

    Ignore my wonky princess hands. It’s a bad habit.

    He’s pretty fine, isn’t he? I’d hit that.

  2. Holly Cobslobber :D
    July 28th, 2011 at 11:24 | #2
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    Eventing because you have to be able to do all 3 (dressage sj and xc) to a high level, so obviously it’s harder to do all 3 than just one! :L

    But I don’t know about western disceplines so they could be harder still, can’t comment on them :)

    ADD: @Fennec Fox, I enjoy the ZZ Top man in the background of your photo thoroughly. That is all.

  3. HorseLover
    July 28th, 2011 at 11:24 | #3
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    For English, like someone else said: Eventing. You have to be good at dressage, show jumping, and cross country.

    But one specific thing……… dressage. You have to give your cues at exactly the right time and you have to make it look like you didn’t do anything. And at the high levels, there’s a lot of other stuff you have to do (like piaffe, passage, and other stuff).
    (btw, my opinion isn’t biased, as I plan to do mainly hunter/jumper)

  4. scenestorm
    July 28th, 2011 at 11:24 | #4
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    I’ve done most disiplines, not dressage though. I’m a western rider now but I used to ride english and the most hardcore workout type disipline I’d say would be showjumping. It’s a really good leg workout and whatnot, but also barrel racing is pretty hardcore as well.

  5. rach26
    July 28th, 2011 at 11:24 | #5
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    eventing, you have to do all 3

  6. Melanie
    July 28th, 2011 at 11:24 | #6
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    I have only really done Show Jumping, and I love it.
    Eventing seems like it would be the hardest though, having to perfect all 3 diciplines. Plus, those solid jumps scare the crap out of me, lol.
    But, with that being said, I do believe each has their own difficulties (including western events) and take practice.

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/just_ride/5086882540/

  7. Kaykay123
    July 28th, 2011 at 11:24 | #7
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    If you do a certain one for a living then i think it would be hard..

    I find dressage hard as you have to have your horse proper and yourself up to standard

    BUT

    All in all i genally think eventing is the hardest for everyone as its all them together whether throughout 3 days or even just one and the jumps and training can be pretty high and challanging

  8. meimester
    July 28th, 2011 at 11:24 | #8
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    Eventings tough because you and your horse have to be able to switch modes and think in a different way (like dressage is so different from xc)
    I think dressage as a single discipline is the hardest for me. Its all about becomeing truly perfect and every single step in important. It feels like you are constantly working to break bad habits!

  9. MJ =3
    July 28th, 2011 at 11:24 | #9
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    Eventing for sure is the hardest! I would like to try it but I’m not that ballsy.

    edit:: For western, I would have to say barrel racing or that extreme cowboy race.

  10. Annuh
    July 28th, 2011 at 11:24 | #10
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    I agree with everyone who says 3 day eventing.
    Dressage, Show Jumping, AND Cross Country, phew! Can you imagine how AWESOME their horses must be? :)

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