Whats the difference between English, Western, and Dressage?
QUESTION: What is the differences of style between western riding, english riding, and dressage?I’m a young rider who has just started learning to ride and I am not familiar with western riding and dressage because i am only exposed to english riding.What is the differences between western riding, english riding, and dressage? Many of the principles, though, such as balance, understanding your horse, using your body, are the same among the difference types. Each type of riding is called a discipline. English riding means using an English saddle. There are several types of English saddles — hunt, saddleseat, dressage — and each type of saddle is for a different purpose and in some cases, a different type of horse. You’re probably riding in a hunt type English saddle. Do you have pads under your knees (do the front flaps of the saddle stick out a little?)? This is very common for riding in the hunt (think of the British and how they used to “hunt” foxes). It’s also common for “hunters
