The popular Western style is a style that that nearly everyone –even if they do not ride – has heard of.  Western riding and the western saddle came from the American west.  It is the style you see used in cowboy movies and TV shows.  While it was supremely functional to those who worked out [...]

Meet Molly.  She’s a grey speckled pony who was abandoned by her owners when Hurricane Katrina hit southern  Louisiana .  She spent weeks on her own before finally being rescued and taken to a farm where abandoned animals were stockpiled.
 
While there, she was attacked by a pit bull terrier and almost died.  Her gnawed right [...]

Another type of riding is saddle seat.  Saddle seat is an English discipline currently very popular in the United States.  Saddle seat is common in the American South, although you will also see it practiced in other parts of the country.  Saddle seat also is common in competition and you often see it used with [...]

Hunt seat is an English discipline which gets its name from fox hunting.  Hunt seat riding usually takes place in an arena instead of on the trails, but, technically, you can ride hunt-seat anywhere you want. 
 
Hunt seat is very popular with people who participate in horse shows and people who practice horse jumping.  In [...]