What level am i at in Horse riding ??

Question

I started riding around 7 months ago i would like to no what level i am at ,i CAN WALK,TROT,CANTER and i have just learnt jump i can do leg yealding,3 & 4 cipsu dunno how you spell that.and much more.so what level do you think i am at.

Answer 1

it all depends on what your seat looks like. i was put over jumps before i had a good seat. i'd still consider myself a beginner and i walk, trot, canter, jump at 3 ft. and have shown quite a few times (including some big shows). i can leg yield and do showmanship. i believe i'm still a beginner because i've seen videos of myself and i tend to lean forward, my hands are not quiet, i need to improve still quite a lot. so it all depends....

Answer 2

intermidiate.

Answer 3

I've been riding for thirty plus years,and every horse teaches me something new. You are still a novice,but one that is willing to learn.levels and lables are not all that important.You need to enjoy learning more every time you get on a horse.when you reach the point that you stop learning.....QUIT

Answer 4

It really isn't possible to say what level of riding a person is at without watching them ride. A lot of people trot and canter but don't do it very well. I have seen one lady trotting around but she is looking at the ground and pulling back on the reins, while bouncing around like a jitterbug. I would not say she is a good rider and she has been doing it much longer than 7 months.

Post a video so people can watch how you ride.

David

http://gentlenaturalhorseman.blogspot.co...

Answer 5

I am self taught and ride western and do trails so I am not familiar with the levels at all.After nearly 60 years of riding, I would be considered level 1 in the English world I am sure..  I would ask my coach or trainer or teacher what ever you call them and see what level they think you are at...they would know better than anyone on here.  

Answer 6

um you are at a face paced beginner level. youn are still novice, how ever you are learning more and more things , and have learned already a bounty of things. you still need to perfect these areas. so to me that is still beginner.

You may be on the advanced beginner side.

Answer 7

Still at beginner. You probably don't have much experience dealing with the horses shenanigans yet. And when you can do all that while dealing with a horse that isn't like bomb-proof and has some problems. Intermediate

Answer 8

why do ppl consider them selfs in levels, i think i learned how to walk trot and all the other good stuff wen i was like 10, if u go by levels in western i was an expert at 15, i was teachin others to ride for money,

if u think ur a begginer than ur a begginer if u think intermediat than ur intermediat  

Answer 9

Just because you can walk, trot, and canter doesn't mean that you can do it well, no offense. I would say that at 7 months youre probably an intermediate beginner to advanced beginner. I don't know what you mean by "3 & 4 cipsu". Now is not the time for horse buying, if you were contemplating it. You still need years of horse experience before you can think about buying a horse.

Answer 10

Wow, just 7 months?  I didn't even know a leg yield existed after 7 months of riding.  I agree you are going quite fast in riding and maybe should slow down.  I never jumped til maybe 2 years of riding, and it was just a little cross rail.  Um, there are not really a riding level, are you talking about dressage, show jumping, hunters, or eventing.  I don't know what much more is, but what you said you could do, I'd say 1st level in dressage (but start at intro and then training level first).  You should go back and prefect your walk, trot, and a little canter.  Sorry if I seem rude, but after 7 months of riding, this is quite a lot.

Answer 11

It's really hard to say, do you have any videos?  Done any shows?  I mean, the ability to not fall off a horse at any gait doesn't really count as being a good rider.  I've seen people who "could" walk, trot, and canter, but I would still call them very much beginners.  I don't know much about English, I guess if you can do all that and do it well I'd call you an Intermediate?  Or do you English riders use some kind of number system?  

Answer 12

What everyone forgets or doesn’t realize is that there are two parts to being a good rider. The first is certain skills you have achieved such as walk/trot/canter or jumping. This is where seeing a video might come in handy for you just telling us means nothing.

The second part is your understanding. You need to understand what happened why it happened and how you are going to fix it. If you can’t do that for every moment of you rider on every horse then you are still a beginner. If you know exercises and ways to fix your mistakes then you are probably doing ok.

Riding is not a passive sport and a good rider doesn’t ride a well trained horse their whole life. A good rider needs to understand what is going on according to the training pyramid in order to get the best results.

Answer 13

your at w/t/c/bj which is walk trot canter beg. jump. INTERMEDITE!!!!

Answer 14

I would say maybe a experienced Beginner.

It's hard to say though, everyone says something else.

But in pony club you would be a D1 and that's still a novice.