Do any of you ride in your horses grazing field?

i ride wherever takes my fancy - ie the driest field which is usually the grazing field ;) and no different issues -even when i've ridden with other horses grazes *hides in a corner* - not advisable ;)
 
i have no choice, if i want to jump or school then i need to ride in the field. we don't have an arena and only 1 turnout field at home which they live in pretty much all the time. i have to bring the other 5 in when i want to ride one though which is a bit tedious....especially since they all scatter in different directions when they see a headcollar lol!!

would love to fence off an area of the field to ride in but would have to do it slap bang in the centre since there is only 1 flat bit of the field which is at the top...rest is a sloping hill - great for galloping up!! tbh can't afford to fence it off and electric fencing wouldn't work, the shetlands would just destroy it!!
 
ladyt25 said:
Have no option as we don't have a school. However, I don't school a lot at all (school on hacks) and if I really wanted a decent flatwork session i'd book the local livery yard's school. This is mainly because our field is not flat so it is hard to get any real rythym when schooling and maintaining a balanced canter. I do my jumping schooling in the field and my horse is a little bit stronger and more eager - I wish he'd do the same at a competition!!! However, I agree with whoever said we should be able to ride out horses anywhere - of course we should.

I jump mine in the field where the others are grazing and yes they do seem to have a tendency to get in the way (and last time my 2 yo decided to chase after me but hey, if he wants to follow me over poles then that's his choice!). My horse does as he's told and we just get on with it.
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Me the same as this ^^

Rosie is pretty spooky in it like she is in all fields surrounded by hedges and trees, so no different really. It helps if she has her Shetland mate in there with her though he does tend to get in the way a bit when we're jumping, but it's easy enough to move him along and he isn't interested in chasing after us any more.

My field is slopey and lumpy.... which is good practice for Eventing. When everyone else complains about their horse being terrible jumping or doing dressage on grass, I always think 'well this is tons better than my grazing field at home'!!
 
I would ride in the Grazing field, but I don;t really have any need to.
We have a 'Jumping paddock' which I ride in but they will also use for grazing.
Aslong as the ground is good my boy knows he has to behave and listen to me wherever we are. Not just because we are in the school.

We also used to ride in a field when riding school horses would be grazing out there. Because they were all turned out together anyway, there was never a problem with them having to come over and meet you. They usually just kept their head down and were quite happy to eat grass.
 
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