Good riders/ good dancers?

[carthorse]

I have noticed that people I know that are good riders are also good dancers , as they have rhythm and can move with a beat. Do you think this is true?

 

[MandyMoo]

well i know when i get my drunken groove on i dont think i look too good

but on a horse i think i am pretty good (head getting slightly large there...lol

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i understand your point though - maybe im just an exception? xx

 

[Eventerlad15]

Well my riding isnt outstanding, but my dancing sure is

 

[millitiger]

have you ever been to the BE ball???

some of the worst dancing i have ever seen from some of the world's best riders.

 

[carthorse]

PMSL

 

[kick_On]

but tis alcohol fuelled to be fair

 

[millitiger]

no excuse for some of the shapes i have seen thrown!

and worryingly a lot of them aren't even *that* drunk.

 

[FigJam]

I may as well give up riding now then... I'm doomed!

(my dancing sucks and I HATE dancing!)

 

[stencilface]

Well, I would class myself as an average to good dancer, and a poor to very poor rider.

I have been to the party night (saturday night) at bramham a few times though, and have seen some awful dancing, funny, but awful all the same

 

[j1ffy]

No idea. My OH says when I dance I'm actually just wiggling my a*se and have no sense of rhythm... My riding is probably about the same!!

 

[SuperHorse]

I really hope my riding is better than my dancing - I'm a terrbile dancer - it probably isn't though!

 

[Nic]

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I may as well give up riding now then... I'm doomed!

(my dancing sucks and I HATE dancing!)

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Ditto that!

 

[Attila_the_Hungry]

Wasn't Richard Dunwoody on the Strictly Come Dancing thingy? Didn't he get voted off quite quickly?


When sober I can just about manage the social shuffle without tripping over my feet. After the second bottle of red I transform into a cross between John Travolta and Fred Astaire - well, in my head anyway.

However, after reviewing the video evidence , "Mr Bean on acid" would seem to be a better description.

 

[Gamebird]

And I presume that none of you witnessed the 'Strictly Come Dancing' malarkey at Burgie????

I'm a reasonable musician, an average jockey and I know about beat and rhythm. I still can't dance!

 

[little_pink_piggies]

Jokes aside, a really good foreign event rider based in the SW (competes at 4* level), I think I'm rigt in saying used to be a professional ballet dancer!

 

[humph]

I'd say good dancers find the transition to riding easy - do you remember that program where a pole dancer trained with tim stockdale and had to con a set of judges into believing she'd ridden all her life. I suppose they've got good core muscles which helps.

I'm not sure i'd say it works the other way though!

 

[kerilli]

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I'd say good dancers find the transition to riding easy - do you remember that program where a pole dancer trained with tim stockdale and had to con a set of judges into believing she'd ridden all her life. I suppose they've got good core muscles which helps.

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hmmm, i'd say she had amazing schoolmasters to ride and a very good instructor!

the only 4* riders i've seen dance were very good at it, btw...

 

[humph]

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the only 4* riders i've seen dance were very good at it, btw...

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You've seen different ones to me then - the ones I've seen dance were like everyone else - pissed as farts!

 

[_Phoenix_]

Im a good dancer but a rubbish rider.

Apparently though Im good at riding bikes as I have great balance thanks to horse riding.

 

[Waterborn]

My daughter was 4th in UK Disco Kid and has managed, over the years, to ride really difficult and querky ponies. I think the dancing certainly helped, it's the balance..

 

[now_loves_mares]

Hmm not sure. I used to do lots of dancing as a child, including a few stints with Scottish Ballet

. If I was fit/practiced, I'd still probably be a fairly good dancer, and being Scottish I can also do some quite impressive Reels! I definitely have both rhythm and balance. I'm an average rider, but don't seem to have the posture on a horse that you'd expect from all that "balletic poise"

but my trainer does say I have a remarkable stickability considering I don't ride that many horses (and hate the antics that require me to test it).

Have to say though, the reason I gave up ballet was for my pony! On my 3rd stint at Scottish ballet, they wanted me to stop riding all winter as it was too dangerous. I chose the pony! Plus, it as really confusing - being shouted at to turn your toes out at dancing; but being shouted at even more if you turned them out in my riding lesson

 

[JDChaser]

hmmmm i've seen some very good jockeys dancing and the memory still brings tears to my eyes!!

My Boss says that people who are good at driving and riding a bike are often more natural at horse riding, due to co-ordination and balance i assume.

 

[hannahkirkhill]

I use to dance as well as ride, chose riding over dancing - bit of a no brainer really

think rhythm, balance ect must help but have seen some very good jockeys totally unable to dance. Agree about people who ride bikes finding it easier to ride - my OH had never sat on a horse, but has always had road bikes, he sat on my old horse a couple of times and then went hunting, he was happy and looked good all day, very annoying to see some one get on and be able to ride straight away

although is more of a case of sitting on harry out hunting not really riding!
And since you have reminded me if any ones watching,
So you think you can dance, vote Charlie Bruce - I use to dance with her

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