How often do you ride your horses

blonde or brunette?

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I have two, so I ride every day. I try to ride the younger one 5 days a week and my older one 4 days a week. At the weekend I try to ride them both. I used to ride the older one 6 days a week, so I figure that she needs less work now that she is 20. They are out 24/7 at present, so they get plenty of unrestricted and unfettered movement wandering around the field.
 
Minimum of 4 times a week normally 5, that includes 1 lesson and a couple of 2 hour hacks out. I don't have a school where we are or I would probably ride 6 days a week. I like her (and me!) to have at least 1 day a week off
 
I work Mick 3-4 times/week in the school. If I want to work him any other days I will hack. I don't like to over-school him, I believe he gets bored.
 
I have loads of horses however I don't always ride every single day. It also depends on the season; summer is very hot and therefore I tend to ride a bit less in the summer. Winter is darned cold, however if it is sunny then I often ride.

I guess on average I will ride 5 days per week, and generally I'll ride/train 3 or 4 horses each day. The majority of my horses go out at the very least twice a week, however some will go out more.
 
Due to rubbish weather (until very recently) I have been riding when I can which tended to be 3-4 times a week. This week I have tried to ride her everyday. Me and OH have lessons on her twice a week and starting from this week she is also going to be ridden once a week by my instructor (so she is receiving some proper education from someone who knows what they are doing!). She tends to be schooled mostly with at least one hack a week and we have just started lunging her once a week too.
 
solo gets hacked out 5 days a week, then schooled/gridwork once a week and lunged the other day.

fittening red up at the moment so he is being lunged twice a week (hes 17 and hasnt done any 'proper' schooling before)
hacked 3 times a week and schooled/jumped the other 2 days.
 
Once or twice a week on a normal basis
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But it just depends...some weeks it will be 6 days.



I also have a mini that I never ride! lol
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I aim for 4/5 days a week in spring and summer. This includes lunging once a week, and one to two hacks a week. In the winter i aim for 3/4 days week. Theres an indoor school at our yard, so i can ride after work, but there's alot of liveries to share it.
 
Depends on the weather! Has to as I only have a grass paddock to ride in so when its muddy, its very hard to achieve much. I never jump at home because the ground is either too hard or too slippy!

Ive just started a new job (9-5 aghh!) so ride my 2, 1 a night. Not ideal, but I find its better to have a longer schooling session every 2nd day than try to squeeze both in every night with short sessions.
 
Other - 1 in-foal. 1 yearling. 1 needs a different saddle and I have no time - but he doesn't mind, he's in his 20's
 
My horse is exercised every day. I ride her after work each night. If I am on call its not really feasible for me to ride her but I usually get the chance to put her on the horse walker for 20-30 minutes on those nights. With previous horses I've always given them 1 day off through the week but that just doesn't seem to work with Jenny so she usually gets 1 easy day where she either goes on the walker or goes for a hack round the farm instead but still gets exercised.
 
Depends on the weather
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. In good weather I will probably ride 5 or 6 days a week, but if the weather is foul, perhaps once. I do actually find that because she tends to be a bit lazy, she is actually better if I don't ride every day.
 
I ride 4-5 times a week, but I voted for 5-6 as it's more likely to be 5 or 6 days than 3 or 4. I like him to have at least one day off a week. I try to lunge once a week but am a bit hopeless at motivating myself to do that.
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