Least comfy horse!

[pistolpete]

How about the opposite? I rode a Friesian (Teapot knows him) who really had the bounciest trot in the world! My warmbloods trot wasn’t nice either but his canter was lovely. The highland was pretty comfy considering how short his legs are! I also rode an Andalusian x TB once who felt awful in canter/gallop. Really too long and strung out!

 

[meleeka]

How about the opposite? I rode a Friesian (Teapot knows him) who really had the bounciest trot in the world! My warmbloods trot wasn’t nice either but his canter was lovely. The highland was pretty comfy considering how short his legs are! I also rode an Andalusian x TB once who felt awful in canter/gallop. Really too long and strung out!

Yep I have a Friesian and that’s one reason she’s retired. She’s older and has always been driven with previous owner. I have to hold the saddle to trot she’s so bouncy.

 

[scats]

Joe, my Tb x Welsh. He had quite boxy feet and my god he was bouncy and jarring!

 

[asmp]

I once had an RDA cob on loan for the summer and I hated riding her as she was so wide it hurt my hips (I have short legs which probably didn’t help).

 

[TPO]

Anything with an upright shoulder and/or pasterns

 

[HufflyPuffly]

These two ?? Friesian and Hackney do not make for comfy paces ?.

 

[Horseysheepy]

I rode a lovely little Dales mare once, but her shoulders were vertical and her neck so short and very on the forehand, so her walk was very jarring and having nothing in front of me, I felt very much like sat on the edge of a (tiny)cliff!

 

[Glitter's fun]

A trekking pony that was usually ridden in short grass reins. She'd developed the habit of hanging her head on them so without them she wanted to stretch her neck right out until her nose was nearly on the floor.

 

[TheSubwayDino]

How about the opposite? I rode a Friesian (Teapot knows him) who really had the bounciest trot in the world! My warmbloods trot wasn’t nice either but his canter was lovely. The highland was pretty comfy considering how short his legs are! I also rode an Andalusian x TB once who felt awful in canter/gallop. Really too long and strung out!

Standardbreds! Lovely but ouch

 

[shortstuff99]

Spanish when they get on one and become a jack hammer, sewing machine ?

 

[Blanche]

Standardbreds! Lovely but ouch

I found standardbreds to be very comfortable to ride. I worked with harness racehorses for a year and everything was ridden. Mainly pacers but some trotters and they were great to ride.

Anything with an upright shoulder and short, upright pasterns.

 

[TheSubwayDino]

I found standardbreds to be very comfortable to ride. I worked with harness racehorses for a year and everything was ridden. Mainly pacers but some trotters and they were great to ride.

Anything with an upright shoulder and short, upright pasterns.

Yeah, guess it depends with what you're used to haha

 

[Blanche]

Yeah, guess it depends with what you're used to haha

Well I have ridden many different breeds and types as I worked with horses for many years. They include, but are not limited to, warmbloods, tbs, aqha, aphc, Welsh abcd, Connemaras, new forest, Arabs and their part breeds, show hacks and riding horses, Cleveland’s. I could go on but I still say they are comfortable . ‘Haha’.

 

[Gloi]

Well I said my little Icelandic mare was the most comfortable but while looking for her I tried another one whose only gait seemed to be a hard pace and matched with being extremely narrow and with a mouth like iron I was incredibly glad to get off.

 

[teddy_]

My mothers Welsh D. I can only liken her movement to somewhere between a sewing machine and space hopper.

 

[SEL]

Quite a few warmbloods. I was very privileged to have a lesson on my instructor's stunning black Dutch warmblood once. Very much looking forward to it but the trot was so jarring it hurt!

 

[Cloball]

A cob, like riding a washing machine as the middle bit seemed to go round a different direction to the rest, and an oldenburg that had a trot that was ridulously bouncy and jarring

 

[foxy1]

Freisans and cobs especially in canter!

 

[Red-1]

Anything that isn't sound, as in not limping but compensating somewhere (usually owner denies it isn't sound).

Twists my back.

 

[ihatework]

Anything that isn't sound, as in not limping but compensating somewhere (usually owner denies it isn't sound).

Twists my back.

Same here.
I can generally tell a compromised horse by how much my back aches after riding it!

 

[Burnttoast]

Anything that isn't sound, as in not limping but compensating somewhere (usually owner denies it isn't sound).

Twists my back.

This. I rode my friend's horse recently for the first time with a view to keeping him ticking over while she recovers from forthcoming operations but after half an hour of walk and a bit of trot I got off and drove home in agony. Usually riding makes my dodgy back more comfortable. Tbh looking at his hinds and his general posture I wasn't convinced he is 100% but that pretty much confirmed it for me.

 

[teapot]

How about the opposite? I rode a Friesian (Teapot knows him) who really had the bounciest trot in the world! My warmbloods trot wasn’t nice either but his canter was lovely. The highland was pretty comfy considering how short his legs are! I also rode an Andalusian x TB once who felt awful in canter/gallop. Really too long and strung out!

Awww J! I never sat on him for that reason. Built to pull, not be ridden imho.


I'd go with anything that isn't 100% correct and/or compensating. I will say on recent ride experiences, big moving wb trot is not as fun as people think it is!

 

[SEL]

Anything that isn't sound, as in not limping but compensating somewhere (usually owner denies it isn't sound).

Twists my back.

My Appy!! I keep getting told she's sound enough to be a happy hacker. Leaving aside the fact she doesn't find hacking fun my lower back really, really knows she isn't 100% behind.

 

[pistolpete]

Awww J! I never sat on him for that reason. Built to pull, not be ridden imho.


I'd go with anything that isn't 100% correct and/or compensating. I will say on recent ride experiences, big moving wb trot is not as fun as people think it is!

J was a proper confidence giving pogo stick!

 

[planete]

One of my arabs when doing his long distance trot. Forget about rising, standing in the stirrups was the only way to survive!

 

[poiuytrewq]

Anything that isn't sound, as in not limping but compensating somewhere (usually owner denies it isn't sound).

Twists my back.

This! One I have to ride at work. I just can’t, really really struggle with her. She’s unsound behind and I can’t rise to her trot properly on either diagonal, it feels awful. They swear she’s fine!

 

[Pearlsacarolsinger]

Many years ago I used to ride a chestnut cob gelding at a RS. He was brilliant to jump, you just pointed him in the right direction and he would get you over the jump in fine style. But his trot was believably bouncy and the instructor was a huge fan of riding without stirrups. I was also often asked to ride him bareback to the field about a mile away. The group usually trotted on to get away from the roads. He was almost impossible to do sitting trot on. I think he would be a Welsh cob cross.

 

[TheSubwayDino]

Well I have ridden many different breeds and types as I worked with horses for many years. They include, but are not limited to, warmbloods, tbs, aqha, aphc, Welsh abcd, Connemaras, new forest, Arabs and their part breeds, show hacks and riding horses, Cleveland’s. I could go on but I still say they are comfortable . ‘Haha’.

Yeah, I've ridden a variety over the years I guess if I had to choose, standardbreds is something I found the least comfortable. Aside from that, they're an awesome breed don't get me wrong ?

 

[[153312]]

The least comfy horse I ever rode was little black and white cob, he must have been about 13.2 ish but felt about ten hands because his movement was very stuffy.
He was quite downhill with a very, very straight shoulder and short back, and my legs were too long for his saddle, which made things worse. I really hated riding him and in hindsight should have asked to be put on a different pony (I was paying for the lessons after all, this was at an RS when I was 15) but I was too shy too. I don't think he appreciated lugging my fat arse around either!

 

[SussexbytheXmasTree]

Well I said my little Icelandic mare was the most comfortable but while looking for her I tried another one whose only gait seemed to be a hard pace and matched with being extremely narrow and with a mouth like iron I was incredibly glad to get off.

When I went on my Icelandic riding holiday the first horse I was given was so uncomfortable I thought I’d never survive the 6 day trek. It was so bouncy I needed the loo every 30 minutes. Fortunately the guide swapped me onto another horse and it was a totally different experience. The guides rode it for the rest of the trip as it couldn’t tolt smoothly.