So how long have you been riding?

[pinkcatkin]

Been riding for 47 years, aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh! Started when I was 4!!!

 

[Persephone]

33 years lol!

 

[carys220]

24- 25 years, I don't remember my first years riding but I have pictures to prove!

That said I have still learnt quite a lot in the 4 months I have been a member of HHO.

 

[miller]

21 years - started when I was 11

I don't answer on the riding / schooling posts as I'm crap at putting things into words

 

[RachelFerd]

18 years for me too. Tried to give up twice, and failed to stay away from them for more than a month!

 

[PeanutButterDragon]

Rode from 7-8 until 17/18 and then had a 5 year break due to losing confidence through nasty falls/Uni etc started again this January and never stopping again!!!!

 

[Flame_]

24 years

 

[Ottinmeg]

on and off for 33 years

 

[hackneylass2]

As long as JM07 !

 

[Beanyowner]

On and off for 22 years ish!

 

[hussar]

First plonked on a horse at the age of 2 but didn't start proper lessons till age 7 ... so ... I've been riding 44 years.

And still learning every day!

 

[SirenaXVI]

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43 years!!!!!

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*whispers* me too

 

[siani1989]

i have been ridin 16yrs :O

. strted when i was 3

 

[cavalo branco]

Almost 50 years for me too!!

I'm proud of the fact that I still compete at SJ, Dressage and ODE (only once in a blue moon because I run out of stamina and only around 2'6"!!!) Oh to have the chance to "do a Mark Todd"

 

[HillFilly]

Nearly two months - i'm a total newbie but loving it - Any other newbies, as feeling out numbered, there is a lot of experience on here!

 

[JessPickle]

11 years been riding since I was 7

 

[jesterfaerie]

Started when I was 3, so 17 years.

 

[djlynwood]

3 years now, started when I was 31 for the first time ever

Desperately trying to cram in years of horsey knowledge to make up for not doing it sooner

 

[HillFilly]

Know how you feel Gallop, I'm reading every magazine, book and internet site I can, then get completed overloaded with info and have to back to the start! Things do sink in with practice I find....

 

[mintaka04]

37 years. Didn't start till I was 12 much to my annoyance...

Like Hussar, I'm still learning!

 

[Syrah]

Ummmm, longer than I care to remember. Longer than some, not as long as others.

Started when I was 9, had a couple of breaks one in my late teens/early twenties, one when I had my first daughter and am on another break now pg with my second.

 

[Gonetofrance]

42 years.............omg.......

 

[popsicle]

From age 11 to 19 (8 yrs) then a break of 25 years and now another (5 years) so I guess 13 in all.

 

[Nudibranch]

22 years also. Mind you I posted a while back about horse prices and a link to a horse for sale, and someone suggested I take someone experienced along to the viewing - I must be coming across as an amateur!

 

[Eaglestone]

20 years constantly and 17+ years with the same horse

 

[ickelshadow]

21 years and counting! only ever ha breaks when shadow was lame, and for about 9 weeks when i lost her.

but to be fair i don't think i really starting riding properly, i.e. riding a horse correctly into a contact, until i was 13/14 so about 12/13 years with any skill....

 

[YorksG]

41 years for me, I now think we should start a metheusala clique!!

 

[Penguinboots]

16 years. (with a three year break)

 

[ann-jen]

I think you need to expand your poll seeing as most of us have put >12 years. Glad I'm not the only old fart on here and have to admit to it now being 31 years.

 

[GreyConnemara]

10 years.....but I'm only 15!