What age would you stop riding?

[meandmrblue]

I'm 58 this week and I was wondering what age is to old to ride,do people think we're to old to ride when getting neare to 60. The only thing I worry about is coming off and breaking bones.luckiley I have a good cob who looks after me most of the time.

 

[Double_choc_lab]

As long as you feel safe and happy then keep going. You should see some of the "mad old biddies" out on the hunting field - you'd be a mere whipper snapper.

 

[Alchemy]

Hi

My friend is nearly 64 quite short and she is still riding her very nappy 16.3hh oldenburg who can be a right pain in the arse! She has now taking on a yonger/green cob who is smaller and easier for her to get on/off but can be strong.

as long as your happy on the horse your riding just keeping going. I hope i can still ride when i get to my 60`s.

 

[Ruftysdad]

I am 68 and still riding 4 times a week. not very far and not very fast but I shall carry as long as I can. Rufty is now 20 and when he is unable to be ridden I shall then give up. Hopefully we have a few more years

 

[montanna]

Gosh there is a lady that competes locally near me (1m and 1.10m BS classes) and nearly always wins on a pony that looks just as old as she. She must be knocking 70 if not more. Also my hunt master is 70 and still hunting twice a week every season!

 

[MiniMilton]

I've sold 2 of my horses to women in their late 60's. They are getting ridden 5+ times a week which is more than I could manage.
Many moons ago I used to be in a riding school that had a weekly 84 year old client.

 

[Archangel]

My friend recently fell off at speed in to the arena fence. She phoned me to tell me she was a bit stiff but oh well never mind. She is mid 80s :eek3: and

Last winter when it was minus degrees for months on end. I was huddled in front of the Rayburn eating toast and she was out riding on the Downs.

 

[meandmrblue]

Wow 80 I don't think I'll be going that long!

 

[OrangePepper]

I am the wrong side of 60 and still enjoy riding and hope to have many more years in the saddle.

 

[Megibo]

I'll ride for as long as I'm able-the way I figure if you can get on then you can ride!

 

[JoannaC]

I've got a friend of 83 who is still riding and mucking out and going out dancing! She's got more life in her than I have now so don't think i'll still be going at that age. Think you just go with how you feel, some are old at 60 some are still very youthful.

 

[twiggy2]

when I was 17yrs old (many yrs ago) and teaching at a riding school/livery yard one of my clients was 74 and had never been around horses or ridden before, he had a weekly lesson for 18months and then went on to learn to drive a pony and cart so that he could take a disabled girl on the yard out driving-he bought his own little mare after and was still driving her into his early 80's

 

[splashnutti1]

My neighbour is 68 and still out competing most weekends and also hunts. She has just brought a youngster to bring on for next year

 

[Orangehorse]

Well, you don't want to fall off as you get older, but crumbs 60 - you hopefully have MORE time to ride as you get towards 70.

My sister is over 70, and a lady down the roads was riding well into her 80s and even when her faithful cob got too old to hunt she went out and bought a pony so she could carry on.

Just keep going until you don't want to. But what would you spend your money/time on then?

 

[atlantis]

My first riding instructor was 84 when she stopped teaching me. She did all lessons riding and leading me, walk trot canter gallop and jump on the lead. Amazing ponies and even more amazing woman.

The pony I used to ride lived to 43 too. Something in the water round there!!

 

[TandD]

The queen still rides ( without a hat ) aged 87? And i think prince Philip still drives his team......aged ridiculously old!!!!!!! If you've still got the bug...why give it up????
I hope to stay riding till the day I die!

 

[Champion1969]

The queen still rides ( without a hat ) aged 87? And i think prince Philip still drives his team......aged ridiculously old!!!!!!! If you've still got the bug...why give it up????
I hope to stay riding till the day I die!

Me too, after having a 10 year gap without them, I realised how much money and time wasted on stupid things and men. I will be riding or owning horses till the day I die

 

[pennyturner]

I refused to stop when I was pregnant, so I don't see why a bit of arthritis should stop me. I'm hoping for maximum disapproval at the funeral "fancy trying to do that at her age"!

Only in my 40s atm, so still at the 'embarassing my children' stage...

 

[debsflo]

im 50 and plan to get a new horse when i retire and start doing dressage as ill have more time. Age is a number as long as your fit and healthy carry on.

 

[meandmrblue]

Well I don't need to hang my hat up just yet then.

 

[x-di-x]

For as long as I can manage to get on! And when I can't get on ill drive them! Ok I've got quite a few years yet (hopefully) till I'm at that stage and still need to find a driving pony and instructor and lean the ropes and have a few years driving practice first

 

[Gloi]

I often ride out with a lady in her 70s who has a young TB with an impressive spook in it that I couldn't sit to.

 

[Quadro]

My stepdad is 65 and is just learning to ride! He wants to event.........
Q

 

[Rosiejazzandpia]

I hope to ride till the day I die.
A friend of mine used to hunt her cob, and there were 3 sisters who rode out and went hunting literally up until the day before they died. They were 82, 88 and 94!!
They had a very can do attitude, and would ride out in all weather! I think riding keeps you young. My great great grandfather was a hunt master and didnt start riding till his early 40s, stopped in his late 90s after tripping over a dog and injuring his knee, and he died a few months after of plain old age

 

[Ibblebibble]

I'll continue until i can no longer trot without peeing myself

 

[Echo Bravo]

You are as young or as old as you feel and those of us in our mid 60's still feel that we have plenty of riding yet to do age has nothing to do with it.

 

[TrasaM]

Er, I've just started 2 years ago and now age 55 I have no plans to retire .. I've only just begun

 

[mynutmeg]

I don't plan to. As long as you're comfortable riding then why stop?

 

[Suelin]

Oh definitely keep going love. I don't plan to stop until I can't get on or off and my husband decided to learn to ride 3 years ago at the age of 68 so there's still plenty of time for you to keep going.

 

[Skib]

My OH never sat on a horse till he was 67 - Suelin, your 68 beats that!
Mine got the idea from Western movies of course. We are riding into the sunset and plan to keep on.