Who rides with a schooling whip or crop and why?

tallyho! said:
Jolly good idea RTE!!!!!! Why didn't I think of that???

Much more damage could be done to sup'ed up old Nova's than a pesky old whip!!!

I shall sport a pair of the longest shanks I can find....

Mwahh hahahah ahahaha :D:D:D:D

*grins widely at thought of massive gash to side of boyracer's car*
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The fieldmaster of my old hunt did once put a relatively large dint in the side on a van on the road between covers when I was a lot younger, I can remember being terribly impressed but I love my whip far too much to start digging the horn into cars...!
 
I always carry a schooling whip hacking wouldn't feel safe without it , my chap is very forward and it did take him a while to relax with it .
If he should nap at something on the road it will make up his mind for him about going past and I don't have to alter my position to use it.
I got a super Hi Viz one and hold it out at right angles and amazingly it causes drivers to give me a lot more room .
I wave it like a demented thing at dogs or horses who get too close and I can reach a fly almost anywhere with it. I've got very good at using just the right amount of force to hit a fly and it doesn't bother him in the least.

Funnily enough if I'm using it for schooling he shoots off if I even pretend to use it even though I could be actually smacking him every second minute when the flies are bad.
 
Yeah, I won't ride without one. I'v got an exracer, so not needed to get him going but more for impulsion in school and used occassionally out hacking when he gets nappy and begins spinning and reversing down ditches! One tap and he behaves!! (sometimes!!!)
 
Won't hack out with out one, purely for safety with cars, dogs, gates etc. and as my horse used to nap quite badly when he was a youngster.
I tend to school and jump my own with a stick purely to back up my leg as he can be opportunistic, but do ride others without. :)
 
RunToEarth said:
The fieldmaster of my old hunt did once put a relatively large dint in the side on a van on the road between covers when I was a lot younger, I can remember being terribly impressed but I love my whip far too much to start digging the horn into cars...!
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When i was growing up,i remember the whip chasing an anti van up the road,cracking his hunting whip on the roof!:D
 
If I didn't take my crop out hacking, I'd feel as though I'd left my right hand behind. I use it for branches and flies, but only occasionally tickle the horse's shoulder with it to gain his attention.

I am so used to a short crop that I can't get on with a schooling whip and tend to catch it in the manege fence!
 
I can't carry anything more than a short stick, Molly had a bad past(beaten we think) so I only need to hold it or tap the saddle to make her jump forwards and get her buum in gear.Its tricky getting hold of it . I imagine it swinging whilst mounting would terrify her andd it takes a while to pass it from the ground .She will spin and turn away from it ,bless her. Upsets me to think what someones done to such a sweet little thing :'( once i think i have touched her shoulder when she was napping . I find it useful once shes warmed up and gone lazy and sometimes when jumping to keep her canter flowing. Have never tried out hacking, would imagine it wouldnt help :(
 
I don't use a whip for schooling unless im training certain things like Half steps or passage.
The reason i dont use one as a rule is the horse should be working off the leg & the seat, you also cant use them for BD regionals or championships.

I do ride with a schooling whip for hacking though, not for the horse but to stick out at cars or wierdo's lol, you never know i got chased by a wierdo out hacking as a kid & i used the whip to get him to let go of my pony's reins. Once that happens once you never forget it.
 
I only ever use a schooling whip to help ask for lateral movement. I like our horses to be forwards thinking - would get very annoyed by a horse who needs a whip to get it going! Out hacking I take a short whip when I remember for all the reasons mentioned in previous posts, although, thankfully, have never really needed it. :)
 
Neither.
I believe I would be dead if I carried so much as a short jumping whip :D
Mare is irrationally whipshy - I can just about lunge her with a schooling whip, a lunge whip sends her silly!
 
I use a schooling whip out hacking and also in the school, Charisma can be quite lazy and I like to school hr out hacking because I only ever take her in a school once a month or so!

Saying that, she is more forward going this past few weeks, full of the joys of Spring so I've left the stick at home! :D
 
I take a short crop out hacking just in case we come across anything mega spooky but to be honest I've only used it to press the button to open the gate into the yard to date!

I dont school with anything at the moment but when we start jumping I'll carry a short crop as a just in case.
 
The only time I didn't take a whip out, nearly 3 years ago, my mare planted and no amount of coaxing was going to move her. I had to lead her all the way home! She's not done it since and I can't remember the last time I tapped her with it. So better to have a whip I don't need than to need a whip I don't have. My schooling whip has a length of yellow ribbon on the end and that does keep cars at a distance.
 
I nearly always ride with a whip, except when practising DR tests (just so it's realistic :p ) or if I'm just going for a mooch/blast round the paddocks.
Out hacking I use a schooling whip (definitely not to whack people's car roofs with, think my TB would have a heart attack if i did that :p ) because my boy finds hacking quite exciting quite a lot of the time and having my schooling whip stops his bum swinging into the road and also backs up leg aids/gets his attention when his brain goes walkabout! :rolleyes:
Jumping, usually a short crop, or sometimes schooling whip.
 
Always carry my schooling whip when riding and when leading my youngsters.

Only use it to back up legs when ridden and to encourage forward movement in hand.

You can guarantee that the day you don't carry it you'll need it.

Remember my boss saying to us to carry a short whip out on a hack in case we need to fend off dogs!
 
I don't like schooling whips I find they are too long for my pony/ horse whatever he is.

I always carry a jumping whip when I jump though, have never used it on him but its there just in case.
 
Yes both - mainly used for tickling bum to get her to use it in the school - Back legs are not just for use when rearing ( or so I have tried to tell her )

.... find it works best as a visual aid going into a fence if a think she might duck out

Actually using any kind of stick on my mare though would result in a meeting with the floor pretty sharpish !!!
 
I'm carrying a schooling whip ATM as I am just beginning to hack out a newly backed youngster on her own. It helps to have it there to back up the leg aid and stop any shoulder drifting when she's just about to consider napping. I only have to touch her shoulder with it. She knows it's there and it's doing a good job :)

I am quite sure if I used it behind the saddle or harder than just a touch on her shoulder, she'd throw a wobbly. Typical mare! :D
 
i ride a lazy pony who use to be used to teach kids, he is a bit of a tank but once he gets going hes great its just getting him going. because hes use to be used for kids he isnt as sensitive to my aids as most so somedays when hes being a little g*t i have to give him one or two smacks otherwise he would get away with it and would just get worse. I hate having to use my whip but sometimes it is essential
 
Always carry my schooling whip. Can flick horse flies off with it, repel boarders and also for emergency use in sticky situation, ie pony won't move quick enough in dangerous situation, never had to though.
 
Only when an unfamiliar horse's owner requests (e.g. during a recent polo lesson). And then I don't use it, it is purely to keep the human(s) happy.

Never carry one day-to-day.
 
In the school, I ride with a schooling whip for flat work and a short whip for jumping. I rarely have to use the whip but carrying one seems to make a difference. I use a schooling whip for flat work to encourage him to engage his hindquarters and to work through from behind.
 
I always ride with a crop with Tont.

When hacking, he often decides he's going home or he isn't going down that bridlepath. I just tap him with the crop to keep him going forwards in the right direction, as he ignores my legs when he's in a strop.
 
I only really use one for hacking alone; it allows me to keep both hands on reins but crack her across the bottom hard if she starts to nap!
Then she can't escape through a certain shoulder if i have to take one hand off rein to smack her on bum.

Sometimes if i'm in the mood for a purposeful schooling session i'll carry one for some proper impulsion. rarely have to use it though
 
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