Would exercising polo horses be beneficial at all to me?
by admin on Thursday, February 26th, 2009 | 5 Comments
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I ride hunter/jumper in lessons once a week near a local aquarium. I wanted to get more riding time so I could improve and I got an offer to help exercise/groom/tack polo horses. Would this be beneficial to me at all? Or would riding with polo tack just cause me to get habits bad for hunter/jumper?
I actually rode polo ponies last summer to just get more time in the saddle. I ride hunter/jumper mainly. It’s a great way to build on your seat and balance especially if your leading ponies as well. I actually took the ponies out into a field with hills and had a much better seat by the time I went back to college to ride. 
the equipment is not that different, and the best way to become a better rider is to expirience different things.
The offer will help you with your strength and your control over horses, and its a different sport so it will help you excersize your different skills, which is great for h/j.
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I think it would be very helpful! I don’t think you would get any bad habits from it, and if you do, you can recognize and correct them quickly, it will be fine. Being well rounded is very important, too. You should try as many disciplines as you can, and be able to keep the postures, etc. separate for each one. I think it would really help you! Maybe not much as a jumper, but for sure as a horse person, overall.
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If anything it would help improve your riding and build up your muscle and fitness. Riding polo horses if a great experience, you should at least give it a try… you never know, you might like it more than hunter/jumper!
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I actually rode polo ponies last summer to just get more time in the saddle. I ride hunter/jumper mainly. It’s a great way to build on your seat and balance especially if your leading ponies as well. I actually took the ponies out into a field with hills and had a much better seat by the time I went back to college to ride.
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they will not want their horses ridden long and lo like a hunter.
i did it for a while, and they do not like the horses calmed down like hinter hacks. they want the horses sharp. exersizing polo ponies will do nothing for your equitation, may make you a little more fit, may add $ to your pocket, but thats about it.
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