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At what point are you no longer considered "green"
Topic Started: Sep 25 2007, 01:31 PM (216 Views)
Onelanerode
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We've all heard the old adage about green horses and riders. Green horse + green rider = black and blue.

Sure there are "shades" of green in here, but at what point do you no longer consider a horse to be green? Would you extend this to ground manners as well?

How about a rider? When you're talking about a green rider, do you weigh that person's horse care skills as well?

Any circumstances in which a green horse and green rider might not be so bad?
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Hmmm. I think, as you stated, there are many shades of green. :P

I consider someone "green" until they prove that they can competantly handle/asscess their horses. This period obviously lasts longer for some people than others. ;) Some horseowners/riders will remain as perennial and green as the spring grass. :nyah:

it really depends on the individuals, both horse and handler.
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If you have not learned or mastered something then you are considered gren. So you may not be green to 2'6" jump courses but you are green over 3' courses. Again like the other poster said many levels or shades of green.
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I had someone recently ask me why if I was jumping 2'9" -3' at home was I only showing 2'6". After an explanation of 'this is really the first time I've jumped much more than 2'3" and I've only been doing it for a few months' she made the assumption that I was a green rider. But that's not quite accurate either. I've ridden for years...and more years on top of that. I've just always ridden stuff that couldn't do much (old, young, not so sound, not so talented). So I'm more of the definition Barnslave posited. I'm green to 2'6" and beyond, but not green to riding.

Or maybe I am, but I like to think not. I don't know many green riders who know how to do shoulder in, haunches in, extensions, collections, turns on forehand and haunches, etc.

So really, riders can be quite experienced, but green at different skills. Top hunter riders may be green at the experiences a XC course brings up.

For horses: no longer green when they will do the basics when asked correctly. The rest is continuing education. :lol:
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For a definition of green riders I agree with the above poster.
For green horses, I consider a horse still green until it can be a sound ride for a "green" rider in the dicipline they study.
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Petstorejunkie
Sep 26 2007, 06:02 AM
For green horses, I consider a horse still green until it can be a sound ride for a "green" rider in the dicipline they study.

But some horses will NEVER tolerate a green rider. That doesn't mean the horse is green, just means it's a sensitive or difficult ride.
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