Talk:Horse riding

Destinations

you can pretty much ride a horse anywhere there is dirt, can we do away with the destinations section and focus on making an otherwise well rounded article? --Lumpytrout (talk) 13:29, 28 June 2013 (UTC)

Fully agree. There is no way to give a list of places where you can ride horses (virtually everywhere), nor are there even "main horseriding destination" to highlight. I have removed the section. Texugo (talk) 13:35, 28 June 2013 (UTC)

Where to put something....

Swept in from the pub

In trying to find a museum that dealt with horse racing I came across this museum connected with Horses and Equestrianism more generally..

The Museum Of The Horse at The Newcastle Arms, Tuxford

Naturally it should go in the appropriate destination article, but is there a travel topic where it would also fit? ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 14:59, 19 January 2019 (UTC)

Perhaps Horse riding, if it is good enough to warrant a significant detour. --LPfi (talk) 10:58, 20 January 2019 (UTC)

Thanks. Due to the efforts of another contributor, another question arose which was to do with when listing racecourses, how to link the fixture/meetings list. Would it be reasonable to link this in what would otherwise be the hours field (I wanted a wider consensus on this)? ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 12:51, 20 January 2019 (UTC)

Something like that's been done for businesses with wildly variable hours before.

It might be useful to add a summary of whatever can be said, like "Most weekends during spring and summer". WhatamIdoing (talk) 16:27, 21 January 2019 (UTC)

For Plumpton which i added to Lewes I linked the meetings/fixtures list. ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 13:20, 22 January 2019 (UTC)

Usable?

The article is now said to be usable ("Has at least a good overview of the topic, and some useful material under each heading"). I disagree. Where's the good overview? There is an overview of some equipment, but not on horse riding. Some discussion relevant for Understand (or their own sections), such as choosing a stable, is now in Stay safe. Stay safe should point out the risks to be aware of, but the main discussion on how to find a good stable abroad should be elsewhere.

I very much wonder for what audience the article is intended, which is one reason I haven't done much to the article. If the readers need to be told that "stirrups are supports for the rider's feet that hang down on either side of the saddle", then we should give all the beginner's course.

I would hope that we have some horsemen or horsewomen who actually have been riding horses abroad at commercial stables (I haven't). Then we might be able to give advice specifically for travellers, which could be useful also for those who master riding their own horse.

–LPfi (talk) 18:35, 15 August 2022 (UTC)

I agree with you. There's also basically no travel content, i.e. destinations.--ThunderingTyphoons! (talk) 18:40, 15 August 2022 (UTC)

We could list museums, such as the one mentioned above, and famous shows. However, if those dominate, the article shifts focus from riding to watching.

For riding yourself, I don't think we should list destinations (except if some country with a famous equestrian tradition has few options for foreigners). I know a few stables arranging horseback excursions to the woods less than an hours car drive from here, and I have never felt Finland to be the prime riding destination. I think the travel content would be about the difference between riding at a familiar stable and arranging partaking in a riding trip abroad.

–LPfi (talk) 19:26, 15 August 2022 (UTC)

Yes, you can go riding almost anywhere, but there are still "prime riding destinations", where a higher than average proportion of visitors will be interested in trying it: the New Forest in England, and the Camargue in France spring to mind.--ThunderingTyphoons! (talk) 13:54, 22 August 2022 (UTC)

You are right, we could list such destinations (after ensuring there is some relevant content in the target articles). New Forest indeed has New Forest ponies as lead image, but sadly it doesn't suggest getting around by horse or going an a tour with one. Camargue says in the lead that it is great for horse riding but, likewise, there is no advice. Iceland mentions horse riding in Sleep, as an activity offered at some farms; nothing in Get around or Do. Mongolia does mention horse riding both in Get around and Do. I think some Central Asian articles have tours listed. What places in the Americas should be listed? –LPfi (talk) 17:35, 22 August 2022 (UTC)