While growing up..
When I was growing up we had horses and I love it .. I guess I had a type of childhood some children would love to have we didnt have alot of money but Mom and Dad would cut corners so I could have a horse or two. I use to ride in Horse shows yep won lots of ribbons and had alot of fun doing it ..
I did the western saddle although being around that many horses I did see some the big big horses and they were English style horses with english saddles I did at one time ride one of them horses I had lots of friends at Hillandale stables were we live close to , it was just a hop skip and jump actually there pasture was attached to ours.
I did love riding them horses they were 17 hands high or more big tall horses.. I even tried jumping a few of my horses but they were not really the jumping kind lol.
When you have a pinto and palamino and quarter horse they really are not built to jump.. anyway I did have alot of fun growing up and having the opportunity to have horses..
Later..