We trail ride for many reasons, the biggest is it if fun. It is so good for the horses and riders to get out of the arena. You get to enjoy nature while becoming a better rider. You and the horse get great exercise negotiating the terrain and experience handling various obstacles. We will sometimes ride in armor as well, this will teach you everything good and bad about your harness. So get out and enjoy!
To my way of thinking, there is more to portraying a knight than running down a list. Even a moderately experienced rider can keep it together a couple hundred feet at a canter. But we cannot truly educate the public or be true to who and what we are representing if we have not and cannot put ourselves through similar trials and conditioning. Just my two cents. Others mileage will vary.
-Tom
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To my way of thinking, there is more to portraying a knight than running down a list. Even a moderately experienced rider can keep it together a couple hundred feet at a canter. But we cannot truly educate the public or be true to who and what we are representing if we have not and cannot put ourselves through similar trials and conditioning. Just my two cents. Others mileage will vary.
-Tom