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Title: The Difference Between English and Western Horseback Riding Name: Jane Smith Organizational Pattern: Topical General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: By the conclusion of my speech, my audience will understand the difference between English and Western riding by knowing the different types of tack and attire. Central Idea: In order to differentiate between Western and English riding, you must look at a few things; the tack on the horse and the attire that the rider is wearing. Introduction: How many people here are aware that Ball State has an equestrian team? Well for those of you who aren’t aware, Ball State has a competitive equestrian team and I am a member of the team. I have been riding and showing horses ever since I was eight. Growing up around horses I learned a lot about the different types of riding and today I hope to share a little bit of that knowledge with you. Today I’m going to inform you how to differentiate between Western and English riding by defining some terms, looking at what defines Western riding, and looking at what defines English riding. Transition: (Before I begin, how many of you know what the word equestrian means?) I.

[The word equestrian as stated from Oxford’s online 2015 Dictionary means, “Of or relating to horse riding” or “A rider or performer on horseback”.] a. There are two main types of riding in equestrian culture, Western and English. i. The two riding styles are very different from each other. ii. First, you can look at the attire of the equestrian, or rider, and then you can look at the tack on the horse. iii. Another question I have for you all is how many of you know what the word tack means? Not a thumb tack either.

b. [Tack is, as stated in Merriam Webster’s 2015 online Dictionary is, “stable gear; especially: articles of harness (as saddle and bridle) for use on a saddle horse”.] Tack is essentially anything that you put on a horse to ride it. Transition: (Now that you know the meaning of equestrian and tack, we can move on to look at Western Riding.) II.

Western riding is more common in American culture. a. Some of you may have seen old Western movies and seen Western Riding. b. As we learned from Webster’s dictionary, tack is stable gear. So the gear you will see on a Western riding horse is a western saddle and a saddle blanket. i. A Western saddle is bigger than an English saddle. It also does a better job of distributing your weight on the horse. ii. On the Western saddle, you also have a saddle horn, and thick stirrups to put your feet into. c. Western attire consists of a long sleeve show shirt, chaps, cowboy hat or helmet, and cowboy boots. i. Western leather chaps are what a rider wears over a pair of jeans. ii. Show shirts on girls are usually bright and filled with glitter. However guys just need a simply button-up dress shirt. iii. Helmets are seen in both English and Western riding however, in Western riding you have the option of wearing a cowboy hat.

Transition: (So now that we’ve got a brief idea about what Western looks like with bigger saddles and cowboy hats, I’m going to talk to you about English.) III.

English riding is the opposite of Western from the small saddle to the more formal attire.

a. When looking at horse that is being rode English you won’t be able to see a saddle pad like you could see one on the Western saddle. i. The pad for an English saddle is made to match the shape of the saddle. b. Additionally, the saddle is much smaller and the place where you put your feet is much thinner. c. Moving on to attire, in English men and women where pretty much the same things unlike in western where the girls where brighter shirts. i. Regular attire is a riding helmet, black riding gloves, a dress shirt with a suit jacket worn on top, black English boots, and breeches. d. Something you may not have known is that English riding is an Olympic Sport. [According to Gale, an online database, that published the article, “Equestrian” in 2007, Equestrian (or English riding) is the only sport in the Olympics that allows an animal and human to compete as one. It is also only one of two Olympic sports that allows for men and women to compete on an even playing field.] Conclusion: To review, today I hopefully have shown you how to differentiate between English and Western riding by defining “tack” and “equestrian,” describing the tack and attire for Western riding, and describing the tack and attire for English riding. Who here thinks that they now can tell the difference between the two? Good just always think about Western and the old western movies, or “assless” chaps and for English think proper. In closing, now that you all know have learned about the different types riding and that the equestrian team actually exists, hopefully I will see you guys at our next competition so you can see more about what you learned here today!

References Equestrian. (2007). In K. L. Lerner & B. W. Lerner (Eds.), World of Sports Science (Vol. 1, p. 229-230). Detroit: Gale. Retrieved from http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CCX3451100173&v=2.1&u=munc80314& it=r&p=GPS&sw=w&asid=f550070d254e2386ba56f15cee884973 Equestrian. (2015). In Oxford Dictionaries online. Retrieved from http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definitionn/american_english/equestrian Tack. (2015). In Merriam Webster’s Dictionary online. Retrieved from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tack...