Being a former competitor of Horsebox’s in the 4-H Western ranks, I read every Billy and Blaze book (and any other book on horses, for that matter) in the library at my elementary school, and always, always wanted to jump a horse. All you have to do is jump ONCE in a western saddle to realize that English is the only way to go. I begged and borrowed to buy my first English saddle, and never looked back. I did take a strange side trip into the land of Polo...but that is another thread.