English or Western: Which is most difficult?
What's your opinions on it?
Personally I believe English because you have to follow so many rules about equatation and such.

To me it's english hands down
I rode western with my friend in some shows before, not easy-but not as rough as english

To be a correct rider they are the same. You use your body position/weight to both support and change/ask your horse to perform certain movements.
To just have enough balance/strength to stay on top of one and turn right/left/stop. Then Western is easier there is more saddle to help keep you there. But to be able to RIDE. A western reining horse or a showjumper tackless-thats riding.
Learning should be fun, try to find an instructor who will teach you without "teaching" Try this while mounted turn as hard as you can in the saddle, your horse will turn. So your instructor should be able to help you with circles by doing things like that instead of screaming at you- Thumbs up, heels down,sit up, look up,don't lean,bend your elbows...It IS hard to learn that way.

Okay, all things considered, the basics are the same. But posting would make English oh so much harder and that's something you just don't do Western. So, for me Western is easier.

Oh, but cowboys do post and their good at it. Really the only Western discipline I can think of that doesn't post is WP. They call it long trot. I'm not sure how far you may have to drive but find a working ranch or even a show. Watch @ the ranch those horses Trot and the riders post and in the events except pleasure[reining,working cow,cutting,roping,stock seat...] They trot in warm-up and again the riders post. Even been on trails where everyone was trotting and the westerns couldn't jog to stay with us, they trotted and posted or loped up. I ride both and maybe just ride to much as I find both to be about equal and do show western so I understand the sit there thing.

Okay, yes, western folks do post during warm ups etc. But that's just to get the horse warmed up and the thighs and knees going (or give the butt a break!). I have never had to post in a show nor have I had to worry about posting on the correct diagonal while showing western. Sure we had to do an extended trot, but we had to sit it. Unless there have been massive changes in how Western shows are judged in the last 20 or 30 years (OMG... it's been THAT LONG?)

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I would say English would be hardest for me, just don't think those Saddles would hold up.

Hold up to what ?
One of my favorite saddles is over 35 yrs old-Of coarse taken care of.

I think they're both even. Yes there are a lot of rules in english, and my knees would not stand the posting so it's a N O for me,lol. However, I've heard english riders comment on how invisible the cues are supposed to be in Western and how difficult it is for them to change from eng. to west.

Well, for me it's not the posting that's the problem. I ride western and english both, and I post during both becuase my horse has such a horrible trot. (Straight shouldered fellow that he is, not his fault!)
For me it is the constant contact required in English. Your arms have to literally be like a rubber band, and a super sensitive one at that. Unless we are working on collection and rounding in western, I ride with a totally loose rein and for me that is waaay easier.

Hold up to me trying to hold on, I need a Horn

Gotcha, Funny!!

for me, english riding is harder only bacause my hips, knees, and back re in very bad shape and i need the extra support of a western saddle if i want to ride for more than 20 min

i ride both english and western as well as teach both....when teaching, i teach all my students to ride bareback. in my opinion, if they can ride bareback, they can ride in anything