Anyone have any suggestions on the best hock boots out there? I have been thinking about the ice vibe ( has I have the tendon boots) but they are pretty expensive. I also looked into the back on track ones. But I can't make up my mind. Let me know your suggestions!!
All throughout high school I volunteered at a therapeutic riding Ranch where I helped in lessons, fed horses, groomed, tacked, rode, and did groundwork. Now I'm in college in San Antonio, I spent my first year trying out a couple therapeutic riding places but none of them seemed to be the right fit and didn't have opportunities to really work with the horses. I'm a college student so I don't have the money to take lessons and I haven't been able to find a rescue anywhere near me. My riding skills are acceptable but I haven't had very much formal training or experience cantering. I can't stand only being able to work with horses during the summer, does anyone have any suggestions?
Hello fellow fans! Today I was asked a question: what is your favorite season of MLP? I realized this was NOT as easy a question as I expected. I was urged to find an objective way to answer this, so, I went and created a spreedsheet to help me out.
Below average episodes receive 0.5 points
Average episodes receive 1 point
Great episodes receive 1.5 points
Stellar episodes receive 2 points
Personal favorite episodes receive 2.5 point
Two-part episodes receive an extra point because... more pony.
As far as criteria goes, I went mostly on entertainment value, but also made sure to factor in episodes that had important character/plot building.
Here is a link to the spreadsheet.
Season 5 (43 points)
Season 4 (42 points)
TIE Season 1 (42 points)
Season 6 (41 points)
Season 2 (40 points)
Season 7 (38.5 points)
Season 3 (21.5 points)
Season 8 (29 points)
Observations
Despite the echoes of some fans, the numbers are actually remarkably consistent across the board, with season 7 dipping just slightly. Assuming season 8 finishes strong, it will be in fair range of the others (and I hope the same for season 9!)
Season 1 and 2 had no below average episodes.
Season 3 obviously comes last due to having half the amount of episodes; however, if it did have 13 more episodes with consistent quality it would have placed at the top.
I was surprised at the low rating of season 2 considering it is a fan favorite. Perhaps I rated some of them unfairly; feel free to be the judge of that.
NOTES
- I am a biased person who has opinions; yours may wildy vary. Notice how I gave extra points to personal favorites.
I am also quite generous and find it very hard to not enjoy pony, hence the lack of below-average scores. That being said, there are quite a few episodes I had to give -0.5 or +0.5 against my own will in an attempt to put aside my bias (example Buckball Season and Rarity Investigates were really hard for to give a lower rating to.)
My scoring system might not make sense. I could've taken an extra couple hours and done 1-10 ratings but that would of been a bit much for me.
I only rated season 8 up to Road of Friendship, as I don't feel I can make a fair opinion on the new episode yet.
A couple of the episodes towards the end of season 7 aren't super fresh on the mind, so take those ratings with a bit of salt.
I love Starlight episodes. They were rated very generously and I feel they were all well deserved, but you are welcome to disagree. Fame and Misfortune also received a personal favorite ranking, so yeah.
Conclusion
I have heard a lot of talk about a "decline" in quality throughout the seasons, and after making this spreadsheet, I would have to disagree. I will agree that the quality has gotten a bit less consistent throughout seasons, but I think there is still a plethora of fantastic content throughout every season.
I'd love to hear your personal opinions in the comments! The spread sheet is editable, so feel free to change anything you like!
I caught the horse bug a bit later then most. I'm 19 i started volunteering at a therapeutic riding center 5 years ago and i LOVE it. To a point where i may even get my PATH. But I'd also love to learn to ride and be generally be more horsey in my life. The issue is all of the barns I'm finding are pretty high end show barns and all that. Or they don't have space when it comes to lesson horses. Or want 75+ per lesson. There was also another one i liked that didn't have a lesson horse big enough (I'm 190).
Let me know if you know or a good barn/trainer in the area. I'm looking for low key lessons just generally learning more horsemanship, to ride ETC. I'd also be more then willing to help out at the barn.
Thanks in advance. I'd also like to know some good tip when it comes to finding lesson barns if you know any!
