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Hi! Since the poll I put up only needed 5 minutes to get 6 votes "we need discipline guides" I figured I give this a shot right away. Feel free to comment to add things ect, but please be polite about it. I'm only human, I make mistakes.
SO! Let's start!
10/07/2013 - I think it's more or less finished. Remember, this isn't supposed to be a detailed guide but one to give people a general idea over what the disciplines are and what the goals are! Also, if I used a thumb that features your art/tutorial/whatever, and you don't like it, just tell me and please be polite about it. Be happy, not angry 
:bulletwhite: Western - Not written yet
:bulletwhite: Racing -Not written yet
:bulletwhite: Sports on Horses: Horseback Archery, Polo, Jousting, Horseball, Polocrosse
:bulletwhite: Fantasy Disciplines, such as power showoff, elemental classes, ...
:bulletwhite: Western or English Playday events; Gymkhana
:bulletwhite: Harness Disciplines
Most of these disciplines are a part of English Riding.
Here you can find: Horseback archery, Horseball, Jousting, Polo, Polocrosse, Trekking, Dzhigit, Competitive Trail
:bulletblue: Horseback archery:bulletblue Sports on Horses: Horseback Archery, Polo, Jousting, Horseball, Polocrosse
English Riding
English Riding is a style of riding done all over the world, unlike the name.
The basis is roughly the same for all English Disciplines, meaning that English Riding exists in many different styles.
A few notes on the bridleThis is my general opinion on the bridle. On many competitions on HARPG you see extra points for certain tack, and with pixel-ponies I could not care less what people dress them in. XD However, for some it might be interesting to find out why the straps go on the traditional bridle.. So If you ever wondered why a properly fitted noseband on a bridle is better than riding without (in the English school) I will here explain the opinion. (All I write will obviously be tainted by my experience and education so I am by no means a representative of all English style riders.) Hopefully thinking about all this will help you draw the tack on correctly Ackerley made an amazing tutorial for any horsenoob/newbie about Brindles! Don't understand them? Go read her words, and you'll get it!
Tattered-Dreams made a very good tutorial about saddles - the difference with the English and Western saddle is show very well!
Jullelin made a very good tutorial on bridles, bits and reins. She shows you the bridles and bits most used in English disciplines and the differences!
fishebone made a very useful Tutorial on Bits too!
Droemar made this one. Not so much related to English riding, but still a valuable and useful mention! riding positions!
Wither a horse is western or dressage trained, the basic gaits don't change. Walk, trot, canter and gallop. No matter what outfit you're wearing, you have to move with your horse, not block your horse or hurt it. That is the basic foundation that connects English and Western. Are they the same? Nope. Do they have the same basic moving system? Yes.
Also, youtube vid: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJJmLG…
The different styles
We have styles that are internationally and local styles. 
Dressage, Endurance, Eventing, Racing, Horseball, Polo, Polocrosse, Tent Pegging, Show Jumping.
These are practiced all over the world and some are even Olympic disciplines.
Show Hunting, English Pleasure, Show Hack, Hunter Hack
Dressage is a style that mostly revolves around the natural movements of the horse, and the harmony between rider and horse. As such, a dressage saddle leaves more room for free movement for the horse then for example a western saddle. Dressage is often considered 'horse ballet' and the goal is to get the natural grace and elegance they show in the wild.
Besides having the horse move in a certain way, Dressage also has a lot of 'figures' to ride, witch have to be rode correctly. If you click the image of the track, you'll find several links to these figures.
Dressage exists in many styles. I don't know every single style, but I'll discuss the most common ones.
The Classic Dressage is a style formed by the cavalry - the rider has to be well balanced and moves along with the horse's movement.
It has several levels, ranging from beginners to advanced.
Haute école is a collection of movements: 'airs above the ground'; courbette, capriole, levade, Mezair and ballotade. These movements are extremely difficult and require from both the rider and the horse to be highly trained. This takes years to learn.
Modern dressage is the descendant of Classic Dressage, and also called competitive dressage.
It is sometimes criticized by Classic Dressage, because here you can use "short-cuts" to teach a horse tricks, but these short-cuts are painful and dangerous for the horse.
Modern dressage also ranges from beginner to advanced.
The advanced level is called 'Grand Prix' and contains movements such as the Pirouette, Half-pass, Flying Change in sequence, Piaffe, and Passage.
Examples
the piste/track. If you click it, you'll find several links to figures ridden in dressage.
An extended Trot, a Dressage movement - the horse stretches it's legs in trot (modern)
Dressage Canter Pirouette (modern)
Dressage: Flying Change: while galloping, the horse switches from left to right gallop. (Please see this: fav.me/d11k2rj - the horse puts one foot down before the other, in a flying change, they switch feet) (modern)
Mezair - the horse rears up, and kicks it front legs into the air (classic)
Endurance is a stamina sport, a long distance race.
The goal is to cross the finish line first, and having passed all checkpoints. In each checkpoint, you must have your horse checked and approved by a vet. Horses must be fit and healthy enough to continue in each checkpoint. Having the fastest horse, that recovers best, and with most stamina, is having a winner.
Endurance rides are usually 100 miles / 160 km long.
Competitive Trail Riding is counted under Endurance. With CTR, the goal is more to demonstrate the bond between rider and horse. A horse may not come in over or under a certain time. Manners, for both rider and horse, play a part in who will win. In CTR, obstacles are set up to see how well rider and horse work together. The horse is meant to use all it's gaits, and is evolved on them too. Like Endurance, you have to get to all checkpoints and get the vet's clear before you may go on.
Endurance may take up an entire day, or even 3 days.
Examples:
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Eventing is a combination of 3 events: Dressage, Cross-country and Show Jumping.
A single horse and a single rider must compete in all events. This is sometimes done in a single day, or sometimes over 3 or 4 days.
The same as the Dressage, only they may not ask for Grand Prix movements (or Haute école).
A single flying change or a half-pass at trot may be asked for, but not more.
You have 45 seconds to compete in a ring. The horse may not step out of the ring.
Like it says, cross-country, is crossing country. This part require bravery, good condition and trust from rider and horse.
You have to finish the course within a certain time, but you have to be careful not to knock over any obstacles!
See show jumping
Examples:
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Show Jumping is seen all over the world; it is often found at many horse competitions, even in the Olympics.
Show Jumping is often a division of a competition; such as 3-day eventing. Some competitions are limited to only jumping horses, while others are open to horses off all kinds.
Jumpers have to complete a course, within a certain time limit. If they knock over an obstacle, they get faults. If they can't complete the course within the time limit, they get faults. Several refusals to jump can lead to a disqualification. If a jumper completes the course without faults, it's called a 'clear round'.
The higher levels of Jumping are called "Grand Prix".
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Cross Country is often a part of a competition, like in eventing, but is a discipline in it's own right.
Cross Country tests the horse's endurance, speed, and jumping ability. The rider is tested in pacing his horse, and in his knowledge of the course.
Cross Country takes the horse and rider trough the country; obstacles are often natural ones; such a bushes and pools of water.
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This is brilliant 
I have one edit to make: I have never seen Cross-Country as a stand-alone discipline? I've seen Hunter Trials, but instead of riding inside the time limit the aim is to be closest to the optimum time. Also in XC you don't aim to avoid knocking down obstacles - that's SJ - you don't even get penalties every time you knock a flag over!
Apart from that brill brill brill and if it's alright with you I'll be pointing anyone with qs relating to any of my shows towards this in future
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Never toughed people would like it this much ^^
Really? I searched the internet for a while, and I found some sites saying it does 
But umm .. do you mind explaining it a little?
So Cross-country XC = aiming for the optimum time
Cross- country SJ = avoid to knock stuff over?
Thank you ^^ I'm glad it's useful that way!
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You've done a better job than you realised
It might be because I'm from the UK, or because it's so common in the HARPG to run cross-country (XC) as a solo event, but I'd never heard of it before.
XC and Hunter Trials (HT) are scored the same for falls, refusals etc but the difference is the time, like I mentioned before: in XC you aim to beat the time, if you go over it you earn time penalties.
In HT, you have an optimum time to ride to and are penalised if you ride too fast or too slow.
The jumps are the same: brush, water, drops, steps, all solid and non-collapsible (so you can't knock them over!)
SJ is short for showjumping, what I meant was that's the one where you get penalised for knocking jumps over
Hope that helps!
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Oh my gosh! This is fantastic! Thank you so much for putting it together! ♥
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Thank you ^^
It was really just an idea considering all the genetics and color tuts HARPG has, I wondered if maybe discipline tuts needed ^^
And when I made a poll, I got so many votes that my watchers would like one ^^
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it's really very very good. ^^
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As sweet as I think it is, I think you should change the image for the extended trot... A correct extended trot features a higher leg and is more collected on the back hand. Everything else looks great! Well maybe handstand's picture is a bit out of place in the show jumping section... x)
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I think I found one that's better! Didn't expect so little stock of them
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btw... Mezair in modern dressage?
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o no, I just don't want to place pictures in between my text... I mixed them up, so it's not mezair in modern dressage, I just didn't make a different in dressage style while choosing pictures
I've put in () after the picture to what style you usually see it in, but I think everything from modern dressage also is ridding in classic right?
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No dear, it says mezair under modern dressage movements ^^"
Hmnn... Changes every stride aren't in clasic, other then that everything I think.
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Well yes, that's because the extended trot is very very very rarely ridden correctly xD
Here's a few very nice ones with a collected backhand though; (unfortunatly ridden too deep but otherwise perfect) chunga-stock.deviantart.com/ar... lumibear.deviantart.com/art/FE... lumibear.deviantart.com/art/FE...
And yeah, it's cute xD But it's impossible to sit like that in a good trot, only a very badly schooled horse would even continue trotting so it's a little weird xD You'd learn at a canter normally 
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Thank you! 
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HAha~ Yeah you should, because cuteness needs to be seen too~!
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On the airs above the ground there is also the mezair (don't know if I spelled it right). The horse rears back and bats the air with its front legs. It was meant to aid the rider in battle by hitting enemies in front of the horse.
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Added! That's a really nice one!
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The font is a little small for my eyes, but other than that this is looking great. And man, that is an OLD pic of Pumking doing dressage.
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Yea, it's the skin 
But it's so perfect! A perfect Extended trot!
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I thought it might be.
That's very good to know. I knew a lot less when I drew that one years ago. Just found a good ref image.
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I changed the skin, is it better to read now?
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Yes, I like that skin.
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Exactly what I've been looking for! Thank you so much!
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Glad it is!
I still need to finish it trough ... Show Jumping, and I think I'll add Cross Country here too ... and I still need to draw up my Dressage figures
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Sounds like a good idea to me!
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