On 21/08/2012 9:41 AM, jmcquown wrote:

>>>> The horse riding world is a puzzle. When I was a kid there were a
>>>> lot of
>>>> westerns, in the movies and on television. They were ridden almost
>>>> exclusively by cowboys and other males, rarely by women.
>>>
>>> Dale Evans... many of the westerns from the '50s featured females
>>> riding horses.
>>
>> That's...... one.
>>
> [Crossposting snipped]
> Did you ever see The Big Valley? (1960's TV show) Barbara Stanwyck sat
> a horse very well I'm sure there are more examples. Still, westerns
> (as a genre) were probably more the purvue of male viewers. Cowboys and
> Indians Most of the women were saloon gals or the sweet innocent
> (heh) schoolmarm.
>
Yes, I saw the Big Valley and Barbara Stanwyck did ride a horse in it. I
did say that the horses were ridden *almost* exclusively by men. There
are indeed a few more western TV and movie women riders, but they are
undoubtedly heavily outnumbered by the male riders.