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Post by horseguy on Apr 26, 2017 17:13:55 GMT
"The one thing you said was a cheat, "Leaning on a horse's neck", I find that less objectionable if the alternative is chucking the horse in the mouth. Whatever happened to a supporting leg? What is so wrong with letting the horse be at vertical or slightly ahead? You are limiting their ability to see by having them behind the vertical." The standard military method of teaching jumping was the use of a neck strap, which in the Cavalry was the trooper's belt. To protect the mouth and to prevent leaning forward onto the neck, soldiers were told to rise out of the saddle and grab the neck strap 3 to 4 inches below the crest. Because the belt could slide up & down as well as around the neck this techniques forced the rider to focus more on their weight in the irons than on the lose sliding neck strap to maintain balance. Best of both worlds.
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