Ridecamp: Re: [RC] [RC] "I can't see how bareback would help. I too am short and have short legs and am also overweight. "

--- kit kat <patchworkfarmshorsestuff@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Well, Me, I LOVE riding bareback. 

I, too, learned to ride bareback as a small child.  I
don't ride bareback too often anymore but may do so
just to keep my skills up.

I let a young man ride my horse bareback (this has
been 15+ years ago) and my horse had a sore back
later.  Now...I can't say for sure what sored his back
but I thought at the time it was due to being ridden
bareback.  Has anyone else had this happen?

Speaking of balance...I've gained a LOT of balance
since doing a lot of riding sidesaddle.  You've got to
maintain balance aside.  One of the most amazing
things I've ever seen was a junior girl showing her
Arab aside.  I don't remember which class but all
riders, astride or aside, had to also show bareback in
the style they were riding!!  This girl walked,
trotted, cantered, sidepassed, sliding stop, & spin
bareback aside!!  It was amazing!  Don't ask me how
she did it but she made it look easy.



=====
Susan Young Casey, Princess of Pink, LIW, RRHA, RHS
Semper Obliquo (Always aside)  

Glenndale Grace Farm, Ft Gibson, Oklahoma U.S.A.

"Ride on! Rough-shod if need be, smooth-shod if that will do, but ride on! Ride on over all obstacles, 
and win the race!"         - Charles Dickens (1812-1870)

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