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Re: [RC] Keeping one's seat (posting height) - heidiMy relatively biased observations are that some English show instructors/riders exaggerate the post, much as QH show people would produce peanut pushers when the standard said "low natural head carriage". They think that by posting higher, they or their students will place higher at the show. After awhile they all think that posting means to rise as high as possible. Disclaimer: I do not ride in the English tradition, so I may be completely wrong. If I am, please correct me gently. Rae is right on this one, Ed. The ultimate in English riding is to be able to SIT the trot on even the sproingiest horse. And the quieter the seat even when posting, the better. I WILL say that some of the saddle seat trainers I've seen are really very poor riders in this sense, and earn their laurels more for what they can force a horse to do instead of how well they are actually trained, and that is regrettable as well as poor horsemanship. But their students sure won't place in the equitation classes if they ride like that! Heidi ============================================================ Far back, far back in our dark soul the horse prances... The horse, the horse! The symbol of surging potency and power of movement, of action... ~ DH Lawrence ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================
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