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Re: [RC] keeping one's seat - Alice YovichAbsolutely. Even though I don't like to ride bareback (afore mentioned pointy horse back) I always get long in my leg. I did have one vaulting lesson a couple years ago (took Maggie and it wasn't her thing, but I got on and tried some stuff) and I saw how learning to vault could really give one confidence. They all lengthen their legs, actually pointing their toes down. When she's trotting along bareback, she wants to draw up her leg, which tips her forward and she almost falls off. I've tried to point this out to her, but sometimes mom's just have to let the kids sort it out for themselves.At 09:16 PM 4/8/04 -0700, Karen Sullivan wrote: have a theory from riding bareback for years...that you just sort of slump and relax INTO the horse......and that gravity will keep the horse between you and the ground! If you start trying to grip...you will squeeze yourself right up off the horse...and annoy the horse.
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