I have never done a dismount in this manner,
so I cannot comment from experience. However, just looking at the photo, I
would say that she had to have thrown her left leg over the pommel of the saddle
in order to have achieved the posture she exhibits. Had she thrown her
left leg over the saddle behind her, her body most likely would have been
pitched slightly forward, rather than slightly back, as is shown. At any
rate, she is obviously very athletic and coordinated (something I have NEVER
been.)
Okay, what
I'd like to know is which way she swung her off leg over, towards the
back? or over the front? My daughter often rides sort of sidesaddle. >From that
position, it wouldn't take much to push yourself off and I wonder if this is
what Becky does.
Kathy
Steve Shaw
<> wrote: I happen to know
how Becky came about with that dismount. Becky and Laurie Wilson were Ride
and Tie partners for many years. When they would do a flying tie (which is
when they exchange together along the trail, not tying to a tree) the
rider would gallop up to the runner, fly off the right side as the runner
mounted on the left. This was actually started by the Wadsworth
boys.