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Re: [RC] mounting - Jo Ann KnightUHU I used to mount like your hubby Jonni, now two knee surgeries, age, PDs., and gravity (oh yes gravity, my biggest enemy!) have made it more of an exercise in stradagy! Jo Ann -------Original Message------- From: Jonni Date: 09/20/05 09:19:49 To: ebeyrider@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: Ridecamp Subject: [RC] mounting Don't grab the saddle or tack at all when mounting - grab the horse's mane. Terry<<<< And if they are mane challenged???? Mane does not work for all of them. My hubby makes getting on the horse look so easy. Never pulls the horse over, never comes down hard in the saddle, never brushes his leg over their rump as he swings it over. He has the ability to reach over with his right hand, and grab either the stirrup leather if english, or the jockey on his Ortho-Flex, and as he mounts, push DOWN on it, to keep the pressure on the saddle even, as to what most of us do, by pulling the saddle slightly towards us. His left hand is just places across the withers, reins in hand. Not all of us can do this. What you don't want to do, unless you are so tiny, that the saddle wouldn't shift towards you no matter what, is grab the front of the saddle with the left hand, and the back of the saddle with the right. That usually ends up with the saddle shifting, or even rolling towards you. When I grab the breast collar with my left hand, across on the right side of the horse and use it to help me get on, the pressure is applied to the breast collar, not the saddle. I have found that now I have no saddle roll, where I used to have problems with that. I have also taken the time to teach my horse to STAND when I get on, and NOT move until I say it is ok. Much easier to get on one that is not moving around! LOL Jonni =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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