Do you jump bareback?

[Jake10]

I love this vid. I never dared to jump that high when I rode bareback

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkUju9t-tdM

 

[Farma]

I do school bareback for my own benefit (plus horse is crooked so it helps me to feel when she is throwing me in the wrong place) but I havent tried jumping bareback since I was a kid and even if I did I doubt I would be brave enough to go over a few feet without the saddle!

 

[jenki13]

That's great riding! Last time I rode my horse bareback I slid all over the place .. never put shiny coat stuff on the day you think of riding bareback! haha

 

[lq22]

I've jumped upto about 2ft6 bareback but don't think the rs ponies could cope with much higher than that. It was very good for feeling what the horse was doing but I was glad to have long legs!

 

[JessPickle]

fab video Yes I do, done ditches, steps up, logs, showjumps. Regularly ride bareback however now tend to put a saddlecloth and surcingle on just to avoid getting hairy.

 

[Maddie2412]

school bareback and used to jump up to top of a barrel height but fell off ALOT those are seriously neat riders also almost all the time amazingly independent hands!! good on them!

 

[aimsymc]

Hell no! Not with my horses withers! Lol

 

[Sol]

Jumped up to about 2'6 but never really had a safe enough horse to go higher!! Would love to though!

 

[team barney]

I love riding bareback, have jumped up to 4' something.

 

[tigerlily12345]

i used to do it i jumped my pony to about 3'3" when i was about 11 but love nor money would get me on coco bareback! would do it if i had a sane pony maybe not 4'6"!!!

 

[Jake10]

I loved riding bareback in walk, canter and small jumps but I always seem to slide/bounce off in trot It didn't help that not all the RS ponies would humor me and do walk to canter and back again

 

[Jake10]

This is another one or her vids - very jealous

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS5nw6ZrCXk&NR=1&feature=fvwp

 

[JenHunt]

we school bareback over fences up to about 3 foot but only one or two fences.

 

[Funkyfilly024]

That awesome ! Some intruction to get them doing that,
My sharer informs me the local riding schools dont allow bareback because of insurance
I used to jump bareback as a kid in a headcollar on my dartmoor, but then I think I virtually fearless at that age and if I fell it would only be about 3ft to the floor

 

[SuperCoblet]

I've jumped 3'6 bareback on the coblet it's the getting from canter back to trot that throws me!

 

[Kokopelli]

I jumped 1.20 bareback. Wouldn't dare do it on Andy I'd go flying.

 

[ridersince2002]

I jump alot better bareback than i do with a saddle because my seat becomes alot deeper, but it still doesnt resemble a conventional position
But jumps dont really need to be much bigger than 2 foot do they?

And when i do jump bareback i have a bridle on for emergencies, but i use a neckstring because i know if it goes wrong i am very likely to jab her in the mouth! (and it does tend to go wrong fairly regualarly (and yes i am saving up for some jumping lessons! haha))

 

[OneInAMillion]

I have jumped D up to about 1m30/35 bareback. Didn't dare go any higher as it started to get out of my comfort zone and D is only 14.2 so I wouldn't want him losing confidence. I always use a headcollar as I worry about catching his mouth

 

[Hollie15]

I love riding my mare bareback, she got broad withers so very comfy. But I find it very slidy, and bounce around in the trot a lot. Have jumped bareback but nothing too high...yet!! Need to get more used to sitting still in a trot and not sliding about so bloody much!!