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something tries to pretend they do!
Had someone yesterday try to tell me that when I'm riding I should be 100% straight in the saddle at all times. So I shouldn't sit to the side slightly when asking for canter, or on bends or circles or even lateral work! to be honest I was kind of gob smacked
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my thoughts are that you should be straight in the saddle but with more weight in the seatbone you need to 'activate' the movement you want. but i do see where you are coming from - teaching grannie to suck eggs etc
 
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something tries to pretend they do!
Had someone yesterday try to tell me that when I'm riding I should be 100% straight in the saddle at all times. So I shouldn't sit to the side slightly when asking for canter, or on bends or circles or even lateral work! to be honest I was kind of gob smacked
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thoughts please?

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But it's my understanding that the 'someone' is right...your bum should always be 100% straight in the saddle so your spine would be directly above horse's....then you weight seatbones depending on the aid you are giving...rather than move your bum from side to side.
Not what you want to hear, sorry.
But on the general point...we horseowners are never short of (unsolicited) advice as this answer proves
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But it's my understanding that the 'someone' is right...your bum should always be 100% straight in the saddle so your spine would be directly above horse's....then you weight seatbones depending on the aid you are giving...rather than move your bum from side to side.
Not what you want to hear, sorry.
But on the general point...we horseowners are never short of (unsolicited) advice as this answer proves
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That's what I thought too! I have in the past been told to think of it as 'stepping down' into the appropriate stirrup if that helps as a way to think about it.
 
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My hubby used to inform me that i needed more energy when i jumped, it was the first time he had seen me ride and probably the first time he had seen a horse jump!

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Hysterical!! I guess it's not just me then that has an OH who suddenly knows absolutely everything about horses and riding!!!!!!!!! They're funny things aren't they?!
 
yes that's what I meant to say oh great one
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, re the seatbones moving not my bum, but this guy said you shouldn't move at all! Sorry was at work so typing quick
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not sure
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he wasn't an instructor by the way
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also tried to tell me all sorts of things about my riding when I was just checking that the saddle wasn't leaning to the left anymore! Like I normally ride looking at the front of the saddle of course
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LOL I was warming up before my lesson yesterday when someone informed me I was cantering wrong - apparantly when cantering you should be leaning forwards in your jumping position at all times..... *sigh*
 
oh bummer you mean you don't have to sit up straight
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- and I've been trying so hard to sit upright at canter as well
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oh well never mind
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My hubby used to inform me that i needed more energy when i jumped, it was the first time he had seen me ride and probably the first time he had seen a horse jump!

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Hysterical!! I guess it's not just me then that has an OH who suddenly knows absolutely everything about horses and riding!!!!!!!!! They're funny things aren't they?!

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Tell me about it, OH was watching me lunge George on Sat and said 'really you should make him go slower' which was true as George was having a rush round. So I asked him how, he said I don't know and walked off
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yes that's what I meant to say oh great one
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, re the seatbones moving not my bum, but this guy said you shouldn't move at all! Sorry was at work so typing quick
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Not move at all?! As if you're one of my victims?
Mind you...when I used to ride the eventers out for their 2hrs plus roadwork after a night's drinking (me, not them)....you'd have struggled to see me twitch at all
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Tell me about it, OH was watching me lunge George on Sat and said 'really you should make him go slower' which was true as George was having a rush round. So I asked him how, he said I don't know and walked off
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I used to make my OH lunge my TB whilst I mucked out in the building about 50 ft away from the school...I could always wind him up by saying 'Whoah...and stand' or other commands from inside the building (out of sight) in a normal voice and my horse would completely ignore him and halt or whatever.
Used to drive him mad
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I used to make my OH lunge my TB whilst I mucked out in the building about 50 ft away from the school...I could always wind him up by saying 'Whoah...and stand' or other commands from inside the building (out of sight) in a normal voice and my horse would completely ignore him and halt or whatever.
Used to drive him mad
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That's just cruel!
 
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My dad asked me why I was still having lessons, as I can aready ride!

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I get this from people I work with all the time when they ask me what Im doing at the weekend! Ive also had someone advise me to pull stars mane so its only a few inches long
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Hes a fell pony, hes supposed to have a long mane!
 
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