Can't imagine a reason to do this. Surely riding is about sitting quietly and using subtle signals. Not sure where they're going with it. The riders don't look hopeless though.
So glad I wasn't the only one to cringe..poor horses, imagine someone bouncing around using you like a method of transport.
It's a sad world if we have to stoop to this to make money....
B***** equirobics, what about riding without stirrups and attempting to do rising trot stirrupless? I suppose nowadays they are too careful of litigation to do vaulting etc but they could mount from the wrong side, canter over a line of low fences without reins etc or is all of this banned now too?