Not seat bones front bit!

[Haniki]

Whoops sorry, I always take things the wrong way!

 

[Skib]

Sylvia Loch has always takes about the three point seat

One of the first things I learned, after I had been riding for a year, was that there are different styles of riding. There were authorities such as Loch and Mary Wannless who specified a position amd style of riding. However there were also some of us: older, not athletic, not particularly slender who didnt fit the pattern and although we might possibly be able to sit on a horse in that style, we certainly couldnt actually ride in it, not in the sense of moving with and communicating with the horse.

My own RI was quite clear that she taught the opposite of Sylvia Loch and the two could not be combined.

 

[pistolpete]

Well hurty front bottom update!
Things MUCH better today with an acavallo seat saver and a strategic bit of an old gel insole! Two pairs of pants and some germolene! Not ideal no but definitely less sore and yes he’s worth it! Fantastic ride today in torrential rain. Love him!

 

[motherof2beasts!]

I switched to a total contact saddle , mainly because my cob is a nightmare to fit and my brand new made to measure was making him sore and I’d ran out of money for my third saddle. Best thing I ever did no soreness at all , for my bits or his back .

 

[sbloom]

One of the first things I learned, after I had been riding for a year, was that there are different styles of riding. There were authorities such as Loch and Mary Wannless who specified a position amd style of riding. However there were also some of us: older, not athletic, not particularly slender who didnt fit the pattern and although we might possibly be able to sit on a horse in that style, we certainly couldnt actually ride in it, not in the sense of moving with and communicating with the horse.

My own RI was quite clear that she taught the opposite of Sylvia Loch and the two could not be combined.

Oh there are details of every approach to rider biomechanics that could be said to be more or less helpful to various riders but riding with a neutral pelvis and not having to work our locomotor muscles to do that really works with scientific principles, the laws of physics. Stabilising the horse hasn't really been a focus in the past but the shift in breeding to more and more elasticity and movement, plus our understanding of the laws of physics well above and beyond what the classical masters knew, does mean we can be more sure of what works the best, on average, and why. It may not be in the best interest of an older rider to change the way they ride, but it definitely benefits the horse.