sitting or rising trot?

[B_2_B]

Which do you prefer?
I know rising is better for the horse, but Connie is a Hackney and has such a floaty trot, it's a lot easier to sit to it than try and find the rhythm. I don't feel like i'm bouncing around at all but is it still better to do rising trot? Or a mixture of both?

I was going to post about fidgeting when tacking up liek Connie was doing today. She would not stand still at all and was pawing the ground. But no need as she then went and did the biggest poo i've ever seen a horse do!

 

[RachelB]

I prefer rising as I'm more used to it. However my instructor has other ideas, she's trying to get me to do an effective sitting trot (minus wibbly ankles and wavy back) and so I now spend most of my time practising sitting! I almost got it the other day...

 

[Hemirjtm]

Both, don't really have a prefernce since moving to France, as once a week I HAD to work without stirrups, so my sitting trot and everything without stirrups has improved soooooo much! Has actually improved my whole position altogether imo!

 

[Brontie]

I think its best to rise. It doent hurt me as much

 

[ThomasTank]

Sitting jog and rising trot

 

[B_2_B]

actually snow_plough, that's a good sum up of what she does!

 

[kerilli]

i like both, depends on the horse. if the horse is totally happy and softly accepting in its back, then i'll sit, but if there's any tension at all, i'll stay rising. i've been criticised for rising too high in the past though, whereas my sitting trot hasn't been criticised, so maybe i'm slightly happier in sitting, esp in tests!

 

[ThomasTank]

Its exactly what Thomas does

 

[B_2_B]

hehe

her jog is really slow movements, picking her feet right up lol.

 

[Tia]

Yes I'm another sitting jog and rising trot. I rarely ask for a trot though, tending to go straight from walk to jog then work through to lope (slow canter), therefore I almost never rise.

 

[random_rider]

Rising, sitting hurts my boobs! Sorry TMI isnt it!

 

[H's mum]

My pet hate is seeing people sitting to the trot when they should really be rising - all too often people hinder the horse - make it stiff through it's back by bouncing around - and floppy unstable legs with spurs - gah! RISE!!!
*deep breath*

Kate x

 

[Tia]

Well only people who don't have a secure seat would bump and bounce around LOL!! Anyone who has a decent seat shouldn't be bouncing anywhere.

 

[H's mum]

...my point exactly!!!

Kate x

 

[ThomasTank]

If I rise to his jog..........we're off

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I think we are a completely unschooled happy hack

 

[Jellicle]

but how would people ever learn to do sitting trot if they stopped doing it whenever they bounced?

 

[teapot]

Love sitting trot but tend only do it when I'm having a serious flatwork session

Also depends on who I'm riding and whether I'm being taught or not.

Think you've got learn to do it properly though - the number of hours I've spent just doing sitting trot with no stirrups on anything just to develop my seat - it's been worth it though

 

[H's mum]

Sorry I'm more referring to people doing tests in sitting trot when they really aren't good enough at sitting trot to carry out the whole test.
I'm all for practising!

Kate x

 

[Murphy3]

I was writing for a judge at riding club this year and someone asked her if he should do his test rising or sitting - she said it was up to him but if she saw he his sitting was interfering with the horse's movement she would mark him down hard (and she did!).