I am a 3 foot equitation rider with my horse which is the bay in the pics (but jump the chestnut horse 3'6''). Please critique my riding not my horses, the big bay is only 5 and he belongs to me. He is a fancy hunter in training so he doesnt jump "perfect" yet. The chestnut is not mine but a horse i half lease. He is a seasoned hunter/jumper (he goes back and forth). Constructive critisism and DO NOT CRITIQUE MY HORSES! here are the links for the pics of my....
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!!!Critique My Horseback Riding!!!?
You look like you have a lot of experience riding and showing horses! You , allong with many other equitation, hunter and jumper riders have adopted some of the "stylish" flaws that many riders display.
Eqpecially in the first picture, but the third as well, you seen to be jumping WAY ahead of the horse. In the first picture your upper body is leaning on your horse's neck so much so that he cannot jump as well as he probably could if you had a more effective position. Because you are so far forward, your centre of gravity is in front of your horse and causing you to pivot at the knee, where you seem to be a little grippy. This is throwing your lower leg back FAR behing the girth. This is probably your most major flaw and is putting you in quite a precarious position should your horse decide to refuse a jump, put a chip in or land akwardly. Once you fix this i think that it should make your horse jump in great form. Not to criticize either of them by the way...ust saying that it may help their training to move along much faster!
Okay so now that i got that out of the way, there are some other things that you need to work on. In order of importance:
your lower leg, your release and your toes.
In most of the piictures you leg has slipped back considerably. You look to be gripping with your knees(don't worry i have the same problem...lol) and this causes your lower leg to bee loose and your upper body to be thrown out of the saddle much more than needed. To fix this try putting your heels down as much as your body will allow and spread the pressure in your knees all along your inner leg. This means your thigh, knee, inner calf, heel...etc... Also in the first picture you toes are pointing out like airplane wings! The others they look fine though. I am not sure if it is just a one time thing...but i know for me it is a bad habit...only good for knocking down standards...lol. So to fix this I would do what George Morris always suggests and angle your stirrup iron on your foot so that the outsise branch of the iron is near you pinkey toe and the bottom of the iron is angled on the ball of your foot. This will force you to hold your toes more inward.
Alright...now onto your release. It is a prety good long crest release. You are freeing you horses' mouthes and giving them lots of rein! The only thing you are doing wrong is that your hands are more on top of his crest indtead of on the sides of his crest. You look like an experienced rider and i think that you would be better off doing an automatic release. I don't know what your coach teaches you but George Morrris and my coach both support it. You probably already now what it s but i'll explain it just in case you don't. An automatic release is a very effective release wher instead of resting you hands on your horses' neck you lower them about 6 inches to the side of his neck. This is for balanced and experianced riders only as it does not give your upper body anwhere to rest or get support from. In this release you let your hands softly follow your horses' mouth and keep a slight but loose contact wiith your horse's mouth. This releasee gives you much more control upon landing which you will need for tight turns and rollbacks in a course of jumps. It will also let you horse stretch his neck and jump very round which as i am sure you know is what we all strive for.
On the plus side your head and eyes are up and looking towards the next jump. It looks GREAT! You are aso great with your back and neither hollowing or roaching it. Its a very thin line between the two but you have found the perfect and most effective balance. Your horses both look bery happy with you on them and this makes you look even better. Keep it up!!! I know that i was very hard on you but i think that any good rider can accept that everyone has flaws. BUT they also have great things about how they ride! You and your horse both look great and happy and i am SURE you win tons of ribbons! If you fix these tings i think you could win even more!!!!!!! GOOD LUCK! I hope you appreciated the critique and that i wasn't to critical...theres no such thing as the perfect rider despite what many people think.
Reply:You look like a great rider and I though I would say that your horses are beautiful and it looks like they love to jump!!
Reply:the first one your lower leg slipped back and you are too low on the horse's neck.
the other ones are nice.
Reply:The horses are gorgeous!
My only real criticism is the crest release, I prefer to see the hand go forward with the contact on the rein. That is to say, I think the line of communication is maintained more efficiently if there is a straight line from the riders elbow, through the hand and down the rein to the bit. The crest release that you are using can cause the rider to lean on the horses neck, which adds weight to the forehand, making it more difficult for the horse to lift the forehand and use it's shoulders effectively. Many trainers teach the crest release to save the horses mouth, but as a rider develops, the automatic release should be developed.
In the first photo, you have lost your leg position by pivoting on your knee. The reason you appear to have maintained such a good upper body position is because you have relied on the horses neck (using the crest release).
There is only one correct technique: the automatic release, which, in keeping with excellent riding, preserves the straight line between the elbow and the bit. Unfortunately, only the top few percentage of riders can perform it successfully. The automatic release takes a tremendous amount of upper body balance. Upper body balance cannot be developed, or maintained, without the rider having learned to fully control the lower leg and seat.
That being said, the crest release is a legitimate riding technique! To save our horses’ mouths, the crest release allows those riders who are inexperienced or who do not have the balance it takes to do the automatic release to jump and compete and even win.
Reply:obviously a very skilled rider - the only flaw is getting a little too far out of the saddle/the lower leg sliding back. the heel should be aligned under the hip.
George Morris would probably like #2 best. ;-)
Reply:You look great, but try not to lean so muck on your horses neck. i could c that your elbows are touching the neck to try to hold that twopoint useing your legs and you could have arm support. just not the whole arm, try the hands... But you look pretty good.
Reply:Let's see...
Many people have said that you are too far forward in the saddle- this is true. But I think most of what is causing this is your leg position. It's too far back (it's most obvious in the first picture). Sinking down into your heels more will probably help you fix this.
In the second picture, your reins were really uneven. But, I don't know if you stumbled right before and had to recollect, because it was fine in the other pictures.
But other than that, I couldn't find much wrong! Good job and good luck with your hunter.
Reply:u and ur horse looks great\
but sit a lil lower
Reply:Wow your excellent not much i think you need to work on. One thing is make sure you sink all the way down through your heels but that could have just been an uncomfortable position (last picture) or something because you look awesome! : ) you have a nice release too. One thing is my trainer always says- try not to be "flat" on the horses neck but you dont look to flat just a little pointer. : )
your a great ride! keep up the good work
Your release looks great too!
Reply:Each pic has +'s and -'s.
Here are some strong points that I see:
-Looking up
-Flat back in 2 of the pictures.
-Closed hands
-Nice crest release
-Heels down
-Beautiful presentation on the bay! All I can say is that the heels of your boots in the middle picture could use a touch up of polish and a collared polo shirt, belt and gloves would look more professional on the chestnut.
Here are some faults I see:
-Piviting on knees causing lower leg to slide back and your upper body to fall forward. (Don't pinch your knees). Although in the middle picture you're with your horse, it still looks like you're pinching with your knees.
-Toe pointing out in one picture.
-Stirrup on the toe, not on the ball of the foot in one picture.
I would say that you should start working on the auto release. I think this might help your knees to relax because you'll be asking your body to work independently (in other words, your hands, arms, legs, etc will work independently.)
Thanks for sharing! Now I feel like sharing my jumping pictures so that you can critique me too... Do I dare???
Reply:you look great for the most part, i would agree with the sinking a bit more weight into the heels to help bring your crotch a little farther back from the pommel, but holy! im lovin the release! some people might say its a bit far forward but for young horses in training its awesome to see the hands on the neck and its ok to lean a little on them for support (george morris said so haha). you look a heck of a lot better then me!
Reply:in the last photo you are way to forward in the presition you nead to have your bum more inline with the back of the saddle
i think in one of the pictures ur back is quite arched it neads to be flat
you hand seen to b resting on th eh orseing neak on the last photo
your legs nead to be ferther back you heal should be inline with the ceter of your back
mabye you should get monthly horse ride lesson to clear up these habit other than that ur a reali gd rider with 2 (well 1 and a half) amasing horse with lotsof pretental ur v lucky cu sim not alound my own horse cus it "to much responsabilaty" v unfair
Reply:It seems like you're a bit far forward, okay really far forward, it might just be the pictures but you look like you're actually on his neck in two of them. And you've got your butt really high out of the saddle and forward, I don't know if it's just my trainer but she's always on us not to get too far up and too keep our butts to the back of the saddle so we don't fall forward. I would say arch your back and get your shoulders back a bit more, but that's just my opinion and I'm far from a pro.
By the way, you do look great, it's just those few things that I could find wrong, and I'm not even sure if they're really wrong. You definitely need to get off of his neck a bit though.
Reply:I think you look amazing! Nice head, looking forward and up to the next jump. You have a great back, great legs.
But in the first and third picture, it seems as if you could bring you crotch a little more back behind the pommel. Your not jumping ahead of the horse. Just try to raise yourself up and not go on the horses neck.
Gorgeous horses!
Reply:Personally I wouldn't know what the correct position is for jumping, but you seem great and a talented horse rider. You horse is BEAUTIFUL!! I wish I was able to jump. I've only just started horse riding this year, and lol-can only trot at the moment! I haven't been for bout 2 months now coz I need a new instructor as my last one got a job elsewhere, and I've been nagging mum and dad since because this is a sport I REALLY want to keep at! It's heaps of fun!! Good luck with your riding!!
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