So when are you going to learn....

[is_it_tru]

... that a two point position is necessary and so is relaxing your arms? Worst case of zombie arms I've seen in awhile. And the best part is, on a video from a year ago she goes on and on saying how she's improved since. Her arms and lack of two-point are exactly the same.

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[234_am]

i honestly don't see what's wrong here. the 'disasters' tag seems off. her ponies look happy and healthy, and she seems to care about them.
she isn't ~fabulous~ but nothing too horrible. also, she looks really young.

[beybladesabre]

I see it. She's staying too far back over the jump, when she should be up in 2 point and letting the horse naturally fold her body more. She's not going with the horse, just keeping her ass in the saddle, falling behind the motion, and then having to extend her arms and slip her reins to keep from catching the horse in the mouth. A lesson or two with a decent instructor would fix that right up

[lifeishorses]

I agree with you just about exactly, lmao!

if she got with a trainer that could install two-point and release features, she'd be pretty good. At least she does slip the reins most of the time. Her horses seem quite happy.

I also revert to this when I get ugly distances, I'm not strong enough right now to try and keep up with a long spot, so I get left pretty horribly, try not to slam on his back and slip the reins. Thankfully my horse is a saint that puts up with this, but that's why I have him, to get confidence back. Same with a really closer distance, although sometimes I can get myself up off their back better.

[beybladesabre]

I agree, she'd be quite a decent rider with just a little bit of tweaking. Her horse is quite lovely, and she is pretty small, so he doesn't seem to bothered overall. Always room for improvement though!

My mare can be a little erratic over fences, rarely do I get unseated staying behind, but if by weird chance I do jump ahead, that's always where I'll get jostled loose and end up hanging off the side while galloping across a field on cross country, lol. Which is always an entertaining time, I must admit, lol.

Those good horses are worth their weight in gold for sure! Glad you have an awesome dude to work on your confidence with:)

[smallhound]

..Reminds me of an eventer's position over a biiiiiig downhill jump?? Anyway, nice horse. Also, did you just coin the term "zombie arms" in this context? Cause if so, you deserve some kind of award, LOL

[ninjafingers]

Eh. Seen worse. Nothing wrong with the kid that a few runs through a chute with no reins and maybe no stirrups wouldn't fix ;).

[jaydrain]

She's ever so slightly better when she takes the jumps bareback. Why am I not surprised?

She's horribly chair seated especially at the canter and just keeps getting left behind over jumps and compensating by catching herself with her arms. I agree though that it's something that can easily be fixed with no stirrups or possibly swapping saddles.

[is_it_tru]

Really makes you wonder about the trainer now...

And her whole shpeal about how much blood, sweat, and tears went into this horse totally missses the point. That's great though, you love your horses. We all do. But you (or your trainer) hasn't realized over all these years that your saddle is apparently pretty bad? And your eq over fences needs improvement before going higher? If you're going to put videos of yourself riding on the internet, a public place, you need to realize that people will form opinions about you. Just like if you went to a show and people saw you ride your round for 2 minutes. They totally make judgements... it's what people do.

[jaydrain]

Somehow I knew she was British and I was right. You can tell a video is from the UK when the rider is chairseated and jumping way higher than they should be.

I detest British made saddles. Went through saddle fitting hell with my horse and British saddles were the only thing that really fit his awkward build. They all put me in a horrible chairseat. I'd have to fling myself out of the backseat over jumps, then I'd get sucked back toward the cantle in midair and would have to slip the reins to avoid catching my horse in the mouth like she is doing. The higher end saddles weren't as bad but mid range and below were terrible and it looks like she's riding in something cheap and synthetic.

I think British instructors tend to throw their students over higher jumps no matter how sloppy they are. At least from what I've heard and observed. I'm not saying all British riders are bad (you can easily find good ones on YT) but that's what seems to be common practice there.