Yes, sitting bareback puts your legs in a good position. I remember back when I rode forward seat we always had at least one bareback lesson a term. Some of the students set their legs and feet as if they were riding in a saddle. So that is one way to do it. I always preferred to let my legs hang them selves into a good position fitting the horse’s barrel.
True - so how about you mostly train with saddle and bridle, and you compete without…I think it would be VERY enlightening…
it would indeed! We could see how well the rider really rides!
a little bit off track here, but…as a Portuguese Water Dog person, i’ve always thought they should have either a Shaved dog class or a Wet dog class to see what the dog-underneath-the-coat really looks like!
I was probably more like 60 lbs at 12, but it does help to do it younger for sure. I rode mostly bareback until I was tall enough to get a saddle on my horse.