OK, I’ve never heard of leg position in relation to the inseam. In fact, I think that my English breeches did not have inseams, the seam was on the outside of the leg. But as I sit here in my jeans, and move my leg so that my thigh in FRONT of my inseam will touch my imaginary saddle, my knees also roll forward into my imaginary saddle and my feet kick out. So maybe my joints don’t flex correctly??? That position feels perchy and unstable to me. Maybe I need to practice my imagination.
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Is it possible you mean to say pommel (or fork or swell) instead of cantle? Because lifting your knee isn’t going to get your leg anywhere near the cantle.
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Hell yes, total brain fart.
This is what I get for spending time on the computer with the kiddo home sick from school.
I can use sleep deprivation and an unhappy kid in my lap as an excuse, right? Please?
I sit with open hips, relaxed knees and calf behind the inseam on the horse. Also lift my bellybutton towards the rafters. If I sit on my pockets, my whole upper body collapses and starts to go “fetal” on me. I have to sit up straight.
I think a lot of it depends on the rider’s build. I have chicken legs so it’s easy to squirm them around to the most effective position. Other rider with thicker butt and thighs are going to have a harder time. I have to work really hard to get “leg on”. Others have leg on all the time because they are built thicker.
As in everything with horses…whatever works best.
