To all of my sidesaddle guru's.....

[Brigit]

THANKS!! Your advice helped a ton! I did some more jumping sidesaddle last night and what a huge difference! More pace/bigger canter definitely helped and so did the suggestion to sit less “dressagy”. If I approached the fence with a bit more of a closed hip angle to begin with and really used that right leg to feel like I was pulling myself forwards, it was easy to get forward and stay forward and not feel like I was being jerked! I’m happy to report that my back isn’t sore at all this morning!

Yay! And thank you all again!

Unfortunately, I don’t have a “new & improved” video to share to show the improvements and it might be awhile till I get one. Over one fence my horse chipped pretty hard and I got a bit loose and in the process the stitching that holds the flap that goes over the stirrup assembly let go. So I’m thinking I had better try and get that fixed before I do too much more jumping.

Does anybody know how hard that is re-attach?

[sadlmakr]

It depends what make your saddle is.
Some are easier than others to resew.
I am so glad to hear you applied the advice given and had a good ride.
I was in Illinois last weekend for a Clinic/Seminar for sidesaddle. I thought of
you while I was there.
Perhaps someday I will be there on the East coast. I’d love to meet you and help you with any further needs.
I had to learn the hard way and it is best to have some veterans to help you work out the bugs in your riding. I quickly learned what worked and what didn’t. Then I found a book on sidesaddle and applied what I learned from the book.
There is so much more info available now that back in the 1960’s.
Keep up the good work.
Regards, sadlmakr

[Brigit]

Mine is an Aulton & Butler with a mayhew stirrup assembly. I originally thought it might be easier to restitch but I’m thinking not. I think it’s going to need a trip to the saddler to get that fixed and perhaps have some more flocking added!

Thanks again!