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| Laura Collett-High Jump Competition, Blenheim 2010. |
Riding bareback was something we used to do a lot when I was a kid, even at pony club, but nowadays thanks to all this health and safety nonsense, many young riders are missing out on it's seat and balance improving benefits.
Laura Collett, is definitely proof of the upside of getting your backside out of the saddle, coming eighth at her first year at Badminton Horse Trials 2011. At 21 she was the youngest rider in the competition, and was actually in the lead after the first day of dressage.
Here she is honing her skills jumping Jitterbug just before Blenheim 2010.
Many show jumpers, in the past, were also happy to show off their saddleless skills in the show ring, with bareback puissance being a popular class, inducing gasps from the crowd and the occasional male rider who got it wrong!
Sadly, these classes are few and far between now although we were pleased to see one of Trot ON's members, Kibby, winning a Hoof and Woof, show jumping competition bareback and in fancy dress too. More proof, if we needed it, that the Aussies know how to have fun! Maybe top equine events need to feature more fun classes like this to get bums on seats in the spectator area.
Let's see bareback making a comeback!
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Source: http://blog.trotontv.com/2011/05/forget-tack-go-bareback.html
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