{"id":50,"date":"2020-09-22T01:27:54","date_gmt":"2020-09-22T01:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/showpensuccess\/?page_id=50"},"modified":"2020-10-08T21:13:02","modified_gmt":"2020-10-08T21:13:02","slug":"saddleseat-solids","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/showpensuccess\/saddleseat-solids\/","title":{"rendered":"Saddleseat Solids"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Equitation Evaluation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Blog #3<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If Saddle Seat is your passion then you know that having the correct equitation is everything. By having the proper manners, you and your horse will be able to maneuver better and have more success on the judges card. In <em>Horse Illustrated<\/em>, Leslie Potter talks with champion and trainer, Ellen Beard, about proper positioning and why it will stand out better in the show pen.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ellen starts off by commenting on the correctness of your legs and feet. An easy way to remember your place is to pretend there is a string connected from your foot to your hip and then to your shoulder. Another notable statement from Ellen is to not rely on your stirrups but to ride with every bit of your legs and the momentum of the horse.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now onto those hands. They should have contact with the horse\u2019s mouth, however, there shouldn\u2019t be any unnecessary tension or pulling. Ellen quotes, \u201cYour position is only as good as it communicates to your horse. A direct line from your snaffle bit to your elbow is the most efficient line of communication\u201d (<em>Horse Illustrated<\/em>). So the big thing to think about is the straightness of your lines, whether that\u2019s with your hands or body posture with your legs.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From my personal Saddleseat experience this can be a very fun class where you look and perform in a proper manner while being flashy and elegant. Here are my top three personal tips to saddleseat equitation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u201cRise and fall with the leg on the wall.\u201d The standard phrase when determining your diagonal. It\u2019s simple and easy to remember.<\/li><li>Don\u2019t bend your wrists. Most riders will want to bend them down or forward. Your hands should remain parallel with your forearm with your thumbs flat and pointing towards the horse&#8217;s head.\u00a0<\/li><li>My mother always told me to smile. Even when my horse wasn\u2019t cooperating the judge will know that you\u2019re trying to keep it together rather than acting out. This can show character to the judge and show that you\u2019re being a good horseman or woman.\u00a0<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-horse-illustrated wp-block-embed-horse-illustrated\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"ImHETGidIX\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.horseillustrated.com\/english-horse-training-saddle-seat-equitation-form\">Saddle Seat Equitation: Form to Function<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Saddle Seat Equitation: Form to Function&#8221; &#8212; Horse Illustrated\" src=\"https:\/\/www.horseillustrated.com\/english-horse-training-saddle-seat-equitation-form\/embed#?secret=ImHETGidIX\" data-secret=\"ImHETGidIX\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Equitation Evaluation Blog #3 If Saddle Seat is your passion then you know that having the correct equitation is everything. By having the proper manners, you and your horse will be able to maneuver better and have more success on the judges card. In Horse Illustrated, Leslie Potter talks with champion and trainer, Ellen Beard, about proper positioning and why it will stand out better in the show pen.&nbsp; Ellen starts off by commenting on the correctness of your legs and feet. An easy way to remember your place is to pretend there is a string connected from your foot to your hip and then to your shoulder. Another notable statement from Ellen is to not rely on your stirrups but to ride with every bit of your legs and the momentum of the horse.&nbsp; Now onto those hands. They should have contact with the horse\u2019s mouth, however, there shouldn\u2019t be any unnecessary tension or pulling. Ellen quotes, \u201cYour position is only as good as it communicates to your horse. A direct line from your snaffle bit to your elbow is the most efficient line of communication\u201d (Horse Illustrated). So the big thing to think about is the straightness of your lines, whether that\u2019s with your hands or body posture with your legs.&nbsp; From my personal Saddleseat experience this can be a very fun class where you look and perform in a proper manner while being flashy and elegant. Here are my top three personal tips to saddleseat equitation: \u201cRise and fall with the leg on the wall.\u201d The standard phrase when determining your diagonal. It\u2019s simple and easy to remember. Don\u2019t bend your wrists. Most riders will want to bend them down or forward. Your hands should remain parallel with your forearm with your thumbs flat and pointing towards the horse&#8217;s head.\u00a0 My mother always told me to smile. Even when my horse wasn\u2019t cooperating the judge will know that you\u2019re trying to keep it together rather than acting out. This can show character to the judge and show that you\u2019re being a good horseman or woman.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8244,"featured_media":95,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-50","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/showpensuccess\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/showpensuccess\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/showpensuccess\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/showpensuccess\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8244"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/showpensuccess\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/showpensuccess\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/showpensuccess\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50\/revisions\/99"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/showpensuccess\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/showpensuccess\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}