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- From: deblev@nimoy.ipac.caltech.edu (Debbie Levine)
- Newsgroups: rec.equestrian
- Subject: Clasical seat Was: dressage bits
- Date: 19 Nov 1992 01:38:29 GMT
- Organization: California Institute of Technology
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- In article <1ebeviINNcbt@rave.larc.nasa.gov> patty@alpha.larc.nasa.gov (Patty Howell) writes:
- > [...]the USDF has never understood is that the rider's seat should be adjusted
- > depending on the level of the horse. Steinbrecht understood this and wrote
- > about it, but dressage authorities still insist on teaching
- > "dressage equitation" to beginning riders on *green horses*
- >
- > [...]I completely agree that spurs should not be worn at the lower levels,
- > not because of the rider, but because of the horse. The "classical seat"
- > is only appropriate on a higher level horse, as Steinbrecht wrote, and
- > it is only the classical seat that allows refined use of the spur. (again,
- > take my comments in the spirit in which they were intended - as a
- > discussion regarding his text. Am I misinterpreting what he said/ where
- > does my reasoning go wrong/ or where is my reasoning right?
-
-
- First, I haven't read Steinbrecht, does someone have a reference?
-
- What do you mean by the "classical seat" and how should it be
- modified on younger horses?s
-
- As an event-oriented rider, I use about a 6-hole range of stirrup
- lengths in my all-purpose saddle, and I will, when I'm fit,
- go a hole or two longer in a dressage saddle. So, I adjust my stirrup
- length to suit the activity. As I have also been taught not to do
- a whole lot of sitting trot or deep-seat canter work on young/green
- horses which haven't yet got enough strength in their backs,
- I do tend to ride a little shorter on them, and I do most of
- my trot work rising, and I use a modified (two-point, half, jumping)
- seat for the canter work. But, I still use basically the same
- "seat", it just adjusts over a continous range. I can effectively
- use spurs (or NOT use them) over the whole range. Granted,
- at a cross-country length, my leg isn't going to MOVE all that
- much... at least, I hope not!
-
- Is this really unusual? You don't see a whole lot of variation
- in seat in horses being shown at Dressage shows, it's true, but
- most horses showing at Training Level these days, at least out
- here, aren't really that green. They are often showing a second
- or third level frame. The tests require the rider do virtually
- all trot work sitting by Training Level, Test 3...
-
- Are there other issues?
-
- Debbie
- deblev@ipac.caltech.edu
-