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[RC] Amazingly bad rider - k s swigart

How in the world does this guy stay on this great horse?
?He rides sooo bad. 


While I can agree that this video gives a whole new meaning to getting jumped 
out of the tack, I cannot agree that "he rides soooo bad."? Without doubt one 
thing that this guy CAN do is ride.? 

The fences look to be at least 4' and the horse is clearing them by a foot or 
more (on the last one, the horse has jumped above the level of the standard, 
which is probably close to 6') and yet, at the end, the guy is still on the 
horse even when the horse chips in and takes out the fence and drags a pole 
with him?and even when he gets thwon up onto thehorse's neck and loses his 
stirrups (which he successfully picks up at the gallop while continuing after 
jumping the next fence), piloted him around the course and got all the lead 
changes, got the distances to the fences really well (except when the horse 
chips in) and doesn't interfere with the horse's jumping effort at all (he 
doesn't get left behind, he isn't ahead of the horse, and he isn't in the 
horse's mouth).? The only place where he interferes with the horse is on the 
landing (which I concede is done quite badly).

Now I understand why it is that George Morris wants me to shorten my stirrups, 
but this guy gives a whole new meaning to Geroge Morris's advice to "let the 
horse" throw you up and forward as it goes over the jump instead of jumping 
ahead, which is the riding fault that most "bad" riders a guilty of.

The horse's ability is absolutely phenomenal.? The rider's ability to actually 
stay on the horse and totally keep his cool while getting thrown out of the 
tack on every jump is also absolutely phenomenal.

I would be interested to know if this is the way this rider rides all horses 
over fences, or if he has just found that it is the style that works best for 
this particular horse...or if it is a joke (can anybody translate the 
Portuguese)?

kat
Orange County, Calif.

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