Seat Checklist

By Michael Eilberg

Riding advice

13 June 2012 10:57

Run through these checks every time you ride:

- Sit on your seat bones in the middle of your saddle

- Check stirrups are of an even length, your ankle is relaxed and your weight stretched through the heel and lower leg

- Establish balance from side to side and front to back – all the ways a horse will move

- Maintain a straight line through the shoulder, hip and heel – more advanced riders can put a slight angle on this with the ankle in front of the line and the shoulders behind.