Subj : crouching tiger - comfortable to ride
To   : Arelor
From : Ogg
Date : Thu Dec 09 2021 18:37:00

Hello Arelor!

** On Thursday 09.12.21 - 16:18, Arelor wrote to Ogg:

 >> A> I guess I should get my horses saddle trained. The big
 >> A> issue there is my big one is just too big to be
 >> A> comfortable to ride. She has such a wide back :-(

 >> Adjust the stirrups so that they are higher.  Ride like a
 >> jockey!

 A> That kind of sucks.

 A> Spanish riding style does not match well with short
 A> stirups. That is for people doing "Classic" (aka posh
 A> English riding). Spanish riding is for people wearing armor
 A> and shooting indigens from horseback, so it is tailored to
 A> be stable and well placed on the saddle :-)

You can't ask the horse won't change (a wide back).   ;)

So.. the best you can do is adapt.  Maybe you can establish a  
new fighting style: the unsuspected jockey crouching tiger!



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