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how are dressage and hunt seat riding styles similar?
please answer i will give you points please please please i need to know. just like list ways that they are similar
please try to be helpful im doing a report. i ride and i know that they have differences (i event) but im writing an essay and there have GOT to be similaritys!
That’s tough. Both are english? They are very different. Now if you were writing on jumpers it would be very similar, but hunters is another topic. In hunters they want more of a long and low stride. The horses head shouldn’t be up but it shouldn’t be far down either. It should be ground covering.
I don’t know if you can but maybe you can change it from hunt seat to jumping. Jumping requires the horse to be able to come under itself so it can launch over a high fence, or make a quick turn while maintaining balance. dressage requires the horse to come under itself as well, so that the horse may collect and be balanced, it is able to do complicated moves easily from it.
December 13th, 2011 at 4:23 am
They’re not really.
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December 13th, 2011 at 4:32 am
Both require a horse and rider and involve riding a horse.
Both use a saddle and bridle, should have the horse moving forward, be steerable and stoppable.
Both in competitions are judged on a subjective basis.
I think that’s about it.
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December 13th, 2011 at 5:10 am
ther both seats
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December 13th, 2011 at 5:22 am
Both are english styles.
Both are more suited to horses with larger strides and more forward motion.
Both require the horse to work off the hind end, be responsive to the leg.
Both expect the horse to accept and respond well to the bit, holding his head in a relaxed position with the front perpendicular to the ground.
Both require adjustable gaits – walk, trot, and canter.
Both use a direct rein approach, as opposed to indirect or neck reining.
Both use leg signals. Both expect the horse to be able to move sideways as well as forwards.
Both expect the rider to sometimes post the trot.
They use the same kinds of bits. The bit of choice in both disciplines is the snaffle.
They can use the same kinds of saddles, though dressage saddles have become increasing specialized.
Whips and spurs can be used, but only to reinforce cues, never to abuse.
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