All About Rider Angles
Go to PracticalHorsemanMag.com to watch a video of this rider.
1 Overall: This is a good rider who could adjust the angle of her foot and press into her horse’s neck more in the crest release.
The rider’s foot is positioned well in the stirrup—the iron is on the ball of her foot. Her toe borderlines on being turned out a little too far and a result of this is that the spur automatically goes into the horse’s sides, which she might not mean to do. Also, if you can’t control the angle of your foot and spur, you ride with a clamping leg rather than a supporting leg. Otherwise, this rider has contact with the back of her calf and not as much with her knee, which I like, along with the correct angles in her ankle and
