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Two Crest Releases, One Automatic

1 Overall: This rider’s leg is quite good, but there is room for improvement in her release.

Leg/hip angle: The standard is blocking part of the rider’s foot, but the stirrup iron looks placed correctly with the outside bar slightly ahead of the inside bar. Her heel is down, and it looks like her toes are turned slightly out. I like the contact through her calf, knee and thigh, and the angle at her knee is very good. The angle at her hip is very good, too.

I’d like her to have a longer release, reaching farther up the horse’s crest. This will give him more freedom with his head and neck. Additionally, the horse looks as if

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