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Published: 2007-02-16 06:13:00 +0000 UTC; Views: 7872; Favourites: 193; Downloads: 108
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I browse dA and find a lot of horse riding ignorance everywhere. There seems to be a pretty widespread misconception that the correct way to ride a horse is in the fetal position. Not so.Riding in the fetal position is a sure way to lose control of your horse and fall off. Your horse will also likely think you're an idiot and will laugh at you from afar once you've bit the dust.
I guess what I'm saying is... it would be nice to see stock images and art where the people aren't about to fall off their horses, yes?
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lol haha 
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This is where actually being a competent rider helps in art. x'D Thanks for spreading the word! Nice job! Lol.
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Love this! Well needed in the Horse art world!
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LOL! I've always had a hard time with that kind of stock. Beautiful horse, inexperienced rider. >.<
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LOL! This gave me a giggle!
As a distantly-related story, when Red Dead Redemption came out, a friend showed me a promo for it: Grizzled, scarred badass gunslinger and his black, snorting, red-eyed steed.
I about fell over laughing.
I had to explain that if I were wearing a western saddle backwards, I'd probably be grumpy too.
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I've never even heard of riding in the fetal position o.O
Sometimes people just don't think, lol.
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haha i love this! actually made me laugh a little
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LOL.
I used to have the fatal "chair" position.
Then I went normal after falling and getting hoof'd in the face.
Then I went fetal position.
And now I have a broken arm!
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haha, I love the horses face in the second picture on the top xD
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hehe i know right get some balence in you position and learn how to ride before you have a photoshot just cause your pretty
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thats great! i work at a ranch where we rent out horses for beach rides, gawd its so annoying to see the crappy posture some people have.
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Yeah, I see exactly what you mean. But what I see even more than that is photos and drawings of riding in the "chair seat." If you've taken lessons, you'll know what I mean.
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Oh I agree! I look at so many images and think: wow....
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I hate when people have horrid posture on horseback, I've always been told, heels down and back straight xD
Nice picture!
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i love this. i am a leg-position nazi. i don't care how good a picture may look, if my leg is just a centimetre out of position i will delete it. same goes for the rest of my body. i love my position and i've worked eleven years to get it the way it is today - and i still think it's far from good enough ! i would love to see more riders dedicating their time to their own position and not just the horse's.
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lol this is so true! People are often led a-stray when drawing horse and rider, most commonly those who dont ride.
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amusing, love the expressions!
straight backs people, or bite the dust.
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-laughs- I ride bareback and have done for the last 4-5 years xD If you don't sit properly, you end up like a sack of potatoes with a really sore butt... Hehe.
The picture is done beautifully; Their expressions are priceless! Its wonderful... xD
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I would agree only if it wasn't for the fact that
I have a fucked up leg, therefore keeping my
leg that straight kills me. Then again, I train
my horses -- they are use to the way I
ride and take no heed to the postion of my leg
compared to straight. I don't ride with my legs
against my chest which is the FETAL position
I ride with my knees bent a tad and my heels
are unable to remain down for long. However,
I have placed high despite that -- so I think it is
humorous but then again, I do not take it into
mind because I have no other choice than to ride
in such manners.
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Oh man I wish this was done sooner XD Horses are gorgeous but so hard to paint! I had trouble with sitting positions, proportion of horse to man.. etc.
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I used to ride like that, but I got into the habit of toes up, heels down.
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*laughs*
One of my earlier teachers wanted to ducktape me into the correct position. But it wasn't because I had my legs really far back, it was because I was in the chair position.
*snicker*
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hehe one of my students has chronic chair position lol. We're working on it
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Oh wow cool! You give lessons? XD That's awesome.
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Thank you!
It pains me to see so many of the photomanipulations or drawings. The work is just beautiful-but honestly, if you ride with your lower leg THAT far back...
...Meet Mr. Ground! It can be very, very cruel.
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This helps so much! The horse's expressions are hilarious, with the bug eyes and all.
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I adore you for posting this :3
It does make me sad that people don't know the line rule though (hip, heel, ear thing XD)
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I agree. I've been riding horses for 15 years now, and I also see lots of mistakes...
Really funny drawing xD
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Very amusing
People need to know how to ride! (And me too, I'm sucks >< *Just talking to myself*)
You have a promised future in painting, that's sure
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thers my horse in a nutshell ><
i love the expressions~ so adorable
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Thank you. Thank you. As a horseman, you kinda have to blindside yourself to people's stupidity when it comes to riding, otherwise you never enjoy yourself (learned it the hard way) I'm glad I'm not the only one who notices it. Feet forward, HEELS DOWN! Head up, shoulders back. <-- Riding 101.
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This is so amazing! Thank you so much for putting this on here because I see this from time to time as well. I also see a lot of people putting models on horses in photo manips and the artist makes the rider to small, very unrealistically small. You should make one of these tutorials on what the correct size of a person is to a normal sized horse (that way people won't submit pictures of a girl ridding a giant sized horse)
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lol I know exactly what you mean
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lol It's really one of my pet peeves whenver I see stuff like that
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haha so true xP
I have almost fallen off that way.. but I was laying on my mare bareback then was getting up ;D
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i know exactly how you feel
i horse ride a lot....stupid ignorant people dont know how to ride a horse
anyway luv ur way of putting, kept me in stitches for hours
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Very true, very true...
But when vaulting, pointed toes are important xD But so is a straight back. Very important. *lurves vaulting but is terrible at it*
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lmao; the sad thing is, is that I've actually fallen off that way. -dies-
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