How straight you sit makes a difference for the horse, but you have to realize you move anyway... Subscribe to RSS Feed Changes in rider’s position with movement One 2005 study (1) looked at the angle of the trunk, the thigh and the lower leg compared to a… https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/effect-rider-part-two/
Yup, the rider affects what the horse feels too. It's not all just the saddle... Subscribe to RSS Feed It is the rider who decides almost everything about how the horse is ridden. (The only thing the horse decides is how long the rider is allowed to… https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/effect-rider-part-one/
Telling a story on ourselves, but with a point... Rod wasn’t shown anything about the pattern. He just was given it, so this is how he used it over the years when he was asked for leg cut on cantles. It worked. It… https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/its-not-pattern/
Where is the rider's weight really centered under a saddle? Maybe not where you think... Subscribe to RSS Feed So last fall we had a chance with our pressure mat to test and see where the center of pressure under the saddle really falls. One of the neat… https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/center-pressure-under-saddle/
