Anyone else use a rising trot in a western saddle?

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So, I'm not so great at sitting the trot when I'm riding. Once when I was riding at a local stable, I saw a girl warming up her horse, riding a rising trot in a western saddle. So I tried it, and I find it much more easy and comfortable. But that's just me.

Anyone else ever tried this?

I ride English but after being thrown off by Sandie a few times recently, my confidence has definitely been shaken...so I've been riding in a Western saddle to get it back (just feel more secure than my tiny flat English "launching pad" lol). I, of course, am so used to the rising trot that I do it in the western saddle...and don't care how anyone else thinks I look!

I see nothing wrong with it unless you're showing Western I guess, and I know nothing about Western shows so who knows, it may even be allowed?? I say do whatever makes you comfortable!

If you mean posting then yes I post. My mare has this super bouncy trot when she is hyper and if I try and sit it I look dumber than if I post. I'm not sure but I think that in western shows you have to sit the trot. Over 3/4s of the people I see riding western will post sometimes.

Yea, I mean a posting trot. Around here we tend to call it a rising trot.

When I rode Western (a long time ago) I usually sat; although in my lessons we did rise a few times. It wasn't that difficult, but for me it was more natural to just sit it. Now I ride English & it's the opposite- I love posting, rather than sitting at the trot. :)

I have when I used to ride western. I did get some weird looks though from people who only do western LOL I don't see any problem with it as long as the horse is under control.

lol, Definately. I was always told that sitting the trot is more comfortable and easier on your legs which I suppose is true, if you're trotting for quite a ways, but I was never able to "sit deep." I have no clue how you're supposed to not bounce. =/ lol

Rising trot all the way!

I look at it this way...if you can post and it's comfortable for you and the horse's back, then do it ;)

I ride western and I mostly post.

There's not too many trainers around here that don't teach you how to post even if it's western.

It depends on what mood I'm in or on what horse. Right now my stirrups are set at a WP length and are a little long to do a rising trot. I know a lot of people who do a rising trot in a western saddle.

The Lippizzan trainers won't sit the trot on them until like after 2 years since they were broken because sitting the trot is harder on their back.

Also it is known that doing a rising trot helps improve your balance.

So if my stirrups are short enough and the trot is fast enough (not a light jog) I'll sometimes do a rising trot. That is if I want to bother with diagnols. But if I'm on a pleasure ride or am working on training the horse I will sit the trot.