[Romantic Lyric]

Anyone else enjoy it? I have only ever done it with this particular lesson horse because I felt so safe and confident with him. I think it might be quite a while before I can do that with my 4 year old OTTB mare...ouch.

 

[ShowjumpingGirl94]

I love it. Its soo much more fun then in a saddle.

 

[Sea To Sky]

Love it! Dont really do it anymore cause my horse has insane wither and a bit of a nut haha But did it all the time on my old horses Red and lolly and my mates old horse Savvy! was soo fun hehehe highest i got was about 1.05m i think which was on Savvy and Red =D But Lotto was only 3-4 when i had him so jumped him smaller.

 

[VanillaBean]

oh yes, i think i invented it! lolz!

 

[Unwoven]

Oh yeah-- LOVE it. I would jump Bareback anyday! :]

I remember I was so happy.. when I jumped a skinny bareback I was so proud of my Paint. <3

 

[gypsygirl]

great pic ! i love jumping bareback as well !!

 

[veganchick]

anything bareback! Cantering, jumping, trail riding, you name it I'll do it!

 

[nirvana]

I LOVE BAREBACK! I feel so much more connected with the horse. And is a good challenge and feels really cool.

 

[BekahBear]

i used to go bareback all the time. i loved it. you have such a better connection with the horse without the saddle. me and one of my friends at the barn used to love taking bareback jumping lessons together. the trainer would set up jump courses for us and loved to throw in rollbacks and sharp turns etc to try to make it difficult for us. the courses were all 2'6" -3'. some of the boarders there thought we were crazy lol but we loved it. i just wish i had pics

 

[Ponies4Paige]

i love going bareback and my horse must too he hates saddles

 

[Bubbles101]

Bareback is my favorite...my horses have really comfortable withers thankfully.

 

[xEquestrianx]

All the time! I've done everything bareback, that I've done under saddle, and more! I love bareback!

 

[AKHorseeGal]

I love it, haven't gone that high yet lol.
It's a good pic. How do you go that high bareback? As i would find landing hard.. x

 

[Romantic Lyric]

I did lots of smaller jumps before I tried to go to that height. Practice two point without stirrups to strengthen your ability to do it bareback in mid-air, and you can try to practice it bareback on the flat too, it's just very difficult. Grab some mane! When you land, lean back and try not to slam them hard in the back with your butt.

 

[ridergirl23]

I love bareback!!! haha my new mare has huge withers and a huge gaits so its sooo hard to sit! but i do it anyway... bareback and bridless is my favourie way to go!

 

[XivoShowjumper]

I love bareback!!! haha my new mare has huge withers and a huge gaits so its sooo hard to sit! but i do it anyway... bareback and bridless is my favourie way to go!

Same i've really been working on riding tackless!

definately keep at the bareback- it helps improve your balance immensely.

 

[MacabreMikolaj]

I live to ride bareback. Although for some reason it always does something wacky to my position when I jump - I feel secure, I land soft, but I tense my upper body up weird. Anytime I try to work on it, I end up doing some other silly thing :lol:

 

[yeahhIridetbs]

I actually did it yesterday on my psycho mare we got up to 2'9 and it was sooo funn

 

[gypsygirl]

i LOVE jumping bareback =] i feel so much better with out a saddle haha

 

[ridergirl23]

Same i've really been working on riding tackless!

definately keep at the bareback- it helps improve your balance immensely.

your hrose is really cute! haha the first time i ever jumped my horse we went bridless with just a rope round her neck.... it worked great! minus her crashing threw the jump a few times!:lol: glad to know there are other people on this forum that jump bareback and bridless!