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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SBSVC, post: 396517, member: 136&quot;]Okay, here goes - this is all from that rider extraordinaire - i.e. my daughter!</p><p><br /></p><p>Definitely not dressage -- that is <i>not</i> a dressage saddle. Probably <b>hunter pace</b>.</p><p><br /></p><p>The tack is HUNT SEAT - you can tell by the flat nose-band &amp; the running martingale on the horse. (A running martingale has the rings you see attached to the reins, with the loops of leather that dangle around the horse&#039;s chest to prevent it from raising its head too high.)</p><p><br /></p><p>The running martingale is not allowed in dressage (or hunt seat <i>equitation</i>) which would suggest that the photo was taken following some sort of HUNTER PACE (a timed trial - running a foxhunt course for <i>time</i>, not in a real fox hunt.) The attachments on the saddle (those pouches or pockets) suggest HUNTER PACE, not show jumping or steeplechase.</p><p><br /></p><p>In addition, all that lather on the horse indicates over-exertion - perhaps even poor conditioning of the horse, as well as possibly poor conditions on the course itself. (No self-respecting equestrian would do that to his/her horse!)</p><p><br /></p><p>The horse itself appears to be a Thoroughbred of an older style<i>, </i>of English or Irish stock (note its large head.) Today&#039;s t&#039;breds have been bred to be thinner &amp; slighter, and they have more delicate heads.</p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, the rider&#039;s positioning here is of a very old fashioned style that has long been out of favor - particularly because of the way it impedes the horse&#039;s movement &amp; allows the rider to be easily unsaddled. (For instance, by today&#039;s standards, the rider&#039;s stirrups are too long, his feet are too far in front of him, and his &quot;butt&quot; is too far back on the horse.) He is probably slumped the way he is because he&#039;s exhausted from trying to stay on that horse![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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