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With your eyes still closed, visualize out in front of the thigh-roll, the

yourself riding in show-jumping saddle will interfere with your

and lift your knees until your helper lower-leg position over fences. If it

tells you that you have a 90-degree isn't, this is probably a saddle you

angle behind your knees. When you can ride in for stadium and cross-

open your eyes and look down, the country.

flap's thigh roll (if any) should be in As a final, inexpensive check on

front of-not underneath-your knee what effect your current saddle is

and keeping your seat in the having on your jumping form, ask a

balance point should feel easy.friend of about your height and

Now close your eyes again, imagine conformation who does your sport

you're about to go cross-country, in a saddle different from yours to

and raise your knees a couple of let you try it. For instance, if you've

inches more as you mentally been riding in a heavily-padded

shorten your stirrups another hole "all-purpose" saddle, see if you

or two. When you look down, you have a riding buddy who uses a

want to see that the saddle tree lets flatter, less padded close contact

your seat bones slide back a little to saddle. Arrange to ride in it for your

accommodate your shortened next jumping lesson and see if you

stirrup. If your knee is now poking feel more secure.

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