April 2002

Enjoy Riding “Scantily” Clad

Nothing develops an independent, balanced seat like hours of riding bareback, but it’s far from a clean endeavor, so use a bareback pad.

Ride with the same form you ûdo in the saddle. This is the Lady Godiva Bareback Pad.

Whether it’s to feel the freedom or experience the excitement of riding as one with your horse, sooner or later, many of us try riding bareback. Doing away with the layers of leather and piles of padding between us and the horse’s back can provide a heightened “feel” and new level of unison riding.

While most of us have jumped on a horse with nothing but a halter and lead rope and rode in from the pasture, true bareback riding is much more. Riding bareback helps you develop an independent seat, which means you don’t have to depend on your stirrups to keep you steady in the saddle. It means not…